Jackson Lee’s children endorsed Turner to fill the seat in her… The Democrat will replace the late Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas), who died after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer this ...

The children of the late Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) endorsed former Houston, Texas, Mayor Sylvester Turner (D) for her House seat on Monday. The late congresswoman’s children, Jason Lee ...

Former Mayor Sylvester Turner said he is seriously considering running for the late Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee’s seat in Congress. “I am giving it serious consideration,” Turner told the ...

Several dozen precinct chairs Tuesday night elected former Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner to be the Democratic nominee for Congressional District 18, replacing the late Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee on ...

HOUSTON — Former Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner was picked Tuesday as the Democrats’ nominee to succeed the late U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, who died last month after being diagnosed with ...

The late U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee’s family endorsed former Mayor Sylvester Turner in the race to replace the congresswoman on the November ballot. A week ahead of the nomination meeting ...

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. Rep.-elect […] advertisement ...

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 ...

Seven months after leaving the Houston mayor’s office, Sylvester Turner says he is now ready to run for the congressional seat held by the late Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, his longtime ...

Sheila Jackson Lee was born in New York City, the granddaughter of Jamaican immigrants. She moved to Texas in 1987. And like so many Houston transplants, she found her calling in politics.