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To serve as mayor of Houston, a person must be a qualified voter and resident of the City. [1] To win the election, a candidate is required to receive the majority of votes; if no candidate receives a majority, a run-off election between the top two [2] Until 2015, the term of the mayor was two years. [1]
The 2023 Houston mayoral election was held on November 7, 2023, with a runoff on December 9 because no candidate won a majority of the vote in the first round. It was held to elect the mayor of Houston, Texas. Incumbent Democratic mayor Sylvester Turner was term-limited and could not seek re-election to a third term in office. Municipal ...
John Harris Whitmire (born August 13, 1949) [2] is an American attorney and politician who has served as the 63rd mayor of Houston, the most populous city in Texas, since 2024. A member of the Democratic Party , Whitmire was previously a member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1973 until 1983, and the Texas State Senate from 1983 to 2023.
28 years, 0 days Henry Maier: Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Served from 1960 to 1988. [54] 28 years Walter A. Scott: Jackson, Mississippi: Served from 1917 to 1945. [55] 28 years Thomas Gerard Dunn: Elizabeth, New Jersey: 1964 to 1992. Longest-serving mayor of a city of more than 100,000 people. [56] 28 years George H. Lysle McKeesport, Pennsylvania
Houston mayoral candidates state Sen. John Whitmire and U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee speak at a mayoral forum on Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023, in Houston.
Officials in Democratic-led Harris County, where Houston is located, expanded access during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 with drive-thru voting and 24-hour polling locations, two initiatives ...
The 2024 Los Angeles County elections were held on November 5, 2024, in Los Angeles County, California, with nonpartisan blanket primary elections for certain offices being held on March 5. Three of the five seats of the Board of Supervisors were up for election, as well as one of the countywide elected officials, the District Attorney .
Former Sheriff Alex Villanueva is challenging incumbent Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn. Rancho Palos Verdes Mayor John Cruikshank is also in the race. Your guide to L.A. County's 4th ...