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Sheila Jackson Lee (née Jackson; January 12, 1950 – July 19, 2024) was an American lawyer and politician who was the U.S. representative for Texas's 18th congressional district, from 1995 until her death in 2024.
Longtime U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas, who helped lead efforts to recognize Juneteenth as a national holiday, has died.
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, has died at the age of 74 after a battle with cancer, her family announced on Friday. ... The Texas Democrat introduced legislation for the reauthorization of the ...
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott officially set the special election to replace the late Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, for Nov. 5, 2024, the same day as the general election.. The special election will ...
The seat became vacant when incumbent Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee died on July 19, 2024. [ 1 ] The special election will only fill the remainder of Jackson Lee's unexpired term, from November 2024 until January 2025.
Jackson Lee first took office in 1995 and won the Democratic nomination in March, just months after losing a bid to become Houston’s mayor. She had sought to be the first Black female mayor of the nation’s fourth-largest city. Jackson Lee's district includes downtown Houston and some of the city’s historically Black neighborhoods.
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, has died at the age of 74 after a battle with cancer, her family announced on Friday.
Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee has died aged 74 after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.. The Houston area congresswoman was a fixture of Democratic Party politics for almost three decades ...