2009 Houston mayoral election

2009 Houston mayoral election

← 2007 November 3, 2009 (first round)
December 12, 2009 (runoff)
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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

Mayor before election

Bill White

Elected mayor

Annise Parker

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]

  1. ^ "Peter Brown endorses Annise Parker for mayor". Retrieved November 1, 2009.
  2. ^ McKinley Jr., James C. (December 12, 2009). "Houston Is Largest City to Elect Openly Gay Mayor". New York Times.
  3. ^ Ortez, David (December 16, 2009). "Why Annise Parker Won And Gene Locke Lost". Houston Press. Retrieved June 3, 2018.