2001 Houston mayoral election

2001 Houston mayoral election

← 1999 November 6, 2001 (first round)
December 1, 2001 (runoff)
2003 →
Turnout28.65% (first round)
31.28% (runoff)
 
Candidate Lee P. Brown Orlando Sanchez Chris Bell
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
First round 125,282
43.46%
115,967
40.23%
45,739
15.87%
Runoff 165,866
51.67%
155,164
48.33%
Eliminated

Mayor of Houston before election

Lee P. Brown

Elected Mayor of Houston

Lee P. Brown

The 2001 Houston mayoral election took place on November 6, 2001. Incumbent Mayor Lee Brown was re-elected to a third term. Officially the race was non-partisan. None of the candidates received a majority of the votes, so a run-off election was held on December 1, 2001.


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