Sylvester Turner

American attorney and politician (1954–2025)

IncumbentU.S. House — TX-18DemocraticPast candidateVugol ID VM-GZY-G78K FEC H4TX18237

Ran for U.S. House, TX-18 in 2026

Link: vugol.me/p/sylvester-turner

Roster source: FEC filing (2026-08-26)

Headshot · sylvesterturner.com

Sylvester Turner — Photo — Photo · Ike Hayman, House Creative Services · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Sylvester Turner — Illustration · Vugol.me — Illustration · Vugol.me
Illustration by Vugol.me, adapted from Ike Hayman, House Creative Services · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Races

2026 · U.S. House, TX-18 · Primary · Democratic · result not on file · incumbent
2024 · U.S. House, TX-18 · General · Democratic · result not on file · source

Background

Sylvester Turner was an American politician and attorney who served as the U.S. representative for Texas's 18th congressional district from January 2025 until his death in March 2025.

A member of the Democratic Party, Turner served as the 62nd mayor of Houston from 2016 to 2024 and as a member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1989 to 2016.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 2026-09-23 · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvester_Turner

Campaign finance

$29,184total raised (2026 cycle)

$410cash on hand (2026 cycle)

$236,837total spent (2026 cycle)

As of 2025-10-31 · Source: FEC

Website and social

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Sources

Portrait — Ike Hayman, House Creative Services · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons (file page)
Background — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-09-23 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvester_Turner
Website and social links — Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16751186
Roster — FEC filing — https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H4TX18237/
photo_headshot — https://sylvesterturner.com/
photo_gallery — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Turner_Sylvester_119th_Congress_(cropped1).jpg
photo_gallery — http://www.sylvesterturner.com/
photo_gallery — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TurnerSylvester.png
photo_gallery — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Turner_Sylvester_119th_Congress.jpg
photo_gallery — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TurnerSylvester_(1).png
FEC candidate status changed — https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H4TX18237/?cycle=2026

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