Next month Houston voters will select a new mayor for the first time in six years, replacing the term-limited Bill White.

The two remaining candidates in the race, City Controller Annise Parker and former City Attorney Gene Locke, talked to The Texas Tribune about their experiences trying to win the state’s most powerful local office.

They also discuss — in the separate audio interviews linked below — a more critical question: How they plan to win.

Gene Locke | Annise Parker

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Matt Stiles covered government and politics for the Tribune, with a focus on data journalism, from 2009 to 2011. He oversaw and developed the Tribune’s library of web applications and interactive graphics....