If I could state the choice slightly differently, I would say that Parker came across as the nerdy, but honest and fiscally conservative, policy wonk and that Locke came across as the lawyer, lobbyist tool of special interests, especially developers and big business. If there is any lesson in this for Republicans, it is that the party needs to remember the difference between supporting free markets and supporting big business. People are tired of big government, big unions and big business. The “trend” in Houston as well as elsewhere is for libertarian approaches to our problems.
There were two LIBERALS running, and so conservatives didnt even bother to VOTE seeing as they didnt have a choice.
We see this in Austin as well. 5% of the electorate chooses the city council clowns. Sad but true, this locks in the power of the liberals in the cities.
The fact that they both represented themselves to be more conservative than they were ... well, a small silver lining.
“People are tired of big government, big unions and big business.” - That’s not how the media will write the story - they write it how anyone who holds on to traditional values is an old-hat bigot etc.