Sylvester Turner
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Sylvester Turner | |
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62nd Mayor of Houston | |
In office January 2, 2016 – January 2, 2024 | |
Preceded by | Annise Parker |
Succeeded by | John Whitmire |
Member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 139th district | |
In office January 10, 1989 – January 2, 2016 | |
Preceded by | Clint Hackney |
Succeeded by | Jarvis Johnson |
Personal details | |
Born | Houston, Texas, U.S. | September 27, 1954
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse(s) |
Cheryl Turner
(m. 1983; div. 1991) |
Children | 1 |
Education | University of Houston (BA) Harvard University (JD) |
Website | Official website |
Sylvester Turner (born September 27, 1954) is an American politician. He was the 62nd Mayor of Houston, Texas from 2016 to 2024. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Turner was a member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1989 until 2016.[1] Turner ran for mayor of Houston in 1991, losing in the runoff election to Bob Lanier.
Turner won the 2015 election,[2] defeating Bill King in the runoff by 4,082 votes out of 212,696 votes cast in the closest mayoral election in Houston history by percentage.[3]
In 2024, after the death of Sheila Jackson Lee, Turner announced his candidacy to fill her congressional seat and was nominated at the convention to replace her as the Democratic nominee in the November general election.[4]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Rep. Sylvester Turner". Texas House of Representatives. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
- ↑ Cooper, Nakia. "Sylvester Turner announces candidacy for mayor". Archived from the original on 2015-10-19. Retrieved 2018-08-13.
- ↑ "Sylvester Turner wins Houston mayoral runoff election". Click2Houston. 2015-12-12. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
- ↑ Choi, Matthew (August 13, 2024). "Former Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner is the Democrats' pick for Jackson Lee seat in Congress". The Texas Tribune. Retrieved August 13, 2024.