Daniel Nichanian on Nostr: Houston just elected John Whitmire, a longtime TX senator, as mayor. Whitmire, a Dem, ...
Houston just elected John Whitmire, a longtime TX senator, as mayor.
Whitmire, a Dem, was an architect of Texas' prison boom in 1990s. He helped stall criminal justice reforms passed by the GOP House in the Senate, and ran on ramping up policing. Context:
https://boltsmag.org/houston-mayors-race-2023-runoff/Published at
2023-12-10 04:26:28Event JSON
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