HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- An effort to get Houston Mayor John Whitmire out of office has ended, falling far short of the support needed to get on the ballot.

And by far short, group members say they didn't even get half of the signatures they needed.

Mayor John Whitmire has been in office for almost two years.

It was his policies removing bike lanes and a deal settling a long-standing dispute with the city's firefighters that led to the formation of "Recall for Houston."

"The hard thing we found with messaging is that there are so many things he's done," Recall for Houston member Abbie Culver said.

Volunteers started collecting signatures on Oct. 6th.

Based on the city's population, they needed to collect more than 63,000 signatures within 30 days just to get the recall on the ballot

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