2003 Tucson mayoral election

The 2003 Tucson mayoral election occurred on November 4, 2003, to elect the mayor of Tucson, and occurred coinciding with the elections to the Tucson City Council wards 1, 2 and 4. It saw the reelection of incumbent mayor Bob Walkup.

2003 Tucson mayoral election

November 4, 2003 (2003-11-04)

Nominee Bob Walkup Thomas Volgy Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 38,364 36,990 Percentage 49.51% 47.73%

Mayor before election Bob Walkup Republican Elected mayor Bob Walkup Republican

Nominations

Primaries were held for the Democratic, Libertarian, and Republican parties on September 9, 2003.

Democratic primary

The Democratic Party saw Tom Volgy win 10,365 votes, or 97.67% of the vote. He was originally challenged by Paul Wallace for the nomination, but Wallace formally withdrew his candidacy.

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Thomas Volgy	10,365	97.67
	Democratic	Write-in		2.33

Libertarian primary

Libertarian primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Kimberly Swanson	79	60.31
	Libertarian	Other write-in		39.69

Republican primary

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Walkup (incumbent)	6,105	97.70
	Republican	Write-in		2.3

Other

Patricia Irish unsuccessfully sought to run with no party affiliation, but did not garner enough signatures.

General election

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Thomas Volgey (D)	Bob Walkup (R)	Kimberly Swanson (L)	Other / Undecided
SurveyUSA	October 31– November 2, 2003	423 (CV)	± 4.9%	50%	44%	4%	1%

Results

General election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Walkup (incumbent)	38,364	49.51
	Democratic	Thomas Volgy	36,990	47.73
	Libertarian	Kimberly Swanson write-in	2,071	2.67
	Write-in	Jesus Christ	2	0.00
	Write-in	Stephen "The Penneyman" Baker	0	0.00