Former Houston Mayor and U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner and the late U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee — colleagues, friends and proud Houstonians — often spoke of a shared goal to serve the city they ...

Erica Lee Carter, daughter of the late Sheila Jackson Lee, campaigns in a special election to fill her mother’s unexpired 18th congressional district seat at Lone Star College-Houston North ...

Former Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner will be the next Democratic congressman from Houston after voters selected him on Tuesday for the seat vacated by the late U.S. Rep Sheila Jackson Lee.

Part 12 of Capitol’s new crop will introduce Rep.-elect Sylvester Turner (D-TX), the former mayor of Houston, who will succeed former Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee.

Turner beat former Houston councilmember Amanda Edwards in a runoff vote at Wheeler Ave. Baptist Church Tuesday.

Elected officials around the Houston community offered their condolences to U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, who died at age 74. "Well, we don't expect you to ever agree with any politician 100%.

Sheila Jackson Lee’s daughter to finish her mother’s term before former Houston mayor takes 18th Congressional District Sylvester Turner won the election to the U.S. House in Texas’ 18th ...

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, reaches back to hold her husband, Elwyn Lee’s, hand, as she speaks to her supporters during her election night watch party on Tuesday, March 5, 2024 in Houston.

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee left big shoes to fill in Congressional District 18. Her daughter, Erica Lee Carter, is hoping to fill them, as well as two Republicans.

For years now we've tuned in to the annual State of the Union address to make sure that U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Tx, of the Fightin' 18th Congressional District in Houston, gets up next to ...