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2009 Houston mayoral election
Candidate
Annise Parker
Gene Locke
Peter Brown
First round
54,193 30.62%
45,954 25.97%
39,904 22.55%
Runoff
81,743 53.60%
70,770 46.40%
Eliminated
Candidate
Roy Morales
First round
35,925 20.30%
Runoff
Eliminated
The Houston mayoral election of 2009 took place on November 3, 2009, to elect the successor to incumbent
Mayor
Bill White . White was ineligible for re-election, having served three terms. The race is officially
nonpartisan . After no candidate received a majority of the votes, the top two candidates – City Controller
Annise Parker and former City Attorney Gene Locke – faced each other in a runoff election on December 12, 2009. On November 11, councilman Peter Brown (who finished third in the first round) publicly endorsed Parker in the Mayor's race.
[1] Annise Parker won the run-off.
With the election, Houston became the largest city to elect an openly gay mayor.
[2]
[3]
Candidates
Candidates listed in order of how they appear on the official ballot.
[4]
Houston mayoral candidates (from left to right) Gene Locke, Roy Morales,
Annise Parker , and
Peter Brown at a May 2009 debate.
City Councilman
Peter Brown
Amanda Ulman
Luis Ullrich
Dan Cupp
Education Trustee Roy Morales
City Controller
Annise Parker
Former City Attorney Gene Locke
Results
General election
Runoff results
Endorsements
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(October 2009 )
Roy Morales
Mayor of Katy
Don Elder
Former Mayoral Candidate TJ Huntley
Former City Councilman Larry McKaskle
Former State Representative
Martha Wong
Polling
Pre-election polling
Aftermath
Parker was re-elected in
2011 and
2013 . Locke served as
Harris County interim commissioner in 2016, finishing the term of El Franco Lee, who had died unexpectedly in January of that year.
[8]
See also
References
^
"Peter Brown endorses Annise Parker for mayor" . Retrieved November 1, 2009 .
^ McKinley Jr., James C. (December 12, 2009).
"Houston Is Largest City to Elect Openly Gay Mayor" . New York Times .
^ Ortez, David (December 16, 2009).
"Why Annise Parker Won And Gene Locke Lost" . Houston Press . Retrieved June 3, 2018 .
^
"Harris County Official Sample Ballot - 2009" (PDF) . Archived from
the original (PDF) on October 7, 2009. Retrieved November 2, 2009 .
^
"Poll: Brown leads Houston Mayor's race" . October 17, 2009. Retrieved October 21, 2009 .
^
"Brown commands big lead in 11 News mayoral poll" . Archived from
the original on October 29, 2009. Retrieved October 26, 2009 .
^
"Houston Mayor's Race" . Archived from
the original on September 8, 2009. Retrieved October 26, 2009 .
^ Banks, Gabrielle (January 22, 2016).
"Gene Locke named to fill Commissioner Lee's seat" . Houston Chronicle .
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