PERSON: Geraldine Sam

La Marque, Texas

Mayor (former)

Geraldine Sam was mayor of La Marque Texas. A vote to recall Geraldine Sam from her position as mayor of La Marque, Texas took place on May 14, 2011. Geraldine Sam was recalled from her position as mayor of La Marque, Texas.<br> <br> On May 19, 2011 Geraldine Sam stepped down from her position as mayor. Sam oversaw her final council meeting and read from the resolution which formally removed her from office: “It is therefore hereby declared that Geraldine Sam, the mayor of the city of La Marque, is hereby removed from office.” Bobby Hocking was elected as the new mayor in a June 2011 special election. Geraldine Sam claims that racism is at the heart of the recall effort, and that she is being recalled because she is African American. Sam says she has received racially motivated death threats since taking office. Sam also claims that the recall was initiated after she began looking into the city’s finances. Recall leaders say the effort is not about Sam’s race, but her incompetence.