ELECTION CAMPAIGNS

Election Campaigns of Annise Parker



Election Campaigns of Annise Parker

Introduction

Mayor Annise Parker is a second generation native Houstonian. She attended Rice University, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts Degree. In the private sector, Ms. Parker spent 20 years working in the oil and gas industry, including 18 years with Mosbacher Energy Company. She also co-owned a retail bookstore for 10 years.

Mayor Parker is Houston's 61st Mayor and one of only two women to hold the City's highest elected office. As the City's chief executive officer, she is responsible for all aspects of the general management of the City and enforcement of all laws and ordinances.

Political Biography

Parker has spent many years in service to the people of Houston, with six years as a member Council of City and six years as Controller of City. She is the merely someone in Houston history to appreciation the council member offices, regulator and mayor.

During Mayor Parker's first term in office, the Houston area added more than 125,000 private sector jobs and the City's direct economic development efforts resulted in more than $650 million of alternative investment. She bucked the trend of most other vital U.S. cities by balancing two City budgets during tough economic times without raising taxes or having to eliminate police or firefighter jobs.

Parker's other first term accomplishments include passage and implementation of Rebuild Houston, a comprehensive street and drainage improvement program that will provide jobs for Houstonians for years to come, establishing a long term financial plan that ensures the stability of the water department City, and the reorganization of city departments to achieve cost savings and improve business performance. She created a new City department focused on the needs of neighborhoods and the Office of Business Opportunity to help minority and women-owned small business enterprises compete for City contracts. She also won city council approval of the Historic Preservation Decree for the first time provides real protection of historic properties in the city of the 19 designated historic districts and released one of the most complete order of discrimination in the country.

A Record of Service

A businesswoman and neighborhood leader, Annise spent 20 years in Houston's oil and gas industry after graduating from Rice University. She has served the people of Houston for six years as a city council member and six years as city controller. She is completing her first term as mayor.

Annise's advocacy for quality of life issues earned her Scenic Houston's 2010 Distinguished Local Elected Official Award and Scenic Visionary Award from the Park Society and Recreation of Texas. The Holocaust Museum of Houston honored Annise with its 2010 Guardian of the Human Spirit Award for her lifetime of working to improve the experiences of others and to improve humankind. Time Magazine named Annise in 2010 one of the 100 people who most affect our world. Parker and her life partner, Kathy Hubbard, are advocates for adoption. Their family includes two adopted daughters and a son.

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