2002 Shreveport mayoral election

2002 Shreveport mayoral election

October 5, 2002

Candidate Keith Hightower Vernon Adams Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 31,084 10,620 Percentage 74.53% 25.47%

Mayor before election Keith Hightower Democratic Elected Mayor Keith Hightower Democratic

The 2002 Shreveport mayoral election resulted in the re-election of Democrat Keith Hightower who defeated Republican Vernon Adams by a large margin in the election of October 5, 2002. As Hightower won a simple majority in this round, no run-off election was held.

Results

2002 Mayor of Shreveport primary election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Keith Hightower	31,084	74.53%
	Republican	Vernon Adams	10,620	25.47%
Total votes			41,704	100%