2003 San Francisco District Attorney election

2003 San Francisco District Attorney election

← 1999 November 4, 2003 (jungle primary) December 9, 2003 (runoff) 2007 →

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.