Early returns in the Houston mayor's race had State Senator John Whitmire taking the lead against Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee for a probable upcoming runoff in December. Whitmire was leading with 59,697 votes or roughly 43 percent of the expected total votes. Jackson Lee fell slightly behind, with 48,548 or...
Mayoral candidates State Senator John Whitmire, Attorney Lee Kaplan, former METRO chair Gilbert Garcia and Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, at a recent mayoral forum.Early returns in the Houston mayor's race had State Senator John Whitmire taking the lead against Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee for a probable upcoming runoff in December.
In the City Controller race, former Harris County Clerk Chris Hollins was holding onto a strong lead. In early returns he collected nearly half the votes cast by Harris County early voters with 57,903. The four candidates sought to fill current-term limited controller Chris Brown’s seat. Brown has alerted city officials of the projected budget shortfall that will take effect after COVID-19 federal relief funds begin to run out.
Former Humble ISD board trustee Martina Lemond Dixon and Businessman Fred Flickinger ran for Martin's spot on City Council with Flickinger the likely winner to represent District E, covering Kingwood and parts of the Clear Lake area. Flickinger was leading with 8,858 votes to Lemond Dixon's 6,423. In a written statement, Jackson Lee neither confirmed nor denied that her voice was the one overhead in recording berating who was said to be a campaign employee of the mayoral candidate.
This vote and Whitmire aligning himself with Republicans in the Legislature has also garnered criticism from Democratic voters.
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