Member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 82nd district
In office January 9, 1973 – January 11, 1983
Preceded by
Bill Heatley
Succeeded by
Nolan Robnett
Personal details
Born
John Harris Whitmire
(1949-08-13) August 13, 1949 (age 74) Hillsboro, Texas, U.S.
Political party
Democratic
Spouse
Rebecca Dalby
(m. 1976, divorced)
Children
2
Relatives
Kathy Whitmire (former sister-in-law)
Education
University of Houston (BA)[1]
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John Harris Whitmire (born August 13, 1949)[2] is an American attorney and politician who has served as the 63rd mayor of Houston, the most populous city in Texas, since 2024. A member of the Democratic Party, Whitmire was previously a member of the Texas State House of Representatives from 1973 until 1983, and the Texas State Senate from 1983 to 2023. In the state senate, he represented District 15, which included much of northern Houston.
In November 2021, Whitmire announced his candidacy for mayor of Houston in the 2023 election. In November 2023, he advanced to a runoff with Representative Sheila Jackson Lee. He won the runoff in a landslide on December 9, 2023.
^"For Dean of Senate, Public and Private Blur". January 18, 2013. Retrieved March 30, 2024.
^Texas Department of State Health Services, Vital Records. "Birth Certificate for John Harris Whitmire" (Third party index of birth records for Hill County). Rootsweb.com. Retrieved December 19, 2006. [dead link]
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