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RACE DETAILS
Parents > United States > Texas > TX Counties > Harris > Houston > Mayor
OfficeMayor
HonorificMayor - Abbr: Mayor
Type Primary Election
Filing Deadline September 22, 2003 - 11:55pm Central
Polls Open November 04, 2003 - 08:00am Central
Polls Close November 04, 2003 - 08:00pm Central
Term Start January 01, 2004 - 12:00pm
Term End December 31, 2005 - 12:00pm
# Winners2
ContributorJR725
Last ModifiedJR725 November 26, 2003 07:22pm
Data Sources
Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyNonpartisan Won12/01/2001
NameLee P. Brown Votes160,507 (50.69%)
Term01/01/2002 - 12/31/2003 Margin4,383 (+1.38%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyNonpartisan Won12/06/2003
NameBill White Votes136,617 (62.54%)
Term01/01/2004 - 12/31/2005 Margin54,793 (+25.08%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
RaceHouston Mayor - Runoff 12/06/2003
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Leaning Graph
09/30/2003 11/04/2003
CandidateSlightLeanStrongSafe
Bill White 11 9 1 --
Orlando Sanchez 6 1 ----
Leaning Call: Bill White (80.00%)
Weighted Call: Orlando Sanchez (99.03%)
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH
Poll Graph

09/10/2003 10/31/2003

CANDIDATES (2 Winners)
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Name Bill White City Councillor Orlando Sanchez St. Rep. Sylvester Turner Anthony Dutrow John Worldpeace "Jailbird" Jack Terence Luis Ralph Ullrich, Jr.
PartyNonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
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Uncertified Votes 111,596 (38.05%) 98,072 (33.44%) 82,225 (28.04%) 401 (0.14%) 364 (0.12%) 320 (0.11%) 311 (0.11%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -13,524 (-4.61%) -29,371 (-10.01%) -111,195 (-37.91%) -111,232 (-37.93%) -111,276 (-37.94%) -111,285 (-37.94%)
Predict Avg.38.00% 32.50% 22.50% 0.00% 0.00% 0.50% 0.00%
Cash On Hand 10/25 $122,000.00 10/25 $44,000.00 10/25 $135,000.00 $-- $-- $-- $--
Website [Website] [Website] [Website]
Entry Date 01/01/2003 01/01/2003 07/09/2003 01/01/2003 01/01/2003 01/01/2003 01/01/2003
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MATCHUP POLLS (5 from 2 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg35.13%-- 28.50%-- 22.94%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.91%-- 0.00%--
Houston Chronicle/KHOU-TV 
10/28/03-10/31/03		 35.00% 10.0 24.80% 4.8 18.70% 0.3 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 1.00% -- 0.00% --
Survey USA 
10/28/03-10/30/03		 36.00% 2.0 33.00% 1.0 28.00% 2.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Survey USA 
10/21/03-10/23/03		 38.00% 6.0 32.00% 6.0 26.00% 3.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Survey USA 
09/30/03-10/02/03		 32.00% -- 38.00% -- 23.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Houston Chronicle/KHOU-TV 
09/10/03-09/16/03		 25.00% -- 20.00% -- 19.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
D BLUEDOGS
D Texas Democrat 06
R GOP pubfin
D Stephen Yellin
  Houston Chronicle
D InspectorMorse

DROPPED OUT - NO VOTES
Michael Berry (R)
Jan 01, 2003 - Sep 24, 2003

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Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Oct 13, 2003 12:00am General Scheme to confuse voters in [Houston] mayor's race is thwarted  Article DFWDem 
Sep 30, 2003 12:00am Endorsement Berry gives backing to bid by Sanchez  Article DFWDem 

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