Texas Democratic state Sen. John Whitmire and Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) on Tuesday advanced to a runoff in the race to be the next mayor of Houston.
Whitmire and Jackson Lee failed to reach the 50% threshold necessary to avert a runoff, meaning voters will return to the polls on Dec. 9 for the final showdown. The Lone Star State’s largest city is a Democratic stronghold in the otherwise red state, and the two front-runners are longtime party members.
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While 18 major- and third-party candidates competed for the job, Whitmire and Jackson Lee had dominated polling in the race. This isn’t entirely surprising given Whitmire’s and Jackson Lee’s pol …