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In some states, the right of recall extends to all mayors in all municipalities in the state and is guaranteed either with a constitutional provision or a state statute that applies to all the municipalities in the state. Those states are Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, North Dakota, Oregon, Rhode Island, Washington and Wisconsin.
In several states, however, the right to hold a recall election for a mayor only applies to certain types of cities, such as in Texas, where mayoral recall is only available in cities with a city charter that specifically authorizes recall, or in New Mexico, where mayoral recall is only available to mayors in municipalities with a commission-manager form of government. (See local rules governing local recall.)
In the United States, there are 19,429 municipal governments and 16,504 town or township governments. In some states where there is a township style of municipality, the leader of the township's government is referred to as a supervisor rather than a mayor, but the functions are similar. Altogether, there are 35,933 local governments that are either defined as a municipal government or a town/township government.[1] However, there are only about 1,200 municipalities with a population exceeding 30,000.[2]
Mayoral recalls by year
Mayor was recalled
- Arizona (Quartzite): Ed Foster
- Florida (Miami-Dade): Carlos Alverez
- Missouri (Lebanon): CP Craig
- Michigan (Potterville): Rodney Ross
- North Dakota (Emerado): Brent Aspinwall
- Oregon (City of Cornelius): Neal Knight
- Texas (La Marque): Geraldine Sam
- Texas (Socorro): Willie Gandara
Mayor resigned or did not run for re-election
- California (City of Bell): Oscar Hernandez
- California (City of Hernandez): Ed Balico
- Colorado (City of Williamsburg): Barbara Cameron
Mayor was retained in office
- Alaska (City of Houston): Virgie Thompson
- Arizona (Huachuca City): Byron Robertson
- Colorado (Johnstown): Mark Romanowski
- Nebraska (Omaha): Jim Suttle
- Ohio (Piqua City): Lucy Fess
- Oregon (City of Oakridge): Donald Hampton
- South Dakota (Whitewood): Deb Schmidt
- Texas (College Station): Nancy Berry
- Wisconsin (Ashland): Bill Whalen
Election scheduled
- Texas (City of Kileen): Scott Cosper (November 8)
- Michigan (City of Taylor): Jeffrey Lamarand (November 8)
- Texas (El Paso): John Cook (May 12, 2012)
- Texas (Jasper): Mike Lout (May 12, 2012)
Recall effort underway, no election scheduled
- Arizona (San Luis): Juan Carlos Escamilla
- California (Fontana): Acquanetta Warren
- California (Fullerton): Dick Jones
- California (Hanford): Dan Chin
- California (Ione): David Plank
- California (Lindsay): Ed Murray
- California (Oakland): Jean Quan
- California (Portola): Dan Wilson
- California (Tustin): Jerry Amante
- Colorado (Cortez): Dan Porter
- Florida (North Bay Village): Corina Esquijarosa
- Louisiana (Cullen): Bobby Washington
- Nebraska (Creighton): Janet Booth
- Nebraska (Decatur): Jim Nicola
- Nevada (North Las Vegas): Shari Buck
- New Jersey (Trenton): Tony Mack
- North Dakota (Valley City): Bob Werkhoven
- Oregon (Coburg): Judith Volta
- Tennessee (Rockwood): James Watts
- West Virginia (Parkersburg): Bob Newell
- Wisconsin (Sheboygan): Bob Ryan
Court stops recall
Recall effort abandoned
Alaska
- See also: Recall campaigns in Alaska
Roger Purcell recall, Houston, Alaska (2010)
Doug Isaacson recall, North Pole, Alaska (2010)
Arizona
- See also: Recall campaigns in Arizona
David Schwan recall, Carefree, Arizona, 2010
Arkansas
- See also: Recall campaigns in Arkansas
Carl Redus recall, Pine Bluff, Arkansas
California
- See also: Recall campaigns in California
Dunsmuir: Peter Arth
Livingston: Daniel Varela
Hollister: Victor Gomez
Los Angeles: Antonio Villaraigosa
Ventura: Bill Fulton
Soledad: Richard Ortiz
Ridgecrest: Steven Morgan
Compton: Eric Perrodin
Colorado
Dave Walker recall, Palisade, Colorado (2010)
John Vazquez recall, Windsor, Colorado, 2010
Florida
- See also: Recall campaigns in Florida
Carlos Alvarez recall, Miami-Dade County, Florida, 2010
Idaho
- See also: Recall campaigns in Idaho
John Miller recall, Salmon, Idaho (2010)
Kevin Poole recall, Lewiston, Idaho
Recall of the members of the Kellogg City Council, Idaho (2010)
Kansas
- See also: Recall campaigns in Kansas
Don Call recall, McCune, Kansas (2010)
Chris Lette recall, Udall, Kansas (2010)
Bill Goebel recall, Jetmore, Kansas (2010)
Jimmy Bonds recall, Ogden, Kansas, 2010
Louisiana
- See also: Recall campaigns in Louisiana
Joshua Thomas recall, Wilson, Louisiana, 2010
Betty Alford-Olive recall, Bastrop, Louisiana, 2010
Marcia Young, Forest Hill, Louisiana, 2010
Michigan
- See also: Recall campaigns in Michigan
Don Schwieman recall, Flushing Township
Bob Lepley recall, Marine City
Fred "Mac" Fortner recall, Davison
Art Moyses recall, LeRoy Township, Michigan, 2010
James Cooper, Grosse Pointe Shores
Dayne Walling recall, Flint
John Carmichael recall, Sturgis
Jeffrey Lamarand, Taylor
New Jersey
- See also: Recall campaigns in New Jersey
Anthony Suarez recall, Ridgefield, New Jersey, 2010
Herbert Frederick recall, West Wildwood, New Jersey
Vincent Barella recall, Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey (2010)
Gerard McNamara recall, West Wildwood, New Jersey (2010)
Silverio Vega recall, West New York, New Jersey (2010)
Wilda Diaz recall, Perth Amboy, New Jersey (2010)
Lorenzo Langford recall, Atlantic City, New Jersey (2010)
New Mexico
- See also: Recall campaigns in New Mexico
Jesse James Johnson recall, Raton
Ohio
- See also: Recall campaigns in Ohio
Jane Murray recall, Portsmouth
Pat Layshock recall, Newton Falls
Scott Hockenberry recall, West Jefferson
Ike Stage recall, Grove City
Tim Humphries recall, Carlisle
Bruce Akers recall, Pepper Pike
David Koontz recall, Norton
Oklahoma
- See also: Recall campaigns in Oklahoma
Nathan Bates recall, Stillwater, Oklahoma, 2010
Dewey Bartlett recall, Tulsa, Oklahoma (2010)
Oregon
- See also: Recall campaigns in Oregon
Sam Adams recall, Portland, Oregon, 2010
South Dakota
- See also: Recall campaigns in South Dakota
Dave Schneider recall, Belle Fourche, South Dakota, 2010
Tennessee
- See also: Recall campaigns in Tennessee
Ron Littlefield recall, Chattanooga, Tennessee (2010)
Texas
- See also: Recall campaigns in Texas
James Stewart recall, Brady, Texas (2010)
James Gosey and Dulani Masimini recall, Forest Hill, Texas (2010)
Virginia
- See also: Recall campaigns in Virginia
James Holley recall, Portsmouth, Virginia, 2010
Wisconsin
- See also: Recall campaigns in Wisconsin
Kenneth Rottier recall, Seymour, Wisconsin, 2010
Jack Chiovatero recall, New Berlin, Wisconsin (2010)
Arizona
Louisiana
- Eddie Price recall, Mandeville, Louisiana, 2009
- Martha Andrus recall, Grambling, Louisiana, 2009
- Steve Hunter recall, Richwood, Louisiana 2009
Michigan
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Missouri
Nebraska
New Jersey
- Ernie Troiano and Bill Davenport recall, Wildwood, New Jersey, 2009
- Paul Sutphen recall, Frankford, New Jersey, 2009
- Paul Weiss recall, Medford Lakes, New Jersey, 2009
- Ronald W. Jones, Jr. recall, Beachwood, New Jersey, 2009
New York
Ohio
- Carty Finkbeiner recall, Toledo, Ohio, 2009
- Don Culliver recall, Mansfield, Ohio, 2009
- Don Plusquellic recall, Akron, Ohio, 2009
- Kenneth Patton recall, Brooklyn, Ohio, 2009
- William Grace recall, Elyria, Ohio, 2009
Oregon
South Dakota
Texas
Wisconsin
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