WASHINGTON — Texas Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee is running for mayor of Houston, joining other Democrats who sought to leave the House recently for a chance to lead one of the nation’s largest cities.
Jackson Lee, who has been in the House since 1995, is one of at least six candidates vying to replace incumbent Mayor Sylvester Turner, who is term-limited. The election in November is nonpartisan, though most of the major contenders for the seat are Democrats.
“Sheila Jackson Lee wants to come home to be your mayor, for the City of Houston,” Jackson Lee said Sunday at City Cathedral Church. A video of her announcement was posted on Twitter by Urban Reform, a Houston-based online publication. “I will not be able to do it without each and every one of you.”
