1991 Houston mayoral election

none January 2025 September 2023 1991 Houston mayoral election Flag of Houston, Texas.svg presidential no 1989 Houston mayoral election 1989 1993 Houston mayoral election 1993 November 5, 1991 (first round)December 7, 1991 (runoff) x150px First round Runoff Bob Lanier Bob Lanier (cropped).jpg c0c0c0 138,09643.8% 152,79253.1% Sylvester Turner TurnerSylvester (1).png c0c0c0 113,78236.1% 135,17346.9% Kathy Whitmire Kathy Whitmire (1).jpeg c0c0c0 63,61320.2% Eliminated Mayor Kathy Whitmire Bob Lanier The 1991 Houston mayoral election took place on November 5, 1991. The race was officially non-partisan. Bob Lanier defeated five term incumbent mayor Kathy Whitmire. A run-off election was held on December 7, 1991. Most white voters of all economic levels voted for Lanier. His strongest tallies came from affluent neighborhoods like River Oaks, Meyerland, Uptown, Memorial and Sharpstown; in those areas he won with 60 to 65 percent or more of the vote. Lanier won 75 percent of the votes in his home Houston precinct. In racially mixed areas such as Westbury and Alief, Lanier had the majority of votes with his main opponent, Sylvester Turner, having finished in a close second place. Lanier did not win in Montrose and many African-American neighborhoods. Candidates Incumbent Mayor Kathy Whitmire Businessman and real estate developer Bob Lanier State Representative Sylvester Turner Results Houston mayoral election, General Election 1991 Bob Lanier Nonpartisan 138,096 43.77 Sylvester Turner Nonpartisan 113,782 36.07 Kathy Whitmire (incumbent) Nonpartisan 63,613 20.16 Willie M. Reid Nonpartisan 787 0.24 315,491 100.00 Houston mayoral election, 1991 Runoff Bob Lanier Nonpartisan 152,792 53.06 Sylvester Turner Nonpartisan 135,173 46.94 287,965 100.00 Turner would later campaign in 2003 but took third place. He won the mayoral runoff on December 12, 2015. References Rodriguez Lori November 9, 1991 Saying goodbye, with no regrets http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=1991_821334 dead Houston Chronicle https://web.archive.org/web/20121010025549/http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=1991_821334 October 10, 2012 July 11, 2020 Bernstein Alan Simmon Jim November 7, 1991 Black vote went solidly for Turner/Whitmire failed to produce split http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=1991_820986 dead Houston Chronicle https://web.archive.org/web/20121010025556/http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=1991_820986 October 10, 2012 July 11, 2020 March 7, 2025 https://houstontx.gov/citysec/elections/110591.pdf pdf City of Houston General Election Results, November 5, 1991 Office of the City Secretary, City of Houston March 7, 2025 https://houstontx.gov/citysec/elections/120791.pdf pdf City of Houston Runoff Election Results, City of Houston, Texas - December 7, 1991 Office of the City Secretary, City of Houston Category:1991 in Houston Category:1991 Texas elections Houston 1991 Category:November 1991 in the United States Category:December 1991 in the United States