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- NATION, Page 42American NotesHOUSTONNasty, Brutish -- And Effective
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- Houston's mayoral race started with a debate over crime and
- a proposed monorail but ended in the gutter. After voters ousted
- incumbent Kathy Whitmire in last month's primary, the runoff
- between developer Bob Lanier, 66, and state legislator
- Sylvester Turner, 37, turned squalid. Lanier ads portrayed
- Turner, trying to become the city's first black mayor, as soft
- on crime and entangled in insurance fraud.
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- Turner denied the charges, accusing Lanier of "trying to
- tell Houston that a black man just isn't good enough!" But his
- delinquent loans and unpaid debts repelled voters. Lanier won
- the Dec. 7 election with 54% of the vote. Now he must get back
- to the crime and transportation issues he addressed before he
- hit the low road.
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