Rather than hold a special election early to make sure voters in the 18th Congressional District had a representative, Gov.

The District 18 seat is open after the death of Rep. Sylvester Turner. It may be a low turnout election on Nov. 4.

M arvalette Hunter, the late former Mayor Sylvester Turner 's chief of staff, announced Thursday she would be running as a Democrat in an attempt to unseat U.S. Rep. Wesley Hunt from his position ...

Congressman and former Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner has died at the age of 70. Here's how leaders in Houston, Texas and across the U.S. are remembering him.

Former Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner speaks during a Celebration of Life Service for Sheila Jackson Lee at Fallbrook Church on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024, in Houston. Credit: AP/Elizabeth Conley ...

Family and friends remember Sylvester Turner: ‘He gave it everything he had’ The funeral service capped a week of emotional events to honor Turner, who died at age 70 on March 5 in Washington ...

Houstonians bid their final goodbyes to former Mayor and U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner at his funeral Saturday at the Church Without Walls in west Houston. Turner, who also served 27 years in the ...

Seven months after leaving the Houston mayor’s office, Sylvester Turner says he is now ready to run for the congressional seat held by the late Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, his longtime friend ...

Turner's casket arrived at the Texas Capitol before 11 a.m. Thursday and was carried by a military honor guard up the stairs to the west entrance, the side that is home to the House.

“In the limited time we had with Sylvester Turner, it was so clear to us that he loved Houston,” U.S. House of Representatives Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries, of New York, said.

Mayor Sylvester Turner is nearing the end of his eight years as mayor of the city of Houston and says every minute of it has been gratifying, but he’s looking forward to a bit of a change.

Turner said he would back many of the same causes as his predecessor. Jackson Lee’s work on the Violence Against Women Act, which was first passed in 1994 and reauthorized in 2022, is something ...