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● Houston, TX Mayor: Houston City Councilman Robert Gallegos, who would be the Bayou City's first-ever Latino mayor, announced Thursday that he was joining this November's nonpartisan primary to succeed termed-out incumbent Sylvester Turner, but an even more prominent Democrat also appears to be eyeing the race. An unreleased poll from earlier this month tested Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee as a possible contender, and while she hasn't said anything publicly about running, longtime political writer Charles Kuffner says her campaign is indeed surveying the race.
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