2003 Indianapolis mayoral election

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.

2003 Indianapolis mayoral election
November 4, 2003
 
Nominee Bart Peterson Greg Jordan
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 92,763 55,354
Percentage 62.62% 37.37%
Mayor before election

Bart Peterson
Democratic

 Elected Mayor

Bart Peterson
Democratic

Elections in Indiana

Primaries

Primaries were held on May 6.[1]

Democratic primary
Indianapolis mayoral election, 2003[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Bart Peterson (incumbent) 25,406 93.96%
Democratic Karen Beck 1,633 6.04%
Turnout 27,039
Majority 23,773

Republican primary
Indianapolis mayoral election, 2003[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Greg Jordan 24,150 100.00%
Turnout 24,150

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.[2] The Democratic Party also won control of the mayoralties in twenty of the state's thirty cities with populations above 25,000.[2] Additionally, in 2003, Democrats won more than 56% of partisan mayoral races in Indiana.[3]

Indianapolis mayoral election, 2003[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Bart Peterson (incumbent) 92,763 62.62%
Republican Greg Jordan 55,354 37.37%
Independent John Leroy Plemons 13 0.01%
Turnout 148,130
Majority 37,409
Democratic hold
Preceded by
1999		 Indianapolis mayoral election
2003		 Succeeded by
2007

References
  1. "INDIANA May 6, 2003 Municipal Primary Election". Secretary of State of Indiana. 31 December 2003. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  2. Howey, Brian A. (5 November 2003). "Democrats control top 7 Hoosier cities" (PDF). The Howey Political Report. 10 (14). Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  3. Marschall, Melissa; Lappie, John (May 2016). "Mayoral Elections in Indiana 2003–2015" (PDF). Rice Kinder Institute for Urban Research. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  4. "INDIANA November 4, 2003 Municipal General Election/". Secretary of State of Indiana. 31 December 2003. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
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