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.

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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

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• 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

• 2009 Houston mayoral election
• Elections in Texas