Английская Википедия:2015 Houston mayoral election

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Шаблон:ElectionsTX The 2015 Houston mayoral election was decided by a runoff that took place on December 12, 2015, to elect the Mayor of Houston, Texas. As no candidate won a majority of the vote during the general election on November 3, 2015, the run off was held between the top two finishers, Sylvester Turner, who received 31.31% of the vote, and Bill King, who received 25.27%. In the run-off, Turner edged King, 51% to 49%, to become the 62nd Mayor of Houston.

Thirteen candidates appeared on the November ballot. A poll of likely voters conducted in June revealed that half of the city's likely voters were undecided, and that three of the candidates included in the poll, Sylvester Turner, Adrian Garcia and Chris Bell (all of whom were Democrats) were within the margin of error of the top two spots. However, the final results were significantly different from the early polling, with Independent King claiming the second runoff spot along with 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 nonpartisan, although the political parties still support and endorse candidates.

With the passage of voter-approved Proposition 2, the Mayor began a four-year term effective in January 2016.

Incumbent Mayor Annise Parker, a member of the Democratic Party who had been in office since 2010, was term-limited and could not run for re-election to a fourth term in office.

During the month between the general election and the runoff, Bell endorsed King, while Parker and Garcia, as well as then-U.S. President Barack Obama, endorsed Turner.

Candidates

Declared

• Chris Bell, former U.S. Representative, former Houston City Council member, candidate for Mayor in 2001 and nominee for Governor of Texas in 2006
• Bill King, attorney and former Mayor of Kemah
• Ben Hall, attorney, former Houston City Attorney and candidate for Mayor in 2013
• Sylvester Turner, State Representative and candidate for Mayor in 1991 and 2003
• Adrian Garcia, former Harris County Sheriff and former Houston City Councilmember
• Marty McVey, private equity executive
• Andrew Wood, ISA
• Stephen Costello, Houston City Councilmember

Withdrawn

• Oliver Pennington, Houston City Councilmember

Declined

• Clarence Bradford, Houston City Councilmember and former Chief of the Houston Police Department
• Chris Brown, Chief Deputy Houston City Controller (running for Controller)
• Bun B., rapper and political activist
• Jack Christie, Houston City Councilmember
• David Dewhurst, former Lieutenant Governor of Texas and candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2012
• Bill Frazer, candidate for Houston City Controller in 2013 (running for Controller)
• Michael Kubosh, Houston City Councilmember
• Laura Murillo, President and CEO of the Houston Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

Polling

Poll source	Date(s)	Sample size	Margin of error	Stephen Costello	Bill King	Sylvester Turner	Adrian Garcia	Chris Bell	Marty McVey	Ben Hall	Don't Know	Refused
UH Center for Public Policy & Rice University	5/20 - 6/21	500	± 4.5%	2%	2%	16%	12%	8%	0%	3%	50%	6%

General election

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Held December 12, 2015 Шаблон:Election box begin no party Шаблон:Election box candidate no party with winner Шаблон:Election box candidate no party with winner Шаблон:Election box turnout no party Шаблон:Election box end

District	Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| Turner  %	Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| Turner votes	Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| King  %	Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| King votes
align="center" Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| District A	36.63%	5,493	63.37%	9,500
align="center" Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| District B	92.75%	17,413	7.25%	1,361
align="center" Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| District C	44.62%	16,005	55.38%	19,865
align="center" Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| District D	85.74%	20,246	14.26%	3,368
align="center" Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| District E	21.78%	5,600	78.22%	20,110
align="center" Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| District F	46.21%	4,008	53.79%	4,665
align="center" Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| District G	19.64%	6,893	80.36%	28,194
align="center" Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| District H	64.30%	7,355	35.70%	4,084
align="center" Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| District I	62.05%	5,895	37.95%	3,606
align="center" Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| District J	46.89%	3,013	53.11%	3,414
align="center" Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| District K	68.71%	12,718	31.29%	5,792
align="center" Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| Montgomery County	24.18%	22	75.82%	70
align="center" Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| Fort Bend County	93.08%	3,728	6.92%	278

See also

• Politics of Houston
• Houston City Council

External links

• Torn on the Bayou: What the chaotic mayor's race can tell us about Houston's future