Missouri City incumbent loses Saturday runoff
By ZEN T. C. ZHENG
Houston Chronicle
A runoff Saturday for the Missouri City District B City Council seat ended with Cynthia Lenton-Gary as the winner, beating incumbent Don Smith.
Lenton-Gary took home 518 votes, or 63 percent of the total, while Smith garnered 309, or 37 percent, in the second round of the race. The runoff occurred because none of the three candidates running in the May 12 election received more than half the votes.
In the May election, Smith received 333 votes, 15 more than Lenton-Gary. Lou Hunter, another candidate, netted 132 votes and subsequently endorsed Lenton-Gary.
Smith has been on the council since May 2001. He was running for another two-year term.
"I am not surprised at the results tonight, but I am just overwhelmed," said Lenton-Gary, 48, a professor of sociology. "The community stated clearly that they are ready for changes."
Lenton-Gary described it as a "very tough race."
"I do see more obstacles ahead because Councilman Jerry Wyatt has said no one wants me on the council," she said. . .
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