2003 Orlando mayoral special election

2003 Orlando mayoral election
February 4, 2003 (primary election)
February 25, 2003 (runoff election)
 
Candidate Buddy Dyer Pete Barr
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
First round 8,826
32.60% 		6,033
22.68%
Runoff 17,039
57.33% 		12,681
42.67%
 
Candidate Tico Perez Bill Sublette
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
First round 4,316
15.94% 		3,580
13.22%
Runoff Eliminated Eliminated
Mayor before election

Glenda Hood
Nonpartisan

Elected mayor

Buddy Dyer
Nonpartisan

The 2003 Orlando mayoral special election took place on February 25, 2003, following a primary election on February 4, 2003. Mayor Glenda Hood, who was last elected in 2000, resigned following her nomination as Secretary of State of Florida, triggering a special election.

Eight candidates ran in the special election, the largest number of candidates in city history. Former State Senator Buddy Dyer, former State Representative Bill Sublette advertising executive Pete Barr, attorney Tico Perez, and businessman Derrick Wallace emerged as the frontrunners. In the primary election, Dyer placed first, winning 33 percent of the vote, and he was followed by Barr, who won 22 percent of the vote. In the runoff election, though polls indicated a close race, Dyer defeated Barr in a landslide, winning 57 percent of the vote.

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