2003 El Paso mayoral election explained

Election Name:El Paso mayoral election, 2003
Flag Image:Flag of El Paso, Texas.svg
Type:Presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2001 El Paso mayoral election
Previous Year:2001
Next Election:2005 El Paso mayoral election
Next Year:2005
Turnout:14.79%
Candidate1:Joe Wardy
Party1:Nonpartisan candidate
Popular Vote1:29,890
Percentage1:58.35%
Candidate2:Raymond Caballero
Party2:Nonpartisan candidate
Popular Vote2:18,394
Percentage2:35.91%
Mayor
Before Election:Raymond Caballero
After Election:Joe Wardy

The 2003 El Paso mayoral election was held on May 3, 2003 to elect the mayor of El Paso, Texas. It saw the election of Joe Wardy, who unseated incumbent mayor Raymond Caballero.

This was the first El Paso mayoral election held under new rules which saw a shift from the previous system under which a nonpartisan primary was followed by a general election of the top-two finishers to a new system in which a runoff is held only if no candidate receives a majority of the vote in the first round. This was the last El Paso mayoral election to a two-year term, as terms were to be extended to four-years beginning with the subsequent 2005 election.

No runoff was required, as Wardy secured a majority of the vote in the initial round.