2009 Houston mayoral election

none January 2025 September 2023 2009 Houston mayoral election Flag of Houston, Texas.svg presidential no 2007 Houston mayoral election 2007 2011 Houston mayoral election 2011 November 3, 2009 (first round)December 12, 2009 (runoff) x150px First round Runoff Annise Parker (1).JPG Annise Parker c0c0c0 54,19330.62% 81,74353.60% Gene Locke Gene Locke, Mayoral Candidate (4120941264) (a).jpg c0c0c0 45,95425.97% 70,77046.40% Peter Brown Brown2008 (1).jpg c0c0c0 39,90422.55% Eliminated Roy Morales Roy Morales 2009 (1).jpg c0c0c0 35,92520.30% Eliminated Mayor Bill White Annise Parker The 2009 Houston mayoral election 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. Peter Brown endorses Annise Parker for mayor 2009-11-01 http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6713346.html Annise Parker won the run-off. With the election, Houston became the largest city to elect an openly gay mayor.https://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/13/us/politics/13houston.html Houston Is Largest City to Elect Openly Gay Mayor McKinley Jr. James C. December 12, 2009 New York Timeshttp://www.houstonpress.com/news/why-annise-parker-won-and-gene-locke-lost-6751037 Why Annise Parker Won And Gene Locke Lost Ortez David December 16, 2009 Houston Press 2018-06-03 Candidates Candidates listed in order of how they appear on the official ballot. Harris County Official Sample Ballot - 2009 2009-11-02 http://harrisvotes.org/Sample_b/SampleBallot_ENG.pdf dead https://web.archive.org/web/20091007102414/http://www.harrisvotes.org/Sample_b/SampleBallot_ENG.pdf 2009-10-07 thumb|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 2009 Houston mayoral election Nonpartisan Annise Parker 54,193 30.62 Nonpartisan Gene Locke 45,954 25.97 Nonpartisan Peter Brown 39,904 22.55 Nonpartisan Roy Morales 35,925 20.30 Nonpartisan Amanda Ulman 992 0.56 176,968 100.00 Runoff results 2009 Houston mayoral election runoff Nonpartisan Annise Parker 81,743 53.60% Nonpartisan Gene Locke 70,770 46.40% 152,513 100.00 Endorsements Peter Brown State Representative Alma Allen Former Houston Police Chief C.O. Bradford Former Ambassador Edward Djerejian Former City Councilman Jim Greenwood Houston Councilman Jarvis Johnson Former Congressman Nick Lampson Congressman Solomon Ortiz Harris County Attorney Vince Ryan Gene Locke Activist Quanell X Former Mayor Lee Brown State Senator Rodney Ellis Congressman Al Green Former City Attorney Ben Hall Former Mayor Bob Lanier Roy Morales Mayor of Katy Don Elder Former Mayoral Candidate TJ Huntley Former City Councilman Larry McKaskle Former State Representative Martha Wong Annise Parker Former Congressman Chris Bell City Councilman and Former Mayoral Candidate Peter Brown Former City Councilman John Castillo Former City Controller Leonel Castillo State Representative Ellen Cohen State Representative Garnet Coleman State Representative Jessica Farrar State Representative Scott Hochberg City Councilwoman Toni Lawrence City Councilwoman Sue Lovell City Councilwoman Melissa Noriega State Representative Rick Noriega Former Ambassador Arthur Schechter Former Mayor Kathy Whitmire Houston Astros owner Drayton McLane Polling Pre-election polling Source Error margin Date Peter Brown (D) Gene Locke (D) Roy Morales (R) Annise Parker (D) Houston Chronicle and Zogby International Poll: Brown leads Houston Mayor's race 17 October 2009 2009-10-21 http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/hotstories/6672319.html +/- 4.1% October 18, 2009 23.8% 13.1% 6.7% 19.0% 11 News/ KUHF Houston Public Radio poll Brown commands big lead in 11 News mayoral poll 2009-10-26 http://www.khou.com/topstories/stories/khou091026_nlc_brown-leads-poll-houston-mayor.25662d2bc.html https://web.archive.org/web/20091029115546/http://www.khou.com/topstories/stories/khou091026_nlc_brown-leads-poll-houston-mayor.25662d2bc.html 2009-10-29Houston Mayor's Race 2009-10-26 http://app1.kuhf.org/houston_public_radio-mayoral_election_2009.php dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090908003339/http://app1.kuhf.org/houston_public_radio-mayoral_election_2009.php 2009-09-08 +/- 4.2% October 27, 2009 24% 14% 5% 16% 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.https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Emmett-picks-SURPRISE-to-run-precinct-6775584.php Gene Locke named to fill Commissioner Lee's seat Banks Gabrielle January 22, 2016 Houston Chronicle See also Texas 2009 Houston elections References External links Peter Brown Gene Locke Roy Morales Annise Parker Houston Chronicle special online section Election Information Mayoral election, 2009 Category:2009 Texas elections Category:2009 United States mayoral elections 2009 Category:November 2009 in the United States Category:December 2009 in the United States