This is the first time so many city officials will be sworn in at once. Among them are four new council members who will fill seats that were created because of how much Houston's population grew in the 2010 census.
Mayor Parker will be sworn in again after easily winning her re-election bid. But the city council she will oversee will look vastly different after two incumbents lost re-election bids, two others were replaced because of term limits and there are some new positions on city council as well.
Jack Christie beat out incumbent Jolanda Jones and Helena Brown defeated incumbent Brenda Stardig. District B gets a new councilman, Jerry Davis, and at-large Position 2 will see Andrew Burks sworn in. Those two have never held an elected office before.
Davis will take his oath of office this morning after replacing a term-limited Jarvis Johnson. In all, there are seven new faces on city council.
The ceremony is usually held on January 2, but because it was a city holiday and in an effort to save money, the inauguration was moved to today.
The inauguration ceremony is being held at the Hobby Center at 9:30am.
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