Approximately a week after former Congressman and Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner’s funeral on March 15, nine candidates have ...

Sylvester Turner, a former Houston mayor and Texas lawmaker, will lie in state in Houston and Austin ahead of a funeral service ... seat formerly left by Sheila Jackson Lee, who died last year.

Texas Rep. Sylvester Turner, the former mayor of Houston who joined Congress just two months ago, died shortly after attending President Donald Trump's first address to Congress on March 4, 2025 ...

Acting Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee on Monday demanded that Gov. Greg Abbott call a special election to fill the ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- While funeral arrangements continue being ... a seat held by longtime Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, who died in July from pancreatic cancer. Now, it'll be up to ...

Menefee has served as county attorney for more than four years, and recently announced a campaign to replace Turner, who died ...

A longtime public servant, Turner served in the Texas House of Representatives for many years before he was elected Houston’s mayor in 2016 and 2020.

Menefee's campaign filing became public on the Federal Election Commission's website hours after Turner's funeral ... of late Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, served the remainder of her ...

The freshman Texas Democrat filled the seat of longtime House Democrat Sheila Jackson Lee, who died last summer ... Just hours after Turner’s funeral on Saturday, Harris County, Texas, Attorney ...

"You know, Mayor Turner was the embodiment of someone who loved people. He loved this community & it's no surprise that he served this community until his last day." ...