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HOUSTON — City Controller Annise Parker extended an advantage over Gene Locke, a former city attorney, Tuesday in seeking to become mayor of America’s fourth-biggest city.
With 58 percent of the precincts counted, Parker had almost 31 percent of the vote and Locke 25 percent. Architect Peter Brown had 23 percent. County school trustee Roy Morales had nearly 20 percent. If no one receives 50 percent of the votes, the two top finishers will meet in a runoff. Turnout was as little as 12 percent, election officials said.
Parker, 52, would be Houston’s first openly gay mayor. Locke, 61, would be the city’s second black mayor, and Morales, 53, would be Houston’s first Hispanic mayor.
