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    The 2009 Houston elections took place on May 9, June 12, and November 3, 2009. All City Council Posts, the City Controller, and the Mayor all had elections...
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    As a result, the city is often a contested area in statewide elections. In 2009, Houston became the first U.S. city with a population over 1 million citizens...
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    The 2009 Houston mayoral election took place on November 3, 2009, to elect the successor to incumbent Mayor Bill White. White was ineligible for re-election...
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    of the city of Houston in the U.S. state of Texas. To file to run for mayor, a person must be a qualified voter of the city of Houston, and have has resided...
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    "City of Houston Runoff Election - November 3, 2009" (PDF). Election Information and Results, Office of the City Secretary. The City of Houston. Archived...
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    House of Assembly in the 2013 provincial election, and represents the electoral district of Pictou East. Houston also served as the leader of the opposition...
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    The 2019 Houston mayoral election was decided by a runoff that took place on December 14, 2019. Incumbent mayor Sylvester Turner defeated attorney Tony...
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    a third term in office. Municipal elections in Texas are officially nonpartisan. Two longtime fixtures of Houston politics, state senator John Whitmire...
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  • following elections occurred in the year 2009. Electoral calendar 2009 2009 United Nations Security Council election 2009 Antiguan general election 2009 Aruban...
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    Arkansas Territory in 1818. With the support of Jackson, among others, Houston won election to the United States House of Representatives in 1823. He strongly...
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    elected members in 2009. Several large cities held mayoral elections in 2009, including: New York City, Boston, Los Angeles, Houston, Minneapolis, Seattle...
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    Turner. Mayoral elections in Houston are biennial, with the winner being sworn in in the following January for a four-year term. The election is officially...
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    Whitney Elizabeth Houston (August 9, 1963 – February 11, 2012) was an American singer, actress, film producer, model, and philanthropist. Commonly referred...
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    proposal failed 8.18.10 after the Houston City Council voted 7–7. The November 3, 2015 City of Houston municipal elections a referendum on the voter ballot...
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    Houston elections took place on November 7, 1995, and December 9, 1995. All City Council posts, the City Controller, and the Mayor all had elections....
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    In the U.S. state of Texas, Houston is the largest city by both population and area. With a 1850 United States census population of 2,396—and 596,163...
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    Greater Houston, designated by the United States Office of Management and Budget as Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land, is the fifth-most populous metropolitan...
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    Houston has a large and diverse LGBT population and is home to the 4th largest gay pride parade in the nation. Houston has the largest LGBT population...
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    ran again in 2011, receiving 1,882 votes. 2007 Houston elections 2009 Houston mayoral election Elections in Texas Stevens, Andrew (November 7, 2007). "Democrat...
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    elections. All positions were non-partisan. See 2005 Houston mayoral election The 2005 Houston City Controller election was a non disputed election with...
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  • fixed election date legislation. On October 13, 2021, Houston introduced a bill in the House of Assembly to propose amendments to the Elections Act, requiring...
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    2013, Allen Turner of the Houston Chronicle said that residents of Harris County were "consistently conservative in elections" and that they were, according...
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    close elections in 2018 prompted many electoral analysts to speculate that Texas could become a swing state, but in the 2020 and 2022 elections, Republicans...
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    The 1991 Houston mayoral election took place on November 5, 1991. The race was officially non-partisan. Bob Lanier defeated five term incumbent mayor Kathy...
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    Worldpeace Jack Terence Luis Ullrich Raymond Rodriguez 2009 Houston mayoral election Elections in Texas Key: A – all adults RV – registered voters LV...
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    Tuesday, 23 June 2009, to protest against the outcome of the Presidential elections and post election violence in Iran, Reuters (23 June 2009) "Protests in...
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    The 2001 Houston mayoral election took place on November 6, 2001. Incumbent Mayor Lee Brown was re-elected to a third term. Officially the race was non-partisan...
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    Turner ran unsuccessfully for mayor of Houston in 1991 and again in 2003. Turner won the 2015 Houston mayoral election, defeating Bill King by a margin of...
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    The 2013 Houston mayoral election took place on November 5, 2013. The incumbent Mayor Annise Parker was re-elected to a third, and final, two-year term...
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    districts. The elections coincided with the 2024 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United...
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