2003 Evansville, Indiana mayoral election

The 2003 Evansville, Indiana mayoral election was held on November 4, 2003, and saw the election of Democrat Jonathan Weinzapfel, who unseated incumbent Republican mayor Russell G. Lloyd Jr..

Evansville, Indiana mayoral election, 2003

November 4, 2003

Candidate Jonathan Weinzapfel Russell G. Lloyd Jr. Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 19,089 10,063 Percentage 63.58% 33.51%

Mayor before election Russell G. Lloyd Jr. Republican Elected Mayor Jonathan Weinzapfel Democratic

General election

Weinzapfel defeated Lloyd.

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]

General election results[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jonathan Weinzapfel	19,089	63.58%
	Republican	Russell G. Lloyd Jr. (incumbent)	10,063	33.51%
	Independent	Jack Groshans, Jr.	874	2.91%
Total votes			30,026

References

1. Howey, Brian A. (5 November 2003). "Democrats control top 7 Hoosier cities" (PDF). The Howey Political Report. 10 (14). Retrieved 11 December 2019.
2. Marschall, Melissa; Lappie, John (May 2016). "Mayoral Elections in Indiana 2003–2015" (PDF). Rice Kinder Institute for Urban Research. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
3. "1505148512_9057.pdf" (PDF). Evansville, Indiana. Retrieved 4 November 2019.