The 2003 Tallahassee mayoral special election was held February 4 and February 25, 2003 to elect the mayor of Tallahassee, Florida.
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Turnout | 32.43% (first round) 33.93% (runoff) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Since no candidate obtained a majority of the vote in the first-round, a runoff was held between the top-two finishers.
The election coincided with elections to City Commissioner Seats 1, 2, 3 and 5.[1]
Marks became the second popularly elected mayor of Tallahassee. Marks became Tallahassee's first elected African American mayor, and its fifth-overall African American mayor.[citation needed]
On January 4, 2003, Tallahassee Mayor Scott Maddox was elected Chairman of the Florida Democratic Party.[2] Maddox announced that he would remain Mayor of Tallahassee until late February 2003, when a special mayor election would be held to elect a successor.[2]
Candidate | Votes | % | |
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John Marks | 11,702 | 43.10 | |
John Paul Bailey | 7,382 | 27.19 | |
Steve Meisburg | 7,039 | 25.93 | |
Anthony "Tony" Davis | 603 | 2.22 | |
Richard Junnier | 423 | 1.56 | |
Total votes | 27,149 | ||
Voter turnout | 32.43% |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
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John Marks | 19,119 | 67.10 | |
John Paul Bailey | 9,374 | 32.90 | |
Total votes | 28,493 | ||
Voter turnout | 33.93% |