What you need to know:
- Houston City Council Member Carter Cole was reelected mayor in a 5-2 council vote Monday. David Childs was unanimously elected deputy mayor.
- Childs declined a nomination for mayor because he would be unable to devote the attention the job requires, he said.
- In Houston, a second-class city, the council elects the mayor from among its members each year, as required by state law.
HOUSTON – Houston City Council member Carter Cole will serve a third term as the city’s mayor following a council vote Monday.
Cole was elected mayor in a 5-2 vote, with council members Lisa Johansen and Sandy McDonald opposed. He was reelected to the council in the city’s October election, defeating challenger Wayne Oliver 154-116.
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