Edwards unsuccessfully ran for the seat twice last year. She faced off against U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee in the 2024 ...

Sylvester Turner led battles against electricity and gas companies. He never won, but he didn’t give up trying.

Former Houston Mayor and U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner’s hearse arrives the House Chamber for a memorial service at Texas State Capitol in Austin, Thursday, March 13, 2025. Turner will lie in state ...

The district has been a Democratic stronghold, held for decades by Sheila Jackson Lee and most recently by former Houston ...

The former Houston mayor’s funeral drew more than 1,000 mourners on Saturday, including 20 of his congressional colleagues ...

A longtime public servant, Turner served in the Texas House of Representatives for many years before he was elected Houston’s ...

Turner, who spent nearly three decades in the Texas House and died last week, was remembered as a passionate Democrat ...

Turner served as the 62nd mayor of Houston. He was elected to represent the 18th Congressional District of Texas in 2024, ...

Turner’s death comes two months into his first term representing Texas’ 18th Congressional District, the seat long occupied by former U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, who also died in office last year ...

Family, friends, and other supporters will gather at Turner's long time church to say their final goodbyes to the beloved ...

Sylvester Turner at his funeral Saturday at the Church ... and at the Capitol in Austin on Thursday and Friday. Ashley Turner Captain, Turner's daughter, said her father taught her how to speak ...

State lawmakers offered up tributes to the late Houston mayor, congressman and former Texas House member ahead of his memorial on Saturday.