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 ...

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 Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner won Texas’s 18th Congressional District by a nearly a 40 percentage point margin, Decision Desk HQ has projected. The Democrat will replace the late Rep ...

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 ...

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 ...

Turner, who served two terms as Houston's mayor, died March 5 just two months after stepping into the job held for nearly 30 years by U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee.

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.

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 ...