2003 Houston mayoral election
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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
[edit]- 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
[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 |
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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 |
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SurveyUSA | December 1–3, 2003 | 505 (CV) | ± 4.5% | 57% | 41% | 2% |
Results
[edit]Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Bill White | 111,596 | 38% | |
Orlando Sanchez | 98,072 | 34% | |
Sylvester Turner | 88,225 | 28% |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Bill White | 136,617 | 63% | |
Orlando Sanchez | 81,824 | 37% |
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