Brian Zimmerman

Brian Christopher Zimmerman (August 20, 1972 – September 20, 1996) was an American politician who in 1983, at the age of 11, was elected mayor of the community of Crabb, Texas. He won by a landslide, garnering 23 of the 30 votes cast. His stated goal as mayor was to incorporate the unincorporated community of approximately 200 people to avoid annexation by neighboring cities such as Houston.

His sole campaign promise led to a "hard fought" incorporation battle, - that included articles in People magazine and The New York Times. In 1986, his story was chronicled in a made-for-television film called Lone Star Kid.

In 1996, Brian Zimmerman died of a heart attack in Houston at the age of 24. As of 2008, Crabb remains an unincorporated community and has been neither incorporated nor annexed during or after Zimmerman's life.