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| election_name = 2001 Houston mayoral election |
| election_name = 2001 Houston mayoral election |
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| flag_image = Flag of Houston, Texas.svg |
| flag_image = Flag of Houston, Texas.svg |
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| type = presidential |
| type = presidential |
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| previous_election = 1999 Houston mayoral election |
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| ongoing = no |
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| previous_year = 1999 |
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| previous_election = 1999 Houston mayoral election |
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| next_election = 2003 Houston mayoral election |
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| previous_year = 1999 |
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| next_year = 2003 |
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| next_election = 2003 Houston mayoral election |
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| election_date = November 6, 2001 (first round)<br/>December 1, 2001 (runoff) |
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| next_year = 2003 |
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| turnout = 28.65% (first round)<br/>31.28% (runoff) |
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| 1blank = First round |
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| image_size = x150px |
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| 2blank = [[Two-round system|Runoff]] |
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| 1blank = First round |
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| image1 = Lee Brown.png |
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| 2blank = [[Two-round system|Runoff]] |
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| candidate1 = '''[[Lee P. Brown]]''' |
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| party1 = Nonpartisan |
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| image1 = Lee Brown.png |
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| 1data1 = '''125,282<br />43.46%''' |
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| 2data1 = '''165,866<br />51.67%''' |
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| colour1 = c0c0c0 |
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| candidate2 = [[Orlando Sanchez (politician)|Orlando Sanchez]] |
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| 1data1 = '''120,108<br />43%''' |
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| image2 = Orlando Sanchez, Harris County Treasurer, 2014 headshot (1).png |
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| 2data1 = '''160,507<br />51%''' |
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| party2 = Nonpartisan |
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| 1data2 = '''115,967<br />40.23%''' |
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| candidate2 = [[Orlando Sanchez (politician)|Orlando Sanchez]] |
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| 2data2 = 155,164<br />48.33% |
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| image2 = Orlando Sanchez, Harris County Treasurer, 2014 headshot (1).png |
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| candidate3 = [[Chris Bell (politician)|Chris Bell]] |
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| colour2 = c0c0c0 |
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| image3 = ChrisBellTX.jpg |
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| 1data2 = '''115,526<br />41%''' |
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| party3 = Nonpartisan |
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| 2data2 = 156,124<br />49% |
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| 1data3 = 45,739<br />15.87% |
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| 2data3 = ''Eliminated'' |
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| candidate3 = [[Chris Bell (politician)|Chris Bell]] |
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| image3 = ChrisBellTX.jpg |
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| map_size = 250px |
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| colour3 = c0c0c0 |
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| 1data3 = 45,575<br />16% |
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| title = Mayor of Houston |
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| 2data3 = ''Eliminated'' |
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| before_election = [[Lee P. Brown]] |
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| title = Mayor |
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| after_election = [[Lee P. Brown]] |
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| after_election = [[Lee P. Brown|Lee Brown]] |
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The '''Houston Mayoral Election of 2001''' 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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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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== Candidates == |
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==Background== |
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*Incumbent [[Mayor of Houston|Mayor]] [[Lee P. Brown|Lee Brown]] |
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[[Lee P. Brown]] was elected [[List of mayors of Houston|mayor]] of [[Houston]], 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.<ref name="brown">{{Cite news |date=August 27, 2001 |title=Houston's mayor will run again |page=2A |work=[[The Victoria Advocate]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/victoria-advocate/141902320/ |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> |
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*City Councilman [[Orlando Sanchez (politician)|Orlando Sanchez]] |
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*City Councilman [[Chris Bell (politician)|Chris Bell]] |
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==Campaign== |
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*Luis Ullrich |
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*[[Chris Bell (politician)|Chris Bell]], member of the [[Houston City Council]]<ref name="candidates">{{Cite news |date=August 21, 2001 |title=Houston Looking To Make Internet Accessible To All |page=3 |work=[[Tyler Morning Telegraph]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/tyler-morning-telegraph/141902279/ |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> (Democratic) |
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*[[Lee P. Brown]], [[List of mayors of Houston|Mayor of Houston]]<ref name="brown" /> (Democratic) |
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*Larry DeVoy |
*Larry DeVoy |
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*Anthony Dutrow |
*Anthony Dutrow |
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*[[Orlando Sanchez (politician)|Orlando Sanchez]], member of the Houston City Council<ref name="candidates" /> (Republican) |
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*Luis Ullrich |
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The mayoral election is formally nonpartisan, but Brown and [[Chris Bell (politician)|Chris Bell]] were aligned with the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] while [[Orlando Sanchez (politician)|Orlando Sanchez]] was aligned with the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]].<ref name="issue">{{Cite news |date=October 27, 2001 |title=Houston mayoral race |page=9A |work=[[The Victoria Advocate]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/victoria-advocate/141902382/ |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> A televised debate was hosted on October 10, 2001.<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 14, 2001 |title=Anthrax made news, but economy kept our attention |page=A20 |work=[[Austin American-Statesman]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/austin-american-statesman/141902348/ |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> |
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==Results== |
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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".<ref name="issue" /> Bell's wife received a [[2001 anthrax attacks|fake anthrax letter]]. Brown and Sanchez also reported receiving suspicious mail.<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 2, 2001 |title=Houston candidate's wife receives hoax |page=2A |work=[[El Paso Times]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/el-paso-times/141902491/ |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=November 2, 2001 |title=Houston candidates receive threatening mail |page=7A |work=[[The Orange Leader (Texas)|The Orange Leader]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-orange-leader/141902500/ |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> |
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{{Endorsements box |
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{{Election box begin no party no change| title=Houston mayoral election, 2001}} |
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| title = Lee Brown endorsements |
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{{Election box winning candidate no party no change| |
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| list = |
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; Local officials |
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|candidate = [[Lee P. Brown|Lee Brown]] (incumbent) |
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*[[Chris Bell (politician)|Chris Bell]], member of the [[Houston City Council]] and mayoral candidate ''(runoff)''<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 16, 2001 |title=Former candidate backs incumbent mayor |page=5B |work=[[Fort Worth Star-Telegram]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/fort-worth-star-telegram/141902554/ |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> |
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|votes = 120,108 |
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|percentage = 43% |
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|change = |
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{{Election box candidate no party no change| |
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|party = None |
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|candidate = [[Orlando Sanchez (politician)|Orlando Sanchez]] |
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|votes = 115,526 |
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|percentage = 41% |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate no party no change| |
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|party = None |
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|candidate = [[Chris Bell (politician)|Chris Bell]] |
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|votes = 45,575 |
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|percentage = 16% |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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===Polling=== |
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{{Election box begin no party no change| title=Houston mayoral election, 2001 Run-Off}} |
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{{mw-datatable}} |
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{{Election box winning candidate no party no change| |
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{| class="wikitable sortable mw-datatable" style="font-size:90%;text-align:center;line-height:17px" |
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|party = None |
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|- valign=bottom |
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|candidate = [[Lee P. Brown|Lee Brown]] (incumbent) |
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! Poll source |
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|votes = 160,507 |
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! Date(s)<br/>administered |
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|percentage = 51% |
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! Sample<br/>size |
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|change = |
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! Margin<br/>of error |
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! class="unsortable" | Lee<br/>Brown |
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! class="unsortable" | Orlando<br/>Sanchez |
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! class="unsortable" | Chris<br/>Bell |
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! class="unsortable" | Other /<br/>Undecided |
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|style="text-align:left;"|[[Houston Chronicle]]<br/>[[KHOU]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 27, 2001 |title=Houston mayor bids for 3rd term |page=5B |work=[[Fort Worth Star-Telegram]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/fort-worth-star-telegram/141902447/ |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> |
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|data-sort-value="2022-09-07" | |
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|± |
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|{{party shading/Nonpartisan}}|'''36%''' |
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|19% |
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|15% |
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|30% |
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==Results== |
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{{Election results |
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|cand1 = [[Lee P. Brown]] |
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|party1 = [[Nonpartisan]] |
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|votes1 = 125282 |
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|votes1_2 = 165866 |
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|cand2 = [[Orlando Sanchez (politician)|Orlando Sanchez]] |
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|party2 = [[Nonpartisan]] |
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|votes2 = 115967 |
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|votes2_2 = 155164 |
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|cand3 = [[Chris Bell (politician)|Chris Bell]] |
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|party3 = [[Nonpartisan]] |
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|votes3 = 45739 |
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|cand4 = Luis Ullrich |
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|party4 = [[Nonpartisan]] |
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|votes4 = 572 |
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|cand5 = Larry DeVoy |
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|party5 = [[Nonpartisan]] |
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|votes5 = 488 |
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|cand6 = Anthony Dutrow |
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|party6 = [[Nonpartisan]] |
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|votes6 = 235 |
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|blank = 0 |
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|blank2 = 0 |
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|invalid = 0 |
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|invalid2 = 0 |
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|electorate = 1006301 |
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|electorate2 = 1026404 |
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|source = {{sfn|Results|2001|p=1}}{{sfn|Results|2001|p=4}}{{sfn|Runoff|2001|p=1}}{{sfn|Results|2001|p=2}} |
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{{Election box candidate no party no change| |
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|party = None |
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|candidate =[[Orlando Sanchez (politician)|Orlando Sanchez]] |
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|votes =156,124 |
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|percentage =49% |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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== See also == |
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* [[Elections in Texas]] |
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==References== |
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{{reflist}} |
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==Works cited== |
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*{{cite book |title=City of Houston General Election Harris, Fort Bend and Montgomery Counties Combined November 6, 2001 |publisher=[[Houston]] |date=2001 |url=https://houstontx.gov/citysec/elections/110601.pdf |ref={{harvid|Results|2001}}}} |
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*{{cite book |title=City of Houston General Election Harris, Fort Bend and Montgomery Counties Combined December 1, 2001 |publisher=[[Houston]] |date=2001 |url=https://houstontx.gov/citysec/elections/120101.pdf |ref={{harvid|Runoff|2001}}}} |
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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.
Background
Lee P. Brown was elected mayor of Houston, 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]
Campaign
- Chris Bell, member of the Houston City Council[2] (Democratic)
- Lee P. Brown, Mayor of Houston[1] (Democratic)
- Larry DeVoy
- Anthony Dutrow
- Orlando Sanchez, member of the Houston City Council[2] (Republican)
- Luis Ullrich
The mayoral election is formally nonpartisan, but Brown and Chris Bell were aligned with the Democratic Party while Orlando Sanchez was aligned with the Republican Party.[3] A televised debate was hosted on October 10, 2001.[4]
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".[3] Bell's wife received a fake anthrax letter. Brown and Sanchez also reported receiving suspicious mail.[5][6]
Lee Brown endorsements
- Local officials
- Chris Bell, member of the Houston City Council and mayoral candidate (runoff)[7]
Polling
| Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Lee Brown |
Orlando Sanchez |
Chris Bell |
Other / Undecided |
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| Houston Chronicle KHOU[8] |
± | 36% | 19% | 15% | 30% |
Results
| Candidate | Party | First round | Second round | |||
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| 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: [9][10][11][12] | ||||||
References
- ^ a b "Houston's mayor will run again". The Victoria Advocate. August 27, 2001. p. 2A – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Houston Looking To Make Internet Accessible To All". Tyler Morning Telegraph. August 21, 2001. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Houston mayoral race". The Victoria Advocate. October 27, 2001. p. 9A – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Anthrax made news, but economy kept our attention". Austin American-Statesman. October 14, 2001. p. A20 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Houston candidate's wife receives hoax". El Paso Times. November 2, 2001. p. 2A – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Houston candidates receive threatening mail". The Orange Leader. November 2, 2001. p. 7A – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Former candidate backs incumbent mayor". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. November 16, 2001. p. 5B – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Houston mayor bids for 3rd term". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. October 27, 2001. p. 5B – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Results 2001, p. 1.
- ^ Results 2001, p. 4.
- ^ Runoff 2001, p. 1.
- ^ Results 2001, p. 2.
Works cited
- City of Houston General Election Harris, Fort Bend and Montgomery Counties Combined November 6, 2001 (PDF). Houston. 2001.
- City of Houston General Election Harris, Fort Bend and Montgomery Counties Combined December 1, 2001 (PDF). Houston. 2001.
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