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“Heartbreakingly close. Ugh. IIIRC the 2001 race was similarly close with Orlando Sanchez as the GOP candidate. Ugh, again.”

Nope. White beat Sanchez like a drum in the runoff - 63% to 37%.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_mayoral_election,_2003

In contrast, this 2% margin was much closer, with an electorate that is presumably blacker (thanks to Katrina) and more Hispanic than in 2003. Annise Parker’s GOP opponent not only did not make it to the runoff 6 years ago, he placed 4th after Parker and 2 other Dems. If this is a foreshadowing of nationwide races in 2016, the Dems are in big trouble.

22 posted on 12/12/2015 9:29:56 PM PST by Zhang Fei (Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)

I said 2001, I know the rematch was bad.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_mayoral_election,_2001

Yeah, about 4K votes, same margin as this one, UGH!

23 posted on 12/12/2015 9:33:52 PM PST by Impy (They pull a knife, you pull a gun. That's the CHICAGO WAY, and that's how you beat the rats!)

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