2003 Houston mayoral election

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2003 Houston mayoral election

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Nominee Bill White Orlando Sanchez Sylvester Turner
Party preference Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
First round vote 111,596 98,072 88,225
First round percentage 38% 34% 28%
Runoff vote 136,617 81,824
Runoff percentage 63% 37%

Mayor before election

Lee P. Brown
Democratic

Elected Mayor

Bill White
Democratic

The Houston Mayoral Election of 2003 took place to elect a successor to Mayor of Houston Lee Brown. An election was first held on November 4, 2003; as no candidate received a majority of the votes a runoff election was held on December 6, 2003 and resulted in the election of Former Deputy Secretary of Energy Bill White. The election was non-partisan.

Candidates[]

  • Former Deputy Secretary of Energy Bill White
  • Former City Council Member Orlando Sanchez
  • State Representative Sylvester Turner
  • Anthony Dutrow
  • John Worldpeace
  • Jack Terence
  • Luis Ullrich
  • Raymond Rodriguez

Polling[]

Primary[]

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[a]
Margin
of error
Bill
White (D)
Orlando
Sanchez (R)
Sylvester
Turner (D)
Other /
Undecided
SurveyUSA October 30 – November 1, 2003 621 (CV) ± 4.0% 36% 33% 28% 3%

Runoff[]

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[a]
Margin
of error
Bill
White (D)
Orlando
Sanchez (R)
Other /
Undecided
SurveyUSA December 1–3, 2003 505 (CV) ± 4.5% 57% 41% 2%

Results[]

Houston mayoral election, 2003
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
None Bill White 111,596 38%
None Orlando Sanchez 98,072 34%
None Sylvester Turner 88,225 28%
Houston mayoral election, 2003 Run-Off
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
None Bill White 136,617 63%
None Orlando Sanchez 81,824 37%

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    CV – certain voters
    V – unclear

See also[]

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