Texas state Senator John Whitmire has won the Houston mayoral race, defeating Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee. Whitmire's victory comes after a runoff election in which he secured a significant lead over Jackson Lee. The race saw Jackson Lee facing criticism, including a leaked recording of her berating staff and her campaign running an ad telling people to vote on the wrong day. Whitmire's win is seen as a choice in favor of a pro law enforcement candidate over a radical progressive, according to supporters. Jackson Lee's loss has prompted her to file for reelection to her House seat after her unsuccessful mayoral bid.
Sheila Jackson Lee Got Absolutely Destroyed in Houston's Mayoral Race https://t.co/9iYjXbiQDd
Sheila Jackson Lee files to run for reelection to Congress after losing her bid for Houston mayor. https://t.co/Ah93I9kg7u
Sheila Jackson Lee files reelection bid for her House seat after losing Houston mayor’s race https://t.co/XkBMUdHPsy
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Houston’s new mayor jabs ‘bully’ Sheila Jackson Lee after 30-point beatdown Houston Mayor-elect John Whitmire took a parting shot at U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) after delivering a 30-point beatdown over the weekend in the runoff election for mayor. “People want to go to… https://t.co/2WVeoyRbFn
US Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee loses Houston mayor runoff https://t.co/CATZqtcMuU
Safe to say the people of Houston are more than a little relieved that Sheila Jackson Lee didn’t win the mayoral race last night… (The Heights, Houston) https://t.co/DX4EgaTrG1
Man Who Beat Sheila Jackson Lee Adds Insult to Injury with Post-Victory Statement on His Defeated Opponent via @gatewaypundit https://t.co/1vQirhWj66
🤣🤣🤣 Sheila Jackson Lee defeated - it wasn’t even close… https://t.co/u3cDYoapkL
Houston's new mayor-elect takes shot at 'bully' Democrat Sheila Jackson Lee after storming to victory when her campaign imploded over a leaked recording of an expletive-laden rant at staffers https://t.co/sjJqCWsqIz https://t.co/CupMJlvTzS
Good news: Sheila Jackson Lee Defeated in Bid for Houston Mayor Potential bad news: "a decision was forthcoming on whether she would run for another term in her House seat." https://t.co/a4WUKyDvQB
Democrat John Whitmire elected Houston mayor, defeating congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee in runoff vote to become the OLDEST mayor of any large US city https://t.co/3IGsihb6JD https://t.co/3D04Rn7Vs6
Houston's mayor-elect takes parting shot at Sheila Jackson Lee: 'We don't bully people' https://t.co/FIJNhRq4t8
Texas state Sen. John Whitmire will be the next mayor of Houston, CNN projects, after winning a runoff over US Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee to lead the country’s fourth-largest city. https://t.co/6eKsszJh4O
Rep. Jackson Lee Loses Houston Mayoral Bid https://t.co/V5e2BvX6Yu
Looks like John Whitmire got more of the Hispanic vote for Houston mayor https://t.co/dyTNvHYbcy
JUST IN: John Whitmire defeats Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee in Houston mayor’s race https://t.co/vgzkzQeDHc
Democrat Sheila Jackson Lee – endorsed by Hillary Clinton and Nancy Pelosi – lost the Houston Mayoral race in a landslide. Texas State Senator John Whitmire, a Democrat, won the mayoral race. It wasn’t even close. Sheila Jackson Lee got crushed in the run-off election. Read… https://t.co/nf0uSjctKN
John Whitmire defeats Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee in Houston mayor’s race https://t.co/um8wNGbrJ6
BREAKING: Democrat Mayoral candidate Sheila Jackson Lee, endorsed by Hillary Clinton, lost the race in landslide fashion.
Houston made a wise decision tonight selecting a pro law enforcement candidate in the mayoral runoff over a radical progressive. Good news for the city of Houston.
JUST IN: Democrat Sheila Jackson Lee – Endorsed By Hillary Clinton – Loses Houston Mayoral Race in Landslide via @gatewaypundit https://t.co/8br1Ctu04Y
Sheila Jackson Lee has lost the election for mayor of Houston... The city chose another shitty Democrat instead of her and would continue to decline either way... But it's fun that the do-nothing, completely worthless Congresswoman lost.
John Whitmire elected mayor of Houston, besting Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee https://t.co/CfYphfA7hj
BREAKING NEWS: Texas lawmaker John Whitmire tops Sheila Jackson Lee in runoff election for Houston's next mayor https://t.co/h2xiXVZuEO
Texas lawmaker John Whitmire tops Sheila Jackson Lee in runoff election for Houston's next mayor https://t.co/cIinsAInCI
Sheila Jackson Lee loses Houston mayor’s race. Stories that broke thru — A recording of the congresswoman berating staff; her campaign running an ad telling people to vote on the wrong day. https://t.co/c9E3oVJl4J
NBC News projects: John Whitmire (D) wins the Houston Mayor Runoff.
Aaaaand Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), who once asked a NASA official if the Mars Rover saw the American flag we planted there, is getting absolutely shellacked in the Houston mayoral race. She’s currently losing by about 30 points with more than half the vote in.
Sheila Jackson Lee loses Houston mayor’s race to tough-on-crime state senator https://t.co/dEzcZx9MIm
JUST IN: John Whitmire wins the Houston mayoral race. https://t.co/RCa1kVcUI7
JUST IN: John Whitmire wins the Houston mayoral race. https://t.co/FwmUTnAYpn
JUST IN: John Whitmire wins the Houston mayoral race. https://t.co/CbB4hgCUa1
BREAKING: Democrat John Whitmire elected Houston mayor, defeating congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee https://t.co/Mev5YTaWh0
Voters to choose between Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee and state Sen. John Whitmire for Houston mayor https://t.co/ysayQK2rH1