Harris County Commissioners have opted to keep Christian Menefee as the county attorney until Gov. Greg Abbott calls an ...

Republicans hold a tiny majority in the House, creating an incentive for Abbott to hold off on calling an election for Turner ...

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

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

Turner died March 5 at 70 after "enduring health complications." He just started his first term in the U.S. House.

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

Former Mayor and U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner will be honored Saturday at a funeral in west Houston. Here's how to watch it.

The race to fill a Texas congressional seat has candidates but no election date more than three weeks after Rep. Sylvester ...

Sylvester Turner’s death and just over a month before ... Texas’ breakout ideas and politics event happening Nov. 13–15 in downtown Austin. Step inside the conversations shaping the future ...