City Controller Annise Parker will be Houston’s next mayor.
With 99 percent of precincts counted, Parker holds a lead of nearly 8,000 voters. Parker’s election-day advantage has reached nearly 11 points.
With 737 of 738 precincts reporting in Harris County and 100 percent in Fort Bend County (slightly less than half of the total), Parker leads former City Attorney Gene Locke by about 5.6 points with 52.8 percent to his 47.2 percent. About 11,000 votes separated them out of more than 155,000.
Via: Chron.com
