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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

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%

Notes

^ ^a ^b Key:
A – all adults
RV – registered voters
LV – likely voters
CV – certain voters
V – unclear

References

^ SurveyUSA
^ SurveyUSA

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[key-1] Key:
A – all adults
RV – registered voters
LV – likely voters
CV – certain voters
V – unclear

[2] SurveyUSA

[3] SurveyUSA

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