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==The election of 2003==

==The election of 2003==

In 2003, the then incumbent Mayor-President, Democrat Walter B. Comeaux, III, declined to seek a third term, and instead supported fellow Democrat Glenn M. Weber in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 4, 2003.

In 2003, the then incumbent Mayor-President, Democrat Walter B. Comeaux, III, an engineer and the son of [[Walter B. Comeaux, Jr.]], a prominent Lafayette surgeon. Comeaux declined to seek a third term, and instead supported fellow Democrat Glenn M. Weber in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 4, 2003.

The only Republican in the field, Durel led the primary with 41 percent of the vote, compared to 29 percent for Weber and 19 percent for Floyd Domingue, a Democrat and a land man, one who obtains land for oil drilling rights.  Three lesser candidates divided the remaining 11 percent of the vote.<ref> Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 4, 2003.</ref>

The only Republican in the field, Durel led the primary with 41 percent of the vote, compared to 29 percent for Weber and 19 percent for Floyd Domingue, a Democrat and a land man, one who obtains land for oil drilling rights.  Three lesser candidates divided the remaining 11 percent of the vote.<ref> Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 4, 2003.</ref>