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Chronicle poll shows S.F. Mayor Breed’s re-election bid is in danger

Composite of Daniel Lurie, London Breed, and Mark Farrell. Lea Suzuki/The Chronicle, Stephen Lam/The Chronicle, Lea Suzuki/The Chronicle More than eight months out from election day and as about 40% of the electorate remains undecided, the poll found that former mayor and supervisor Mark Farrell — who officially announced his candidacy the day before polling began […]

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Houston Mayor John Whitmire meets with TEA chief Mike Morath

Houston Mayor John Whitmire (left) and Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (right) met Jan. 8, 2024, to discuss the direction of Houston ISD. Houston Chronicle Whitmire met with Morath to share “his views on the importance of HISD to the City of Houston and pledged that he and his new Education Advisor would assist the Houston […]

City Council

City Council delays vote on Gaza cease-fire resolution until February | #citycouncil

Student rally in support of a ceasefire in Gaza at UTSA on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023 in San Antonio, Texas. At noon, students walked out of classes in solidarity with Palestine.Josie Norris/San Antonio Express-News The City Council won’t take up a Gaza cease-fire resolution at its first meeting of the year, as had been expected, and […]

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District 10 Councilman Marc Whyte arrested, charged with DWI | #citycouncil

District 10 Councilmember Marc Whyte opposes the Reproductive Justice Fund at the City Council Budget Work session in the City Hall Council Briefing Room on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023 in San Antonio. Salgu Wissmath/San Antonio Express-News An arrest of a San Antonio City Council member resembles a previous incident in the same district almost one […]

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Meet the Russian professor who became mayor of a Colombian city

Mayor-elect Mikhail Krasnov waves to a supporter as he walks through Bolivar Square in Tunja, Colombia, Monday, Dec. 11, 2023. Krasnov, a 45-year-old university professor from Russia, was one of the unexpected winners in Colombia’s regional elections in October.Fernando Vergara/AP A woman holds a campaign card promoting mayoral candidate Mikhail Krasnov, in Tunja, Colombia, Monday, […]

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Houston’s mayor lost some power. That’s a good thing. (Opinion)

Before November, city council’s agenda was controlled solely by Houston’s mayor, Sylvester Turner. No more. Elizabeth Conley/Staff Photographer Houston City Council must approve everything from the city’s budget to board appointments, but what each item they consider has in common is this: For it to get council, it has to appear on the weekly agenda. […]

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Former San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo likely to enter race for Congress

San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo is expected to form an exploratory committee for the race to replace retiring Rep. Anna Eshoo. Tony Avelar/Special to the Chronicle The battle to replace the retiring Rep. Anna Eshoo in a South Bay House seat next year is likely to draw another big name: former San Jose Mayor Sam […]

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Whitmire leading Jackson Lee, new poll shows

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee and state Sen. John Whitmire are pictured together in this composite photo. Houston Chronicle State Sen. John Whitmire maintains a 7 percentage point lead over U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee in the Houston mayoral race, with a fifth of likely voters having yet to make up their minds just weeks before the […]

City Council

City Council To Discuss Whether To Change From At-Large To District Elections | #citycouncil

The Tracy City Council at its meeting Tuesday will discuss whether the city should hold district-based elections rather than with its current at-large method. Tracy right now elects a mayor to a two-year term with a limit of two terms along with four councilmembers who are elected by city voters at large for four-year terms […]

Alabama

Legal fights over voting districts could play role in control of Congress for 2024 | #elections | #alabama

FILE – A map of a GOP proposal to redraw Alabama’s congressional districts is displayed at the Alabama Statehouse in Montgomery, Ala., Tuesday, July 18, 2023. Democrats got a potential boost for the 2024 congressional elections as courts in Alabama and Florida ruled in the summer of 2023 that Republican-led legislatures had unfairly diluted the […]