2003 Houston mayoral election

2003 Houston mayoral election

November 4 and December 6, 2003

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	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	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%

See also

• 2009 Houston mayoral election
• Elections in Texas