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.