2003 Fort Wayne mayoral election

Fort Wayne mayoral election, 2003

November 4, 2003

Nominee Graham Richard Linda Buskirk Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 27,279% 19,717 Percentage 58.00% 41.92%

Mayor before election Graham Richard Democratic Elected Mayor Graham Richard Democratic

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The 2003 Fort Wayne mayoral election was held on November 4 to elect the mayor of Fort Wayne, Indiana, US. It saw the reelection of Democratic incumbent Graham Richard, who again defeated Republican Linda Buskirk in what was a rematch of the 1999 election.

Nominations

Primaries were held May 8.

During its primaries, the voter turnout in Allen County, in which Fort Wayne is located, was 11.9%.

Democratic primary

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Graham Richard (incumbent)	5,061	88.85%
	Democratic	Charles Eberhard	330	5.79%
	Democratic	Thomas Allen Schrader	167	2.93%
	Democratic	David Christopher "Papa" Roach	138	2.42%
Total votes			5,696

Republican primary

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Linda Buskirk	8,233	88.26%
	Republican	O. "Bro" Blye	1,095	11.74%
Total votes			9,328

General election

The election was projected as a "tossup". Despite the race having been projected to be close, Richard won a sizable victory over Buskirk.

During the general election, the voter turnout in Allen County, in which Fort Wayne is located, was 30.63%.

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. The Democratic Party also won control of the mayoralties in twenty of the state's thirty cities with populations above 25,000.

General election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Graham Richard (incumbent)	27,279	58.00%
	Republican	Linda Buskirk	19,717	41.92%
		Write-ins	38	0.08%
Total votes			47,031

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