2003 San Francisco District Attorney election

2003 San Francisco District Attorney election

November 4, 2003 (jungle primary) December 9, 2003 (runoff)

Candidate Kamala Harris Terence Hallinan Bill Fazio Party Democratic Democratic Democratic First round vote 66,248 70,580 59,834 First round percentage 33.65% 35.85% 30.39% Runoff vote 137,111 105,617 Runoff percentage 56.49% 43.51%

Runoff electoral results by supervisorial district Harris:      50–60%      60–70% Hallinan:      50–60%

District Attorney before election Terence Hallinan Democratic Elected District Attorney Kamala Harris Democratic

The 2003 San Francisco District Attorney election was held on November 4, 2003, to elect the next District Attorney of San Francisco. The election, which was held alongside the 2003 mayoral election in which Supervisor Gavin Newsom won his first term as Mayor of San Francisco, was won by former assistant District Attorney Kamala Harris, who defeated the incumbent District Attorney, Terence Hallinan.

Results

San Francisco District Attorney election, 2003

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Terence Hallinan	70,580	35.85
	Democratic	Kamala Harris	66,248	33.65
	Democratic	Bill Fazio	59,834	30.39
	Write-in		230	0.12
Total votes			196,892	100
Runoff election
	Democratic	Kamala Harris	137,111	56.49
	Democratic	Terence Hallinan	105,617	43.51
Total votes			242,728	100