FBN Reports On Gary Victory Over Smith!

Lenton-Gary Wins Missouri City Run-off; Wyatt's Statements Cloud Victory
by Bob Dunn, Jun 16, 2007, 10 46 PM

Cynthia Lenton-Gary easily won Saturday’s run-off election for the District B Missouri City Council seat, beating incumbent Councilman Don Smith 518 votes to 309, according to unofficial results posted by the city.

Lenton-Gary’s vote total represents 62.6% of the vote to Smith’s 37.4%. Just 15 votes separated the two after the May 12 election, with Smith winning 333 votes at the time to Lenton-Gary’s 318.

The victory should mean Lenton-Gary becomes the first African-American woman to serve on Missouri City Council.

However, Councilman Jerry Wyatt cast a pall on Saturday’s election when he said earlier this month that he would act to prevent the run-off election results from being certified by council if Lenton-Gary won. . .

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From MCC: Gary Wins In Landslide!

Professor Gary Wins In A Landslide (Click the title link for official county counts)


Click the title link for the hotly contested Missouri City district B run-off race between Gary and longtime incumbent Smith. Wyatt and other council members, via media reports, have threatened to not certify Professor Gary if she wins the council seat tonight. Many current and past council candidates, including several Fort Bend County Party chairpersons and other local, regional politicians have promised to lead a potential recall election (fully endorsed by MCC) if Wyatt, Smith and the mayor make good on this report.

Election Update: It's official Gary wins in a landslide!

Gary 518 (63%)

Smith 309 (37%)

Congratulations reformers and volunteers!

Stay tuned to see if council certifies this clear victory!