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Sylvester Turner showed up for Houston, and he met us where we were

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06.03.2025

Mayoral candidate Sylvester Turner, center, gets a hug from Agatha Muokebe, left, as he visits a holiday party at Oak Shadows Retirement and Assisted Living Community to campaign the day before election day Friday, Dec. 11, 2015, in Houston.

Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner dances with local residents during Valentine's Day's Love and Line Dancing event at The Original Red Rooster on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019 in Houston. The annual event features a lunch, line dancing and this year a rose hand out from Mayor Sylvester Turner.

Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner waves at Houston Heights neighbors as he walks with Mitch Blitz, left, his wife Dawn Blitz and two daughters Annie Blitz, 5, and Sophie Blitz, 8, Friday, April 21, 2017, in Houston.

Houston mayor Sylvester Turner talks with Fox 26 general manager D'Artagnan Babel, dressed as Santa, during the 3rd annual Year Of Joy Holiday Ice Skating Party at the ICE powered by Green Mountain Energy at Discovery Green in downtown Houston, Monday, Dec. 10, 2018.

Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner at a Houston City Council committee meeting in 2019, with Council member Martha Castex Tatum.

Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner shakes hands with parade goers during the annual Pride Parade on Saturday, June 24, 2017, in Houston.

In so many big and small ways,

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