2001 Houston mayoral election ← 1999 November 6, 2001 (first round) 2003 →
Turnout 28.65% (first round)
The2001 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.
Lee P. Brown was electedmayor ofHouston , the first black person to do so, in 1997, and was reelected in 1999. Brown announced that he would seek reelection to a third term, the maximum allowed due to term limits, on August 26, 2001.[ 1]
City controllerSylvia Garcia and city councilor Carroll Robinson considered running.[ 4] [ 5]
The mayoral election is formally nonpartisan, but Brown andChris Bell were aligned with theDemocratic Party whileOrlando Sanchez was aligned with theRepublican Party .[ 6] Kingwood College on October 2,[ 7] [ 8]
Brown was accused of causing the death of a fire captain due to the city's policy of three people per fire truck rather than the standard four. Brown proposed a $16 million expansion to the fire department's budget after the incident, but Sanchez attacked it as a "self-serving, despicable and cynical act".[ 6] fake anthrax letter . Brown and Sanchez also reported receiving suspicious mail.[ 9] [ 10]
TheDemocratic National Committee spent $75,000 to aid Brown and DNC chairTerry McAuliffe campaigned for him. TheRepublican National Committee donated $15,000 to Sanchez's campaign.Elaine Chao andMel Martínez , members of PresidentGeorge W. Bush 's cabinet, campaigned for Sanchez. 60% of Hispanic voters supported Sanchez in the initial election.[ 11] [ 12]
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Poll source Date(s) Sample Margin Lee Orlando Chris Other / Houston Chronicle KHOU [ 17] [ 18] September 5–10; 20–26[ a] 792 RV ± 36% 19% 15% 30%
Candidate Party First round Second round Votes % Votes % Lee P. Brown Nonpartisan 125,282 43.46 165,866 51.67 Orlando Sanchez Nonpartisan 115,967 40.23 155,164 48.33 Chris Bell Nonpartisan 45,739 15.87 Luis Ullrich Nonpartisan 572 0.20 Larry DeVoy Nonpartisan 488 0.17 Anthony Dutrow Nonpartisan 235 0.08 Total 288,283 100.00 321,030 100.00 Valid votes 288,283 100.00 321,030 100.00 Invalid votes 0 0.00 0 0.00 Blank votes 0 0.00 0 0.00 Total votes 288,283 100.00 321,030 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 1,006,301 28.65 1,026,404 31.28 Source:[ 19] [ 20] [ 21] [ 22]
^a b "Houston's mayor will run again" .The Victoria Advocate Archived from the original on February 23, 2024 – viaNewspapers.com .^a b "Houston Looking To Make Internet Accessible To All" .Tyler Morning Telegraph Archived from the original on February 23, 2024 – viaNewspapers.com .^a b c "Mayoral candidates" .Houston Chronicle ^ "Bell launches mayoral bid" .Houston Chronicle ^ "Robinson reconsiders mayoral race" .Houston Chronicle ^a b "Houston mayoral race" .The Victoria Advocate Archived from the original on February 23, 2024 – viaNewspapers.com .^ "Political forum at Kingwood College" .Houston Chronicle ^ "Anthrax made news, but economy kept our attention" .Austin American-Statesman Archived from the original on February 23, 2024 – viaNewspapers.com .^ "Houston candidate's wife receives hoax" .El Paso Times Archived from the original on February 23, 2024 – viaNewspapers.com .^ "Houston candidates receive threatening mail" .The Orange Leader Archived from the original on February 23, 2024 – viaNewspapers.com .^ Duggan, Paul (December 1, 2001)."Houston's Democratic Mayor Pulls Ahead Of GOP Challenger in Incomplete Vote Count" .The Washington Post Archived from the original on February 23, 2024. ^ Duggan, Paul (December 2, 2001)."Houston Reelects Mayor in Close Race" .The Washington Post Archived from the original on February 23, 2024. ^ "Sanchez to toss hat in the ring for mayor" .Houston Chronicle ^ "Former candidate backs incumbent mayor" .Fort Worth Star-Telegram Archived from the original on February 23, 2024 – viaNewspapers.com .^ "Runoff would mark new era in Houston politics" .Houston Chronicle ^ "Mayor hopeful gets elder Bush support" .Waco Tribune-Herald Archived from the original on February 23, 2024 – viaNewspapers.com .^ "Houston mayor bids for 3rd term" .Fort Worth Star-Telegram Archived from the original on February 23, 2024 – viaNewspapers.com .^ "Brown leading in mayor's race" .Houston Chronicle ^ Results 2001 , p. 1.^ Results 2001 , p. 4.^ Runoff 2001 , p. 1.^ Results 2001 , p. 2.
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