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2023-12-10 Home Front: Politix

Democrat John Whitmire elected Houston mayor, defeating congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee

[MSN] Houston elected Democratic state Sen. John Whitmire as its next mayor on Saturday night, elevating a Texas lawmaker who has represented the city for 50 years by giving him a victory over U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee in a runoff.

Whitmire, 74, who is one of Texas’ most powerful Democratic legislators, will now be at the helm of America’s fourth-largest city. His campaign focused on reducing crime, improving streets and bringing people together. He heavily outspent Jackson Lee, who was running to become Houston’s first Black female mayor.
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The congresswoman’s campaign also had to deal with fallout from the release in October of an unverified audio recording that purported to capture her profanely berating staff.

Whitmire built an insurmountable lead among early voters, winning among those voters by 30 percentage points.

Standing before a ballroom full of cheering supporters in the city's convention center, Whitmire said he was fired up and ready to go to work as mayor.

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2023-12-10 02:03|| || Front Page|| [11150 views ] Top

#1 The congresswoman’s campaign also had to deal with fallout from the release in October of an unverified audio recording that purported to capture her profanely berating staff.

Posted by Frank G 2023-12-10 05:56|| 2023-12-10 05:56|| Front Page Top

#2 without ethics or intellect

Like Chicago?

Posted by Procopius2k 2023-12-10 07:02|| 2023-12-10 07:02|| Front Page Top

#3 Regrettably, Jackson-Lee will fail upward in any event.

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-12-10 07:12|| 2023-12-10 07:12|| Front Page Top

#4 /\ Yes, the term " **** up, move up" definitely applies here.

Posted by Besoeker 2023-12-10 07:14|| 2023-12-10 07:14|| Front Page Top

#5 S J Lee has represented the district since 1995.

Sadly, she will likely represent the district for at least several more years. She is currently 73 years old. Her only path to 'promotion' is getting a cabinet job after some vacancies open in the Biden Admin.

Posted by lord garth 2023-12-10 09:02|| 2023-12-10 09:02|| Front Page Top

#6 BLM Gamekeeper in residence, Johnson Island, the Pacific.

Posted by Besoeker 2023-12-10 09:06|| 2023-12-10 09:06|| Front Page Top

#7 Houston, we don’t have a problem.

Posted by Super Hose 2023-12-10 09:19|| 2023-12-10 09:19|| Front Page Top

#8 Whitmire is white. So obviously this is because of racism.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2023-12-10 09:55|| 2023-12-10 09:55|| Front Page Top

#9 He also plans on dealing with crime, so he may not be quite as horrible. Still a democrat but GLAD I don't live IN Houston.

Posted by Silentbrick 2023-12-10 09:58|| 2023-12-10 09:58|| Front Page Top

#10 Only way this happens is some of Houston's black voters vote for Whitmire or don't vote at all.

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-12-10 10:18|| 2023-12-10 10:18|| Front Page Top

#11 a Texas lawmaker who has represented the city for 50 years

He's had two(2) generations of working for the benefit of Houston. What did he do?

Posted by Skidmark 2023-12-10 11:56|| 2023-12-10 11:56|| Front Page Top

#12 Whitmire will have a difficult time reducing crime even with his best effort.

However, somewhat surprisingly, Houston has made considerable progress reducing homelessness. Enough success so a lot of city officials outside of Texas have made a visit to Houston to discuss it. We are not talking about solving the problem but reducing it significantly, about 10-20% depending on how you measure it.

Posted by lord garth 2023-12-10 16:06|| 2023-12-10 16:06|| Front Page Top