Sylvester Turner
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Sylvester Turner was an American politician and attorney who served as the U.S. representative for Texas's 18th congressional district from January 2025 until his death in March 2025. A member of the
Official portrait, 2025
Turner with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen in January 2017.
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
Sylvester Turner
…in office and the second incumbent representative for Texas's 18th district (after Sheila Jackson Lee) to die in a one-year period. Houston's mayor, John Whitmire, ordered flags in the city of Houston to fly at half-staff in Turner's memory. Texas governor Greg Abbott ordered flags across the state of Texas to…
Whitmire in 2025
Whitmire speaking at a Veterans Day ceremony, 2024