HOUSTON (AP) – Houston’s mayor has won a second term, holding off a millionaire trial lawyer whose previous support of President Donald Trump had become a main campaign issue. Mayor Sylvester Turner defeated Tony Buzbee in Saturday’s runoff election. The runoff ended a mostly bitter race. Turner had highlighted Buzbee’s prior support of Trump, who remains deeply unpopular in the mostly Democratic city. Buzbee had denounced comparisons to Trump as “silly foolishness.” Hip hop fans may have recognized one candidate in a runoff for a City Council seat, but being a part of The Geto Boys wasn’t enough to get Brad Jordan elected. Better known as Scarface, he lost to Carolyn Evans-Shabazz.
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