Former Houston City Council member Amanda Edwards announced her bid for Congress on Wednesday to fill the seat vacated after ...

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.

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

House seat is shaping up to be a competitive one, with two Democrats already throwing their hats in even though the date of ...

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

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

On Saturday, late Houston mayor and congressman Sylvester Turner was laid to rest during services at the Church Without Walls ...

Sylvester Turner served as Houston mayor and in Congress after serving 27 years in the Texas House. He died March 4.

Houston City Controller Chris Hollins called on city council members Wednesday to begin the process of renaming the downtown ...

Amanda Edwards announced Wednesday that she will run for late U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner’s seat to represent Texas' 18th ...

Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee and former Sheila Jackson Lee advisor Isaiah Martin were the first to throw their ...