Politics

State Rep. Garnet Coleman endorses Jolanda Jones as his successor, despite a vow to stay on the sidelines

Posted on · Coleman previously declined to endorse any candidate in the first round of the Democratic primary. He’s now asking supporters to back Jones over Danielle Keys Bess in both the May 7 special election and the May 24 primary runoff.

Politics

The race to succeed Houston state Rep. Garnet Coleman heads to a runoff — and a special election

Posted on · Former Houston City Councilmember Jolanda Jones and Realtor Danielle Keys Bess will face each other in a late-May runoff, but that’s only after voters choose who’ll fill out the remainder of Coleman’s current term in an early-May special election.