2003 Evansville, Indiana mayoral election

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Evansville, Indiana mayoral election, 2003

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Candidate Jonathan Weinzapfel Russell G. Lloyd Jr.
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 19,089 10,063
Percentage 63.58% 33.51%

Mayor before election

Russell G. Lloyd Jr.
Republican

Elected Mayor

Jonathan Weinzapfel
Democratic

The 2003 Evansville, Indiana mayoral election was held on November 4, 2003, and saw the election of Democrat Jonathan Weinzapfel, who unseated incumbent Republican mayor Russell G. Lloyd Jr..

General election

Weinzapfel defeated Lloyd.

2003 was a good year for Democrats in Indiana's mayoral elections, with the party winning control of the mayoralties of all of the state's top seven most populous cities for the first time since 1959.[1] The Democratic Party also won control of the mayoralties in twenty of the state's thirty cities with populations above 25,000.[1] Additionally, in 2003, Democrats won more than 56% of partisan mayoral races in Indiana.[2]

General election results[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jonathan Weinzapfel 19,089 63.58%
Republican Russell G. Lloyd Jr. (incumbent) 10,063 33.51%
Independent Jack Groshans, Jr. 874 2.91%
Total votes 30,026

References

  1. ^ a b Howey, Brian A. (5 November 2003). "Democrats control top 7 Hoosier cities" (PDF). The Howey Political Report. 10 (14). Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  2. ^ Marschall, Melissa; Lappie, John (May 2016). "Mayoral Elections in Indiana 2003–2015" (PDF). Rice Kinder Institute for Urban Research. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  3. ^ "1505148512_9057.pdf" (PDF). Evansville, Indiana. Retrieved 4 November 2019.