Houston Mayor
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Houston mayor-elect Annise Parker, center, celebrates her runoff election victory Saturday with her partner Kathy Hubbard, left, at a campaign party in Houston. Parker defeated former city attorney Gene Locke making Houston the largest U.S. city to elect an openly gay mayor.