New: U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee is running for Houston mayor.
, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.is joining the Houston mayoral race, scrambling the already crowded field.
“Sheila Jackson Lee wants to come home to be your mayor for the city of Houston,” Jackson Lee said at a church event Sunday. “I will not be able to do it without each and every one of you.” Jackson Lee's comments were livestreamed by the church, City Cathedral Church, and shared Monday morning by Urban Reform, a Houston online publication.
Jackson Lee enters a mayoral contest that is already well underway. The early frontrunner has been state Sen. John Whitmire, D-Houston, and his competitors include Chris Hollins, the former Harris County clerk; Robert Gallegos, a member of the Houston City Council; Gilbert Garcia, former chairman of the city's Metropolitan Transit Authority; and Amanda Edwards, a former City Council member.
One of Jackson Lee's Democratic colleagues from Houston, U.S. Rep. Sylvia Garcia, has already endorsed Whitmire.
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