At-Large Position 2
Two-term City Councilwoman Sue Lovell coasted to an eight-point victory over the Rev. Andrew C. Burks, who has run and now lost in five races for city council.
“I’m just very humbled and very grateful to the voters of the city of Houston,” Lovell said Saturday night.
Lovell said her priorities heading into her third two-year term on council included addressing Houston’s infrastructure, especially working on drainage and flooding, putting police officers on the street and dealing with the city’s economic issues.
During the campaign, Lovell ran upon her tenure on council, saying it would be necessary during the next two years to have people with experience to help guide Houston’s decision-making during difficult budgetary times.
Burks said the city’s budget problems reflected poorly on the incumbent members of council. He campaigned with the aim of creating an “incubator” program to help small businesses, reducing crime by intervention initiatives in city schools and improving city services.
