Biography
District: Texas - 18th District
Leadership: Chief Deputy Whip
Political Highlights: Democratic nominee for Texas District Court judge, 1984; Democratic nominee for Harris County Probate Court judge, 1986; Houston municipal judge, 1987-89; Democratic nominee for Texas District Court judge, 1988; Houston City Council, 1990-95
Born: January 12, 1950; Queens, N.Y.
Residence: Houston
Religion: Seventh-day Adventist
Family: Husband, Elwyn Lee; two children
Education: New York U., attended 1968-69; Yale U., B.A. 1972; U. of Virginia, J.D. 1975
Elected: 1994
Committee Assignments: Budget; Homeland Security (Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, & Innovation; Intelligence & Counterterrorism); Judiciary (Constitution, Civil Rights & Civil Liberties; Crime, Terrorism & Homeland Security; Immigration & Citizenship)
Social Media:

Roll Call Vitals
District Rating: Safe Democrat
House Seniority: 41st ranked House Democrat
Twitter: 99,679 followers
Election History
Margin of Victory (% pts.)
1994 Election Results
Candidate
Sheila Jackson Lee (D)
Jerry Burley (R)
J. Snellings (I)
George Hollenbeck (LIBERT)
Votes
84,790
28,153
1,278
1,169
%
73.5%
24.4%
1.1%
1.0%
1996 Election Results
Candidate
Sheila Jackson Lee (D)
Larry White (R)
Jerry Burley (R)
George Young (R)
Mike Lamson (D)
Votes
106,111
13,956
7,877
5,332
4,412
%
77.1%
10.1%
5.7%
3.9%
3.2%
1998 Election Results
Candidate
Sheila Jackson Lee (D)
James Galvan (LIBERT)
Votes
82,091
9,176
%
89.9%
10.1%
2000 Election Results
Candidate
Sheila Jackson Lee (D)
Bob Levy (R)
Colin Nankervis (LIBERT)
Votes
131,857
38,191
2,330
%
76.5%
22.2%
1.4%
2002 Election Results
Candidate
Sheila Jackson Lee (D)
Phillip Abbott (R)
Brent Sullivan (LIBERT)
Votes
99,161
27,980
1,785
%
76.9%
21.7%
1.4%
2004 Election Results
Candidate
Sheila Jackson Lee (D)
Thomas Bazan (I)
Brent Sullivan (LIBERT)
Votes
136,018
9,787
7,183
%
88.9%
6.4%
4.7%
2006 Election Results
Candidate
Sheila Jackson Lee (D)
Ahmad Hassan (R)
Patrick Warren (LIBERT)
Votes
65,936
16,448
3,667
%
76.6%
19.1%
4.3%
2008 Election Results
Candidate
Sheila Jackson Lee (D)
John Faulk (R)
Mike Taylor (LIBERT)
Votes
148,617
39,095
4,486
%
77.3%
20.3%
2.3%
2010 Election Results
Candidate
Sheila Jackson Lee (D)
John Faulk (R)
Mike Taylor (LIBERT)
Chuck Meyer (WRI)
Votes
85,108
33,067
3,118
28
%
70.2%
27.3%
2.6%
0.0%
2012 Election Results
Candidate
Sheila Jackson Lee (D)
Sean Seibert (R)
Christopher Barber (LIBERT)
Votes
146,223
44,015
4,694
%
75.0%
22.6%
2.4%
2014 Election Results
Candidate
Sheila Jackson Lee (D)
Sean Seibert (R)
Vince Duncan (I)
Remington Alessi (GREEN)
Votes
76,097
26,249
2,362
1,302
%
71.8%
24.8%
2.2%
1.2%