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发帖数: 4174 | 1 Posted on Advocate.com November 09, 2011 07:18:06 AM ET
Story Updated : November 08, 2011 10:13:00 PM
Houston Mayor Annise Parker Wins Reelection
By Andrew Harmon
ANNISE PARKER TAKES HOUSTON X390 (OFFICIAL) | ADVOCATE.COM
Houston mayor Annise D. Parker has won reelection despite a low approval
rating and antigay rhetoric leveled against her by a challenger.
With all precincts reporting, Parker won with 51% of the vote while her
nearest competitors struggled in the mid-teens during an evening of low
voter turnout.
Parker had led the field in campaign spending by a large margin: She spent $
2.3 million while her opponents spent considerably less, according to the
Houston Chronicle.
Candidate Dave Wilson, who assailed Parker during the campaign for her
sexual orientation, garnered just 12% of the vote.
“Being homosexual is one thing, but using your position of power to promote
the homosexual agenda is quite another,” Wilson wrote in a May campaign
mailer.
Nearly two years ago, Parker noted in her victory speech that voters
ultimately rejected such bigoted tactics in electing her as mayor of the
nation’s fourth-largest city. “Tonight the voters of Houston have opened
the door to history,” she said in 2009. “I acknowledge that. I embrace
that. I know what this win means to many of us who never thought we could
achieve high office.” | B*******y
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: Posted on Advocate.com November 09, 2011 07:18:06 AM ET
: Story Updated : November 08, 2011 10:13:00 PM
: Houston Mayor Annise Parker Wins Reelection
: By Andrew Harmon
: ANNISE PARKER TAKES HOUSTON X390 (OFFICIAL) | ADVOCATE.COM
: Houston mayor Annise D. Parker has won reelection despite a low approval
: rating and antigay rhetoric leveled against her by a challenger.
: With all precincts reporting, Parker won with 51% of the vote while her
: nearest competitors struggled in the mid-teens during an evening of low
: voter turnout.
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