President Barack Obama has endorsed Sylvester Turner in the Houston mayoral runoff, a race expected to go down to the wire Saturday between the longtime state representative and former Kemah Mayor Bill King.
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Mayoral Runoff Shines Light on Houston’s Political Identity
Houston voters will get the final say Saturday on who their next mayor will be โ Bill King or Sylvester Turner โ capping a race that seems to have increasingly laid the city’s political identity on the line.
Garcia Endorses Turner in Houston Mayoral Runoff
Former Harris County Sheriff Adrian Garcia on Friday endorsed state Rep. Sylvester Turner in the Houston mayoral runoff.
For Harris County Democrats, A Win and Two Hard Losses
Democratic state Rep. Sylvester Turner led the field for Houston mayor, but the blue team took two big hits during Tuesday’s election in the nation’s fourth largest city.
Turner Will Face King in Runoff for Houston Mayor
State Rep. Sylvester Turner ran well ahead of the pack in the Houston mayoral race, capturing about 32 percent of the vote, and will face former Kemah Mayor Bill King in a Dec. 12 runoff to lead the nation’s fourth-largest city.
In Houston Mayoral Race, A Scrum for a Runoff
With the Houston mayoral election a week away, attention is centering on which candidate will square off in an all-but-certain runoff with state Rep. Sylvester Turner.
Video: Houston and the 84th Legislature
Full video of my 6/29 conversation about Houston and the 84th legislative session with state Sen. Brandon Creighton, R-Conroe, and state Rep. Sylvester Turner, D-Houston.
Livestream: Houston & the Legislature: An 84th Session Recap
We’re livestreaming a review of the just-finished legislative session โ and its impact on Houston โ with state Sen. Brandon Creighton, R-Conroe, and state Rep. Sylvester Turner, D-Houston.
Minorities in Forefront of Big City Mayoral Races
As Texas’ major cities continue their decades-long evolution to minority-majority populations, tracking minority and female ascension to mayoral firsts has almost reached the complexity of a political trivia game.
The Brief: June 2, 2015
Sine die has now come and gone. But with lawmakers now free to return to their hometowns across the state, the question remains: How’d they do?


