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- NATION, Page 24ELECTION NOTESHouston Ousts A Five-Term Incumbent
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- She calmly guided Houston through the oil bust and cleaned
- up the police force and reformed city government. But last week
- voters unceremoniously ejected Mayor Kathy Whitmire from office
- after 10 years. Land developer Bob Lanier and state
- representative Sylvester Turner placed first and second,
- respectively; they will meet in a runoff next month.
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- Residents were unwilling to support Whitmire's grandiose
- proposal to build a $1 billion monorail system, and worried
- about street crime. Caught off balance by two strong opponents,
- she was unable to respond in a forceful and convincing manner.
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