After shedding Houston mayor’s race, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee to hunt reelection to Congress

HOUSTON — Two days after shedding her bid to be Houston’s subsequent mayor, longtime U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee introduced on Monday she is going to search a sixteenth time period in Congress in 2024.

Jackson Lee first took workplace in 1995. Her district contains downtown Houston and among the metropolis’s traditionally Black neighborhoods, together with third and fifth Wards.

“I am enthusiastic about the prospect of continuing our shared journey to uplift the 18th Congressional District,” Jackson Lee, a Democrat, mentioned in a press release. “Your support has been invaluable, and I eagerly welcome it as I strive to further serve and represent our community with my ability to get the job done.”

Jackson Lee’s announcement comes after she was handily defeated by state Sen. John Whitmire in a mayoral runoff election on Saturday.

She had sought to be Houston’s first Black feminine mayor. Jackson Lee was closely outspent by Whitmire within the marketing campaign and in addition needed to cope with fallout from the discharge in October of an unverified audio recording that purportedly captured her profanely berating employees.

In her reelection bid to Congress, Jackson Lee might be going through a minimum of one challenger within the Democratic main: former Houston City Council Member Amanda Edwards, who as soon as was an intern within the congresswoman’s workplace.