Boston Herald
Wednesday, November 21, 2001

Former President Bush endorses Cuban-born candidate in tight Houston mayor's race

                 Associated Press

                 HOUSTON - Orlando Sanchez, who is bidding to become the city's first
                 Hispanic mayor, won the backing of former President Bush and his wife,
                 Barbara.

                 ``We've lived here since 1960 and I believe we need new leadership,'' Bush
                 said Tuesday.

                 The Cuban-born Sanchez, a Republican, faces incumbent Democrat Lee
                 Brown in a nonpartisan runoff on Dec. 1.

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