In Harris County judge runoff, a Democratic upset underscores voters' desire for new blood
Letitia Plummer never doubted she would win her runoff race to become the Democratic nominee to lead Harris County, the state’s largest.
Everyone else did.
Plummer, a former at-large member of the Houston City Council, bested Annise Parker, the city’s former mayor and a decades-long fixture in local Democratic politics, in a stunning upset. Plummer’s win on Tuesday, political experts say, was propelled by voters’ desire for new voices and apathy among older white Democrats, which collectively worked against a longtime Houston politician in the race for Harris County judge.
Plummer, a Houston dentist and the first Muslim woman elected to the City Council, secured 51.1% of the vote during this week’s runoff to defeat Parker. Her victory positions her as the Democrats’ nominee to replace outgoing Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo.
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