Casey: Mayors rarely move successfully to higher office
Chronicle metro/state editorialist and gossip columnist Rick Casey today writes about Mayor White's resounding political victory, his possible ambitions for higher office, and the difficulties that popular mayors in Texas have had moving on to higher office:
But the mayor's office, particularly of a big city, isn't an easy steppingstone to statewide posts. Neither Los Angeles nor New York City has elevated a mayor to governor or U.S. senator.
Neither, for that matter, has Houston, Dallas, San Antonio or Austin. (Three years ago, popular Dallas and Austin former mayors ran for governor and U.S. senator, respectively. Both were trounced.)
Strangely, Casey does not mention once in his column the last man to win 90%+ in a Houston mayoral election, a pol who (like White) was also a darling of the downtown business establishment and who was also mentioned frequently as a potential candidate for higher office: Bob Lanier.
Ultimately Lanier never did pursue that higher office, but it seems like a glaring omission that Casey didn't even mention him.
Then again, perhaps that's to be expected when your featured metro editorialist/gossip columnist is an import from San Antonio.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 11/09/05 08:13 PM | Houston People | Print | Comments (2)
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