1997 Boise mayoral election

1997 Boise mayoral election
November 4, 1997
 
Candidate Brent Coles Matthew Shapiro
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Popular vote 14,879 6,475
Percentage 69.68% 30.32%
Mayor before election

Brent Coles
Nonpartisan

Elected mayor

Brent Coles
Nonpartisan

The 1997 Boise mayoral election was held on November 4, 1997. Incumbent Mayor Brent Coles ran for re-election to a second term. No well-known candidates challenged Coles for re-election, and his only opponent was activist and public policy researcher Matthew Shapiro.

Coles ultimately won re-election in a landslide, receiving 70 percent of the vote to Shapiro's 30 percent.

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