This AP story about the Mayoral runoff election contains a paragraph you won’t see very often.
Houston became the largest U.S. city to elect an openly gay mayor, with voters handing a solid victory to City Controller Annise Parker after a hotly contested runoff.
Several other U.S. cities, including Portland, Ore., [...]
Last night, our own Texas city of Houston became the largest to elect an openly-gay mayor. City controller Annise Parker defeated former city attorney Gene Locke with 53.6 percent of the vote in the hotly contested runoff election. She takes office as mayor Jan. 1. While we have long way to go [...]
From the County Clerk’s office:
Early voting locations for the Joint Runoff Election will remain open as scheduled
Houston, TX- Harris County Clerk Beverly Kaufman, the chief elections officer of the County, announced this afternoon that all early voting locations for the on-going Joint Runoff Election will remain open today until 5:00 [...]
Here are the early vote totals in the City of Houston runoff elections through today, December 1st. Who is turning out their voters early? Any thoughts?Today marks the start of early voting for all of the runoff elections, which include Houston, Bellaire, and HISD. Early voting schedule and locations can be found here; remember that EV locations outside of Houston city limits are mostly closed, as there’s no action out there. Early voting [...]
Early Voting locations for City of Houston (and any other local elections about town).
Date & Times:
Nov. 30 - Dec. 4 .... 8am - 5pm
Dec. 5 ...... 7am - 7pm
Dec. 6 ...... 1pm - 6pm
Dec. 7 - Dec. 8 ... 7am - 7pm
Election Day, of course, is [...]
Via press release from the County Clerk’s office, some dates to mark on the calendar:
IMPORTANT DECEMBER 12, 2009 JOINT RUNOFF ELECTION DATES
First Day of Early Voting – Monday, November 30, 2009
Last Day to Apply for Ballot by Mail (received not Postmarked) – Friday, December 4, 2009
Last Day of [...]
As noted yesterday, the Chronicle endorsed Annise Parker for Mayor in the runoff election.
With city tax revenues eroded by the continuing recession, the next occupant of the office must be a prudent fiscal manager as well as a leader who can make hard decisions on spending priorities. That [...]
Among the runoff elections, only one does not include a candidate that was endorsed by the Chron in the first round. That race is City Council At Large #1, and today the Chron made their choice for the runoff by endorsing Karen Derr.
[Derr] would bring to the position well-honed [...]
Previously, it was leaked that Gene Locke's internal polling showed Annise with a 43%-39%' [...]
