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The Houston City Council is a city council for the city of Houston in the U.S. state of Texas . The Council has sixteen members: eleven from council districts and five elected at-large. The members of the Council are elected every four years, with the most recent election being held in 2023 and the next being held in 2027.
1981 or 1982 (age 42–43) [ 1] Houston, Texas, U.S. Political party. Democratic. Education. Emory University ( BA) Harvard University ( JD) Amanda Edwards (born 1981 or 1982) is an American attorney and politician who served as a member of the Houston City Council. She was a candidate for the 2020 United States Senate election in Texas, in ...
The current mayor of Houston is John Whitmire. The city council lineup was based on a U.S. Justice Department mandate which took effect in 1979. Under the current city charter, when the population in the Houston city limits passed 2.2 million residents, the nine-member city council districts expanded to include two more city council districts. [2]
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Plummer was first elected to political office, Houston City Council, in December 2019. She won 51.9% of the vote against her opponent Anthony Dolcefino and is the first Muslim to be elected to Houston City Council. [ 1][ 2] She was sworn in on January 2, 2020 to represent At-Large Position 4 of Houston City Council succeeding Amanda Edwards ...
Sallie Alcorn is an American politician who has held political office as an at-large council member in the City of Houston, Texas since 2020. Alcorn collected 22.8% of the votes in the November 5, 2019 general election, [1] which triggered a runoff. She won her runoff election [2] on December 14, 2019, with 52.8% (90,235) of the vote.
Democrats selected former Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner (D) to serve as the party’s nominee for the November election to succeed the late Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas). Turner prevailed in ...
1957 or 1958 (age 66–67) [1] Houston, Texas, U.S. Political party. Democratic. Alma mater. Houston Community College. Ashford University. Robert Gallegos is a Texas politician who currently represents District I on the Houston City Council. He is the first openly gay Latino city councilor in Texas history.