John Whitmire
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John Harris Whitmire is an American attorney and politician who has served as the 63rd mayor of Houston, Texas, since 2024. Whitmire was previously a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representa
Whitmire in 2025
Whitmire speaking at a Veterans Day ceremony, 2024
Sheila Jackson Lee
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Sheila Jackson Lee 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. The district includes most of centr
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…November 2021, Whitmire announced his candidacy for mayor of Houston in the 2023 election. In November 2023, he advanced to a runoff with Representative Sheila Jackson Lee. He won the runoff by a wide margin on December 9, 2023. Whitmire was born in Hillsboro, Texas, north of Waco, to James Madison Whitmire, the Hill…
Sheila Jackson Lee
Jackson Lee watches as Paul Ryan signs the First Step Act of 2018.
Jackson Lee and others using the "hands up don't shoot" gesture in recognition of the Ferguson, Missouri police shooting
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee questions U.S. Customs and Border Protection Deputy Commissioner Kevin K. McAleenan during testimony in a 2016 House Committee on Homeland Security hearing.