The University of Houston Law Center is the law school of the University of Houston in Houston,Texas. Founded in 1947,the Law Center is one of 12 colleges of the University of Houston,a state university. It is accredited by the American Bar Association and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools. The law school's facilities are located on the university's 667-acre campus in southeast Houston.
Survivor:Palau is the tenth season of the American CBS competitive reality television series Survivor. The season filmed from November 1,2004,through December 9,2004,and premiered on February 17,2005. Filming took place in Koror,Palau. Hosted by Jeff Probst,it consisted of the usual 39 days of gameplay with 20 competitors,the most the series had ever begun with up to that point.
LGBTQ+ Victory Fund,commonly shortened to Victory Fund,is an American political action committee dedicated to increasing the number of out LGBTQ+ public officials in the United States. Victory Fund is the largest LGBTQ+ political action committee in the United States and one of the nation's largest non-connected PACs.
Annise Danette Parker is an American politician who served as the 61st Mayor of Houston,Texas,from 2010 until 2016. She also served as an at-large member of the Houston City Council from 1998 to 2003 and city controller from 2004 to 2010.
The Houston LGBTQ+ Political Caucus is the South's oldest civil rights organization dedicated solely to the advancement of gay,lesbian,bisexual and transgender rights. It was founded in 1975,and is the largest LGBTQ political organization in the city of Houston and Harris County. It is known locally simply as "The Caucus". The Caucus is nonpartisan and endorses candidates on the basis of their support for LGBTQ rights,regardless of political party or candidate's sexual orientation.
Phyllis Randolph Frye is an associate judge for the municipal courts in Houston,Texas. Frye is the first openly transgender judge appointed in the United States.
Park Elizabeth Cannon is an American politician from the state of Georgia. She is a member of the Georgia House of Representatives,representing the 58th district,and a member of the Democratic Party.
Shawn Nicole Thierry is an American politician. She is a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives,representing the 146th District. She won the November 2016 general election and was sworn into office on January 10,2017. Thierry was an unsuccessful candidate for the 57th Civil District Court in 2010.
Gina Maria Ortiz Jones is an American intelligence officer and politician. She served in the Biden administration as Under Secretary of the Air Force from July 2021 to March 2023.
Elizabeth Ann Fletcher is an American attorney and politician from Texas. A Democrat,she has represented Texas's 7th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives since 2018. The district includes much of western Houston.
Amanda Edwards is an American attorney and politician who served as a member of the Houston City Council. She was a candidate for the 2020 United States Senate election in Texas,in which she placed fifth in the Democratic primary. She later briefly ran for mayor of Houston before dropping out to run for a seat in the U.S. House;she has stated that she intends to remain a candidate even after the incumbent,Sheila Jackson Lee,announced her intention to run for re-election.
Mondaire Lamar Jones is an American lawyer and politician who was the U.S. representative for New York's 17th congressional district from 2021 to 2023. The district included most of central and northwestern Westchester County and all of Rockland County. A member of the Democratic Party,Jones is one of the two first openly gay Black members of Congress in history.
Michele Kenyette Rayner is an American attorney and politician. She has served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives since 2020,representing District 62 in Pinellas and Hillsborough Counties. She was the first openly lesbian black woman elected to the Florida Legislature,originally representing House District 70.
Jasmine Felicia Crockett is an American lawyer and politician who is the U.S. representative from Texas's 30th congressional district since 2023. Her district covers most of South Dallas County,central Dallas,Dallas Love Field Airport and parts of Tarrant County. A member of the Democratic Party,she previously represented the 100th district in the Texas House of Representatives.
Penny Morales Shaw is an American attorney and politician.
Matthew Haston Krause is an American attorney and politician who served as a member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 93rd district from 2013 to 2023. He is a member of the Republican Party.
The 2023 Houston mayoral election was held on November 7,2023,with a runoff on December 9 because no candidate won a majority of the vote in the first round. It was held to elect the mayor of Houston,Texas. Incumbent Democratic mayor Sylvester Turner was term-limited and could not seek re-election to a third term in office. Municipal elections in Texas are officially nonpartisan.
