2003 Houston mayoral election

Summary

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.

2003 Houston mayoral election

← 2001 November 4, 2003 (first round)
December 6, 2003 (runoff)
2005 →
 
Candidate Bill White Orlando Sanchez Sylvester Turner
First round 111,596
39%
98,072
34%
88,225
28%
Runoff 136,617
63%
81,824
37%
Eliminated

Mayor before election

Lee P. Brown

Elected Mayor

Bill White

Candidates edit

Polling edit

Primary edit

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 edit

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 edit

Houston mayoral election, 2003
Candidate Votes %
Bill White 111,596 38%
Orlando Sanchez 98,072 34%
Sylvester Turner 88,225 28%
Houston mayoral election, 2003 Run-Off
Candidate Votes %
Bill White 136,617 63%
Orlando Sanchez 81,824 37%

Notes edit

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

See also edit