The Houston Mayoral Election of 2001 took place on November 6, 2001. Incumbent Mayor Lee Brown was re-elected to a third term. Officially the race was non-partisan. None of the candidates received a majority of the votes, so a run-off election was held on December 1, 2001.
Candidates
*Incumbent
Mayor
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Lee Brown Lee Brown may refer to:
*Lee Brown (footballer) (born 1990), English footballer, for Portsmouth FC
*Lee P. Brown (born 1937), police department chief and mayor of Houston
*Lee Bradley Brown (1971–2011), British tourist allegedly beaten to death b ...
*City Councilman
Orlando Sanchez
*City Councilman
Chris Bell
*Luis Ullrich
*Larry DeVoy
*Anthony Dutrow
Results
See also
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Elections in Texas
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Mayoral election, 2001
Houston mayoral
Houston
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2001
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Non-partisan elections
November 2001 events in the United States
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