Sylvester Turner

1 year in the U.S. Congress · since 2025

• Representative TX-18 2025–2025

• role U.S. representative for Texas's 18th congressional district from January 2025 until his death in March 2025
• role 62nd mayor of Houston from 2016 to 2024
• role Texas House of Representatives member from 1989 to 2016
• background Born and raised in Houston; attorney educated at University of Houston and Harvard Law School
• achievement Won 2015 Houston mayoral election by less than 2% in the closest mayoral race in Houston history

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Recorded individual contributions in the 2026 cycle: $17,450 · 8 receipts

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  plus 49 cosponsored

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  of 2 bills sponsored

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  none on record

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The members Turner most often co-sponsors bills with — their legislative coalition.

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How Turner connects to other members, committees, and PACs — drawn only from ingested records.

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