U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee would become Houston’s 1st Black female mayor by winning Saturday’s runoff
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on December 8, 2023
WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s down to two candidates in the race to lead the nation’s fourth-largest city. U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee and state Sen. John Whitmire will face off in Saturday’s runoff election to be the next mayor of Houston.
Whitmire and Jackson Lee, both Democrats, were the top two vote-getters in the Nov. 7 general election, but neither candidate received the vote majority required . . .
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