HOUSTON -- Houston won't know who it's new mayor will be until next month.
City controller Annise Parker and former city attorney Gene Locke are headed to a runoff to become mayor of America's fourth-biggest city.
Parker, who would be the first openly gay mayor of Houston, collected nearly 31 percent of the vote Tuesday.
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Locke, with 25 percent, topped architect and urban planner Peter Brown, who had nearly 23 percent.
A runoff is needed because no one received 50 percent of the vote. A specific date has not yet been set for the election, but it will be in December.
A victory for Parker would make Houston the largest U.S. city with an openly gay mayor.
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