Gay woman wins Houston mayoral race



Houston Mayor-elect Annise Parker, center, celebrates with her partner Kathy Hubbard, left. Parker defeated former city attorney Gene Locke, making Houston the largest U.S. city to elect an openly gay mayor. A lesbian candidate wins Houston’s mayoral election, a vote that made the city the largest in the U.S. to ever have an openly gay mayor.

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