Leslie Elaine Perez got the highest vote in an election to lead the Harris County Democratic Party and now faces a run-off election.
Perez, 56, formerly Leslie Douglas Ashley, was convicted in 1961 of shooting a man while working as a male transvestite prostitute during a three-way encounter along with a woman.
The death sentence was overturned when it was revealed that prosecutors hid details supporting an insanity plea.
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