Turner defeats King to become Houston's next mayor
Source: Houston Chronicle
State Rep. Sylvester Turner won the Houston mayor's race with a down-to-the-wire finish to edge businessman Bill King on Saturday.
"In this room tonight you see a reflection of the city of Houston. Whether you voted for me or not as we move forward is irrelevant," Turner told supporters after the final votes were counted and King had conceded.
"As far as I'm concerned, from this day as we move forward, I will do my very, very best to represent every single Houstonian in this city, whether you voted for me or not," he said. "Every part of this city deserves to be represented."
Though he ultimately prevailed in Harris County, it was voters in Fort Bend who kept his lead throughout the night even as King began to close the gap.
Read more: http://www.chron.com/politics/election/local/article/Turner-leading-King-after-early-vote-tallied-6694567.php
Photo: Jon Shapley, Houston Chronicle
Mayor-elect Sylvester Turner celebrates his victory at his Election Night party at the George R. Brown Convention Center on Dec. 12.
Note to forum hosts: I know that this story was published more than 12 hours ago, but the votes were not counted until after the down time began on Saturday. Therefore, I request an exception due to the significance of the story showing that Democrats are winning elections in Texas.
= new reply since forum marked as read
