2003 Houston mayoral election

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

• 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[a]	Margin of error	Bill White (D)	Orlando Sanchez (R)	Sylvester Turner (D)	Other / Undecided
SurveyUSA[1]	October 30 – November 1, 2003	621 (CV)	± 4.0%	36%	33%	28%	3%

Runoff

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[a]	Margin of error	Bill White (D)	Orlando Sanchez (R)	Other / Undecided
SurveyUSA[2]	December 1–3, 2003	505 (CV)	± 4.5%	57%	41%	2%

Results

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%

See also

• 2009 Houston mayoral election
• Elections in Texas

Notes

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

References

1. SurveyUSA
2. SurveyUSA