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.

Mayor John Whitmire serves as the Executive Officer of the City. As the City's chief administrator and official representative, the Mayor is responsible for the general management of the City and for seeing that all laws and ordinances are enforced.

John Whitmire, the former Dean of the Texas Senate, was sworn into office as Houston's 63rd Mayor on January 2, 2024. He has served his community his entire adult life. As a young boy, John worked odd jobs and learned the value of hard …

Dec 9, 2023 · John Whitmire is the Mayor of Houston in Texas. He assumed office on January 2, 2024. His current term ends on January 2, 2028. Whitmire ran for election for Mayor of Houston in Texas. He won in the general runoff election on December 9, 2023. Whitmire was born in Hillsboro, Texas, in 1949.

Jan 6, 2025 · It’s been about a year since John Whitmire was sworn in as Houston’s mayor. After more than 50 years in the Texas Legislature, Whitmire’s entry into the mayor’s office of Texas’s biggest city served as a big shift from what he’d previously been doing at the Capitol.

Dec 10, 2023 · Texas State Senator John Whitmire has defeated Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee to win the election as the 63rd mayor of Houston. The tally from the Harris County Clerk's Office showed...

Dec 9, 2023 · State Sen. John Whitmire has defeated U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee in a landslide victory to serve as the next mayor of Houston — the largest city in Texas and the fourth most populous in the...

Profile of Representative Jerry Madden and Senator John Whitmire, both named 2010 Public Officials of the Year by Governing magazine for their work in corrections reform; interviews. Governing . Whitmire is "the longest-serving state senator in Texas and the nation."

John Harris Whitmire (born August 13, 1949) [1] is an American attorney and politician who is the 63rd Mayor of Houston since 2024. He was a member of the Texas Senate from 1983 until 2023. He was a member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1973 through 1982.

May 29, 2024 · Austin Mayor Kirk Watson and incoming Houston Mayor John Whitmire, two veteran Democratic legislators, are trying to repair their cities’ fraught relationships with the state’s GOP leadership.