2019 Houston mayoral election

2019 Houston mayoral election

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Turnout	22.56% (first round) 18.73% (runoff)
Candidate Sylvester Turner Tony Buzbee First round 111,789 46.38% 69,361 28.78% Runoff 113,262 56.04% 88,844 43.96%   Candidate Bill King Dwight Boykins First round 33,772 14.01% 14,212 5.90% Runoff Eliminated Eliminated
Mayor before election Sylvester Turner Elected mayor Sylvester Turner

The 2019 Houston mayoral election was decided by a runoff that took place on December 14, 2019. Incumbent mayor Sylvester Turner defeated attorney Tony Buzbee in the runoff by a margin of 56.04% to 43.96%. No candidate won a majority of the vote during the general election on November 5, 2019, when Turner received 46% of the vote and Buzbee received 29%.

Declared candidates

The following candidates ran for mayor of Houston in 2019:

Candidates

Incumbent

• Sylvester Turner, Mayor of Houston, elected to his first term in the 2015 mayoral election

Challengers

In September 2019, it was announced that Mayor Turner and 11 other candidates would appear on the mayoral ballot. ^[1]

• Derrick Broze, author and activist ^[2]
• Tony Buzbee, attorney ^[3]
• Bill King - businessman, former mayor of Kemah, and 2015 mayoral candidate ^[4]
• Booker T, professional wrestler, promoter, and color commentator. ^[5] By September 2019, his legal name of Booker Huffman was not among those who applied for the ballot. ^[1]
• Dwight Boykins, current Houston City Councilman, District D
• Sue Lovell, former Houston City Councilwoman, at-large seat 2 ^[6]

Election results

Held November 5, 2019 -- 50% needed to avoid runoff ^[7]

Houston mayoral election, 2019 ^[8]

Candidate		Votes	%	±
✓	Sylvester Turner	111,789	46.38%	Runoff
✓	Tony Buzbee	69,361	28.78%	Runoff
	Bill King	33,772	14.01%
	Dwight Boykins	14,212	5.90%
	Victoria Romero	2,933	1.22%
	Sue Lovell	2,932	1.22%
	Demetria Smith	1,694	0.70%
	Roy J. Vasquez	1,556	0.65%
	Kendall Baker	982	0.41%
	Derrick Broze	686	0.28%
	Naoufal Houjami	560	0.23%
	J. T. Taylor	555	0.23%
Turnout		241,032	22.56%

Held December 14, 2019 ^[9]

Houston mayoral runoff election, 2019

Candidate		Votes	%	±
✓	Sylvester Turner	113,262	56.04%
	Tony Buzbee	88,844	43.96%
Turnout		202,106	18.73%

References

1. Rice, Katie Watkins, Jen (September 25, 2019). "Turner Leads Houston's Mayoral Race And Voters Support METRO Bond, HPM-KHOU 11 Poll Finds". Houston Public Media. Retrieved June 9, 2021.
2. "November 5, 2019 General Election". www.houstontx.gov. Retrieved October 16, 2019.
3. Shannon Najmabadi (October 31, 2018). "Prominent attorney Tony Buzbee says he's running for Houston mayor". The Texas Tribune. Retrieved December 12, 2018.
4. Scherer, Jasper (January 30, 2019). "'Houston businessman Bill King to kick off campaign for mayor next month - Houston Chronicle". Chron.com. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
5. Bludau, Janelle (January 12, 2019). "Wrestling legend Booker T sets sights on Houston mayoral seat, despite shaky past". KHOU.com. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
6. Scherer, Jasper (July 1, 2019). "Former Houston councilwoman Sue Lovell running for mayor". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
7. "Cumulative Report — Official Harris County, Texas — Joint General and Special Elections — November 05, 2019" (PDF). Retrieved December 16, 2019.
8. "Election results 2019: City of Houston races". KHOU. November 6, 2019. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
9. "Cumulative Report — Official Harris County, Texas — Joint Runoff Election — December 14, 2019" (PDF). Retrieved January 27, 2020.