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Annise Danette Parker (born May 17, 1956) is an American politician who served as the 61st Mayor of Houston, Texas, from 2010 until 2016. She also served as an at-large member of the Houston City Council from 1998 to 2003 and city controller from 2004 to 2010.
On November 11, councilman Peter Brown (who finished third in the first round) publicly endorsed Parker in the Mayor's race. [1] Annise Parker won the run-off. With the election, Houston became the largest city to elect an openly gay mayor.
The Houston mayoral election of 2013 took place on November 5, 2013. The incumbent Mayor Annise Parker was re-elected to a third, and final, two-year term in office. Candidates
Sep. 20—The woman who played a key role in organizing Houston's regional response to homelessness will share her insights with Spokanites Tuesday. Annise Parker, a former three-term mayor, three ...
In a statement after Simmons' victory, former Houston Mayor Annise Parker, the president and CEO of LGBTQ+ Victory Fund, said the upset defeat is a response to Thierry's "bigoted politics."
He had endorsements from Houston-area US Rep. Sylvia Garcia and two former Houston mayors – Lee Brown, who was the first Black man to lead the city, and Annise Parker, the city’s second female ...
The Houston Mayoral Election of 2011 took place on November 8, 2011. The incumbent Mayor Annise Parker ran for a second two-year term in office and was re-elected. There were four other declared candidates: Long time Houstonian Jack O'Connor , a manufacturing businessman.
Proposition 1 was a referendum held on November 3, 2015, on the anti-discrimination ordinance known as the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance (HERO).The ordinance was intended to improve anti-discrimination coverage based on sexual orientation and gender identity in Houston, specifically in areas such as housing and occupation where no anti-discrimination policy existed.