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The Houston City Council is a city council for the city of Houston in the U.S. state of Texas. The Council has sixteen members: eleven from council districts and five elected at-large. The members of the Council are elected every four years, with the most recent election being held in 2023 and the next being held in 2027.
The current mayor of Houston is John Whitmire. The city council lineup was based on a U.S. Justice Department mandate which took effect in 1979. Under the current city charter, when the population in the Houston city limits passed 2.2 million residents, the nine-member city council districts expanded to include two more city council districts. [2]
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2009 Houston City Council At-large 1 election Party Candidate Votes % ±% None Stephen Costello 30,672 24% None Karen Derr 25,227 20% None Herman Litt 19,014 15% None Rick Rodriguez 18,330 15% None Don Cook 12,195 10% None Kenneth Perkins 10,396 9% None Brad Batteau 7,725 6% None Lonnie Allsbrook 3,128 2%
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Houston City Council members (38 P) M. Mayors of Houston (1 C, 47 P) Pages in category "Politicians from Houston" ... Dan Huberty; Joan Huffman; J. P. Hughes Jr. ...
Democrats selected former Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner (D) to serve as the party’s nominee for the November election to succeed the late Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas). Turner prevailed in ...
The following is a list of people who have served as mayor of the city of Houston in the U.S. state of Texas. Until 2015, the term of the mayor was two years. Beginning with the tenure of Bob Lanier, the city charter imposed term limits on officeholders of no more than three terms (six years total). On November 3, 2015, voters approved ...