Tarsha Jackson
2020 - Present
2028
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Tarsha Jackson is a member of the Houston City Council in Texas, representing District B. She assumed office on December 21, 2020. Her current term ends on January 2, 2028.
Jackson ran for re-election to the Houston City Council to represent District B in Texas. She won in the general election on November 7, 2023.
Candidate Renee Jefferson-Smith filed a lawsuit challenging the results of the November 5 election, arguing Cynthia Bailey should be removed from the December 14 runoff ballot. On November 20, 2019, the Houston city clerk decided to remove the District B runoff candidates from the ballot pending litigation.[1] On August 11, 2020, an appellate court judge ruled that Bailey could remain on the ballot, allowing the general election runoff to move forward. On October 19, 2020, Judge Grant Dorfman ordered the runoff to be held on December 12, 2020.[2][3]
Biography
Jackson was born in Houston, Texas. She obtained an undergraduate degree from Texas Southern University. Her professional experience includes working as an organizer.[4]
Elections
2023
See also: City elections in Houston, Texas (2023)
General election
General election for Houston City Council District B
Incumbent Tarsha Jackson defeated Kendra London, Alma Banks-Brown, Tyrone Willis, and Koffey Smith El-Bey in the general election for Houston City Council District B on November 7, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Tarsha Jackson (Nonpartisan) | 62.8 | 9,269 |
 | Kendra London (Nonpartisan) | 15.6 | 2,302 | |
| Alma Banks-Brown (Nonpartisan) | 11.2 | 1,652 | |
| Tyrone Willis (Nonpartisan) | 7.9 | 1,161 | |
| Koffey Smith El-Bey (Nonpartisan) | 2.6 | 379 | |
| Total votes: 14,763 | |||
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Endorsements
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Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Jackson in this election.
2019
See also: City elections in Houston, Texas (2019)
General runoff election
General runoff election for Houston City Council District B
Tarsha Jackson defeated Cynthia Bailey in the general runoff election for Houston City Council District B on December 12, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Tarsha Jackson (Nonpartisan) | 68.7 | 4,770 |
 | Cynthia Bailey (Nonpartisan) | 31.3 | 2,178 | |
| Total votes: 6,948 | |||
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General election
General election for Houston City Council District B
The following candidates ran in the general election for Houston City Council District B on November 5, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Tarsha Jackson (Nonpartisan) | 20.9 | 3,322 |
| ✔ | | Cynthia Bailey (Nonpartisan) | 14.4 | 2,302 |
| Renee Jefferson-Smith (Nonpartisan) | 13.4 | 2,137 | |
| Alvin Byrd (Nonpartisan) | 10.2 | 1,630 | |
| Karen Kossie-Chernyshev (Nonpartisan) | 8.8 | 1,408 | |
| Prince Bryant (Nonpartisan) | 5.5 | 879 | |
| Alyson Quintana (Nonpartisan) | 5.3 | 846 | |
| Alice Kirkmon (Nonpartisan) | 5.1 | 819 | |
 | Kenneth Perkins (Nonpartisan) | 4.7 | 748 | |
 | Ben White Jr. (Nonpartisan) | 4.5 | 719 | |
| Huey German-Wilson (Nonpartisan) | 2.1 | 327 | |
 | Robin Anderson (Nonpartisan) | 2.0 | 320 | |
 | Broderick Butler (Nonpartisan) | 1.9 | 301 | |
| Karisma Gillam (Nonpartisan) | 1.1 | 174 | |
| Total votes: 15,932 | |||
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Endorsements
Jackson was endorsed by:
- Our Revolution Harris County[5]
- Harris County Tejano Democrats
- Houston Black Lives Matter
- The Houston Chronicle
- Houston GLBT Political Caucus
- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW 716)
- International Union of Painters and Allied Trades District Council 88 (IUPAT 88)
- Oak Forest Area Democrats
- Stonewall Young Democrats
- Texas Organizing Project
- Unite Here Local 23
- United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW Local 455)
- Workers Defense Fund
- Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia (D)
- State Representative Armando Walle (D-Texas House of Representatives District 140)[6]
For a complete list of Jackson's endorsements, click here.
Campaign themes
2023
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Tarsha Jackson did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.
2019
Tarsha Jackson completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Jackson's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I'm a single mother of two sons, born and raised in the Acres Homes, Greenspoint and North Forest communities. I went to school here and I raised my kids in the District.. Nearly 20 years ago I went from being a working mom to a parent advocate after my special needs son, who was ten years old at the time, was arrested and charged with a class C misdemeanor. I fought for and won juvenile detention reforms and since then I have been fighting to advance the priorities of residents in District B.
- Houston's economy should work for working families, not the other way around. Houston families deserve good jobs with fair wages, second chances, paid sick days and the right to form a union.
- Flooding: The neighborhoods in District B were hit hard during Harvey and the 2015 and 2016 floods. They are also some of the most likely to flood due to inadequate drainage, lack of regular ditch cleaning, and illegal dumping. The federal government has been sitting on almost $5 billion for mitigation in Texas. It is critical that we increase investment in street-level drainage, connected to the County's bayou-level drainage. Tarsha will fight for the City to have local control over 25% of this funding.
I've been working my whole life for criminal justice reform. I got the state to enact a Parent's Bill of Rights and was a leader in the coalition that got the county to adopt Bail Reform. The City needs to act on criminal justice, too, in city jails and the Police Department. I won't be able to take on criminal justice reform alone. I want to work to build coalitions with other progressive members so that we take on big issues like this together. That's the only way we'll make progress.
My first job was at McDonalds when I was 14 years old. I worked at McDonalds until I graduated from high school
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See also
2023 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Houston Life, "Houston City Council District B race will not appear on Dec. runoff ballot due to lawsuit," November 20, 2019
- ↑ Houston Chronicle, "District B election set for Dec. 12, nearly a year after its original date," October 19, 2020
- ↑ Houston Chronicle, "Court hearing finally could end District B runoff dispute, clear way for December election," October 8, 2020
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on November 2, 2019
- ↑ Ballotpedia's Elections Team, "Email communication with John T. Floyd," September 10, 2019
- ↑ Tarsha Jackson 2019 campaign website, "Endorsements," accessed November 5, 2019
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