May 21, 2020      8:36 PM

Keith Wade, senior adviser to Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, passed away tonight

Full statement from Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner on the passing of Keith Wade:

“Keith and I go back 46 years to our days on the campus of the University of Houston.

After I was speaker of the student government, he was president. Our journey in politics started there on the UH campus.

Throughout his life, Keith championed the causes of labor, people who have been disenfranchised and he advocated for the rights of people to vote. He was instrumental in so many campaigns in all levels of government. And that is true in my case as well. He was actively involved in my 2015 campaign and when I ran for re-election in 2019.

Keith served as a special advisor to both me and Mayor Annise Parker.

This is a sad day for a lot of people because Keith wasn’t just a consultant or a Special Advisor. He was a friend and a brother.”

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