2003 Tallahassee mayoral special election

2003 Tallahassee mayoral special election
Turnout	32.43% (first round); 33.93% (runoff)
Mayor before election; Scott Maddox; Democratic Party	Elected Mayor ; John Marks; Democratic Party

The 2003 Tallahassee mayoral special election was held February 4 and February 25, 2003 to elect the mayor of Tallahassee, Florida.

Since no candidate obtained a majority of the vote in the first-round, a runoff was held between the top-two finishers.

The election coincided with elections to City Commissioner Seats 1, 2, 3 and 5.^[1]

Marks became the second popularly elected mayor of Tallahassee. Marks became Tallahassee's first elected African American mayor, and its fifth-overall African American mayor.^{[citation needed]}

^ ^a ^b "Summaries - January through April 2003" (PDF). Tallahassee Government. 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2020. Retrieved November 14, 2019.

[summaries-1] "Summaries - January through April 2003" (PDF). Tallahassee Government. 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2020. Retrieved November 14, 2019.

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