The current field of announced and likely candidates in the 2015 Houston mayoral race is the largest and strongest in the last 35 years. Baker Institute urban politics fellow Bob Stein writes that the best financed candidates and those who have effective organizations able to identify and turn out their loyal and likely voters will most likely move forward to the runoff. "It also seems unlikely that issues or partisanship will be critical factors in the general election — though this should change in the runoff, depending on which two candidates move forward," he says.
