City Districts
2003 DISD Races
Dal County Schl Bd
                             

2003 Council Election - 481,617 registered voters did not vote.
 
Ranking Winners per ballots cast

Rasansky - twice as many votes as combined winners in 1, 2 and 6.
Lill -  1,373 more votes as combined winners in 1, 2 and 6.
Finkelman - 680 more votes as combined winners in 1, 2 and 6.
Staff - 617 more votes as combined winners in 1, 2 and 6, & she's in runoff.
Hill - near as many votes as combined winners in 1, 2 and 6.
Greyson - exactly same amount of votes as combined winners in 1, 2 and 6 - ????

Mark Housewright got 2,975 votes 
More than 2, 6 winners combined; more than 8 winner
Greg Holliday got 4,535 votes 
More than 1, 2, 6 winners combined; more than winners of 4, 5, 7, 8, 12
Dwaine Caraway got 2,625 votes 
More than 2, 6 winners combined; more than winners of 1, 2, 6
Paul Woodfield got 2,426 votes 
Almost more than 2, 6 winners combined; more than winners of 1, 2, 6

All lost their elections, but did great job turning out their voters.

CLEARLY -- NONE OF US WHO RAN IN PREDOMINANTLY HISPANIC DISTRICTS REACHED THE VOTERS.  THIS IS DEPRESSING.

Blue -- DallasArena.com endorsement

M A Y O R	Laura  Miller* 56.07% 52,955		Mary  Poss 39.69% 37,482		4,007 voted for 1 of 3 other candidates.   26,155 of total voters did not vote for any mayoral candidate. 576,061 registered voters in Dallas.   94,444 voted. 481,617 did not vote.
	LauraMiller.com		MaryPoss.com
10.07% overall turnout.   Mayor Miller has not been able to keep all of her promises because several incumbents have been obstructive, but she has accomplished much in a short time.  DallasArena.com will not post any candidate names who did not legally qualify to be on the ballot.

1	Elba  Garcia*		1,892 votes
12.03% turnout. 25,296 registered voters Dr. Garcia has accomplished more in her first term than her predecessor in 2 terms.

2	John Loza* 59.77% 1,404		Bill Dickerson 21.6% 508		Billy  Macleod 3.87% 216		David Morris 14.7% 346
	www.johnloza.com		www.billdickerson.com		www.vote4billy.com		www.morrisforDallas.com
11.13% turnout.  22,894 registered voters  No endorsement.   Councilman Loza was instrumental in effecting Settlement to force 3 sex clubs off NW Hwy this July 31,but City Hall could also use Dickerson's ethics and high energy,

3	Mark  Housewright* 42.65% 2,975		Ed Oakley* 54.83% 3,825		Clair  Woertendyke 2.52% 176
	www.markhousewright.com		www.edoakley.net
19.44% turnout. 37,214 registered voters Housewright endorsed vote harvester Joe May over Mike Martinez for DISD Board.   Oakley voted for Palladium w/o all the facts and was swing vote to rescind Palladium deal, but he backed down.

4	Maxine  Thornton-Reese*	Dwaine  Caraway
	60.47% 3,989	39.53% 2,625
10.69% turnout. 46,573 registered voters No endorsement.  Thornton-Reese has not been helpful to the Mayor.   Caraway has a lot of charisma, but a ton of baggage.

6	Sharon Boyd 33.11% 584		Steve  Salazar 60.26% 1,063	Linus L. Spiller 6.6% 117
	SharonBoyd.com
11.08% turnout.  16,800 registered voters DallasArena.com admits bias in this race, but Boyd is a straight shooter and hard worker.

9	Roxan  Staff 46.3% 4,976		Gary Griffith 44.58% 4,791		Cannon  Flowers 3.34% 359		Albert Turner 5.79% 622
	RoxanStaff.com		Griffith2003.com		CannonFlowers.com		www.turnercampaign.com
23.8% turnout.  48,455 registered voters  -- ONLY RUNOFF Roxan Staff was a stabilizing force on the DISD Board.  She's smart, articulate and has experience dealing with City Hall staffers and the City Atty's office.

10	Bill  Blaydes 51.17% 4,752		Greg  Holliday 48.83% 4,535
	www.billblaydes.com		gholliday.com
20.02% turnout. 48,918 registered voters Bill Blaydes is a businessman who is very experienced at City Hall and just what City Council needs.  Former Asst. DPD Chief Holliday is also very qualified.

11	Lois  Finkelman*		5,039
16.19% turnout.  42,298 registered voters Lois Finkelman has been very cooperative with the Mayor.

12	Sandy  Greyson* 62.89% 4,359		Anthony  Fleo 30.89% 2,141		Trent  Hughes 3.28% 227
			www.tonyfleo.com
13.86% turnout.  54,212 registered voters Sandy Greyson has become a fiscal watchdog on many cases.

13	Mitch  Rasansky*		Mitch Rasansky actually reads all that stuff the council gets every week -- much to staff's dismay because he sees through the smoke and mirrors.
	9,105 - TOP VOTE GETTER ON COUNCIL.
25.49% turnout.  51,402 registered voters

14	Veletta Lill  70.26% 5,732		Paul C.  Woodfield 29.74% 2,426
			www.paulwoodfield.com
16.76% turnout.  57,919 registered voters Best thing that happened to Veletta Lill was Miller's election.  Lill has been a solid team player and consequently has been on the right side of issues like Palladium.