Thankfully she’s term-limited. Three two-year terms.
Houston hasn’t had a Republican Mayor since Jim McConn, who was defeated for reelection in 1981 (placed 3rd to 2 rats and failed to make the runoff). And GOP hasn’t come close since Orlando Sanchez lost narrowly in 2001. He’s currently the Harris County Treasurer, maybe he should give it another go in 2015.
The GOP should have drawn a couple of GOP-leaning, Hispanic-majority congressional districts in Harris County, where Orlando Sanchez and another Hispanic Republican could have been elected. (Such a small percentage of Houston Hispanics are eligible to vote that a 60%-Hispanic CD that is half in the suburbs would have a GOP majority.)
I think there’s some confusion over that. McConn was listed in other sources as a Democrat. I was under the impression that Houston hasn’t had a Republican Mayor since Reconstruction.