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Houston ChronicleCity Controller Annise Parker is expected to face former City Attorney Gene Locke in a runoff to be the next mayor of Houston.
Political pundits had long predicted that Parker, with her strong base of inside-the-loop support, was all but a shoo-in for the runoff. Parker herself had felt just as confident, and with more than 90 percent of the precincts reporting, her confidence appeared justified.
City Councilman Peter Brown was in third place and Harris County Board of Education Trustee Roy Morales, who claimed to be the only conservative and Republican in the race, in fourth. Morales appeared certain to fall short of the runoff but was polling a respectable double-digit total that will have an effect on who makes it.
Parker came into her campaign party to a cheering crowd, telling a pack of reporters she was confident she would win tonight.
“I expect to be in the lead all evening,” Parker said. “It’s been said all along that the three of us have a legitimate chance of being the mayor of Houston. I intend to be the next mayor of Houston. I’m going to be in the runoff. I’m not going to speculate any other way.”
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As noted earlier tonight, Annise Parker is currently the openly-gay Controller for the City of Houston. The most remarkable thing about this campaign is the almost total LACK of emphasis on her sexual orientation during the entire campaign. (As you can see, it's not even mentioned in the above article.)
So, two aspects of progress: 1) an openly gay person may very well be the next mayor of the 4th largest city in the country, and 2) not many saw fit to distinguish her by her sexual orientation. In Texas.
Oh wait, THREE aspects of progress: the self-proclaimed conservative ran fourth. :D
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