Businessman Romps in Houston Mayoral Race
A businessman who used his millions to help bankroll a first-time run for political office easily beat out a former city councilman in a runoff election to become Houston’s next mayor.
Bill White, 49, a former chairman of the Texas Democratic Party, spent $2.2 million of his own fortune in the race against Cuban-born Orlando Sanchez, a Republican making a second bid to become Houston’s first Latino mayor.
The race was officially nonpartisan but White’s election gave Democrats a rare victory in President Bush’s home state.
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