2001 Houston mayoral election

2001 Houston mayoral election

November 6 and December 1, 2001

Nominee Lee Brown Orlando Sanchez Chris Bell Party preference Democratic Republican Democratic First round vote 120,108 115,526 45,575 First round percentage 43% 41% 16% Runoff vote 160,507 156,124 Runoff percentage 51% 49%

Mayor before election Lee P. Brown Democratic Elected Mayor Lee P. Brown Democratic

The Houston Mayoral Election of 2001 took place on November 6, 2001. Incumbent Mayor Lee Brown was re-elected to a third term. Officially the race was non-partisan. None of the candidates received a majority of the votes, so a run-off election was held on December 1, 2001.

Candidates

• Incumbent Mayor Lee Brown
• City Councilman Orlando Sanchez
• City Councilman Chris Bell
• Luis Ullrich
• Larry DeVoy
• Anthony Dutrow

Results

Houston mayoral election, 2001

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	None	Lee Brown	120,108	43%
	None	Orlando Sanchez	115,526	41%
	None	Chris Bell	45,575	16%

Houston mayoral election, 2001 Run-Off

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	None	Lee Brown	160,507	51%
	None	Orlando Sanchez	156,124	49%

See also

• Elections in Texas