2003 Indianapolis mayoral election explained

Election Name:2003 Indianapolis mayoral election
Country:Indianapolis
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1999 Indianapolis mayoral election
Previous Year:1999
Next Election:2007 Indianapolis mayoral election
Next Year:2007
Election Date:November 4, 2003
Nominee1:Bart Peterson
Party1:Democratic Party (United States)
Popular Vote1:92,763
Percentage1:62.62%
Nominee2:Greg Jordan
Party2:Republican Party (United States)
Popular Vote2:55,354
Percentage2:37.37%
Map Size:200px
Mayor
Before Election:Bart Peterson
Before Party:Democratic Party (United States)
After Election:Bart Peterson
After Party:Democratic Party (United States)

The Indianapolis mayoral election of 2003 took place on November 4, 2003. Voters elected the Mayor of Indianapolis, members of the Indianapolis City-County Council, as well as several other local officials. Incumbent Democrat Bart Peterson was reelected to a second term.

Primaries

Primaries were held on May 6.

Republican primary

Election results

Peterson won reelection by a large margin.

2003 was a good year for Democrats in Indiana's mayoral elections, with the party winning control of the mayoralties of all of the state's top seven most populous cities for the first time since 1959.[1] The Democratic Party also won control of the mayoralties in twenty of the state's thirty cities with populations above 25,000.[1] Additionally, in 2003, Democrats won more than 56% of partisan mayoral races in Indiana.[2]

During the general election, Marion County, saw voter turnout of 27% in its various elections.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Democrats control top 7 Hoosier cities . Howey . Brian A. . The Howey Political Report . 5 November 2003 . 10 . 14 . 11 December 2019.
  2. Web site: Marschall . Melissa . Lappie . John . Mayoral Elections in Indiana 2003–2015 . https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20181008174131/https://kinder.rice.edu/sites/g/files/bxs1676/f/documents/LEAP_INDIANA_FINAL.pdf . dead . October 8, 2018 . Rice Kinder Institute for Urban Research . 5 May 2020 . May 2016 .
  3. Web site: General Election Turnout and Registration . www.in.gov . Indiana Secretary of State .