City elections in Sacramento, California (2024)
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| 2024 Sacramento elections |
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| Election dates |
| Filing deadline: December 8, 2023 |
| Primary election: March 5, 2024 General election: November 5, 2024 |
| Election stats |
| Offices up: Mayor and city council |
| Total seats up: 5 (click here for mayoral elections) |
| Election type: Nonpartisan |
| Other municipal elections |
| U.S. municipal elections, 2024 |
The city of Sacramento, California, held general elections for mayor and city council on November 5, 2024. A primary was scheduled for March 5, 2024. The filing deadline for this election was December 8, 2023.
Click here to learn more about the city's mayoral election.
Elections
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Candidates and results
City council
District 2
General election
General election for Sacramento City Council District 2
Roger Dickinson defeated Stephen Walton in the general election for Sacramento City Council District 2 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Roger Dickinson (Nonpartisan) | 60.7 | 8,089 |
| Stephen Walton (Nonpartisan) | 39.3 | 5,238 | ||
| Total votes: 13,327 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Sacramento City Council District 2
The following candidates ran in the primary for Sacramento City Council District 2 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Roger Dickinson (Nonpartisan) | 44.7 | 2,587 |
| ✔ | Stephen Walton (Nonpartisan) | 16.1 | 933 | |
| Kim Davie (Nonpartisan) | 10.9 | 629 | ||
| Veronica Smith (Nonpartisan) | 10.0 | 579 | ||
 | Ramona Landeros (Nonpartisan) | 5.4 | 311 | |
| Daryl Collins (Nonpartisan) | 4.9 | 281 | ||
 | Penelope Larry (Nonpartisan) | 4.1 | 238 | |
| Alicia Bledsoe (Nonpartisan) | 2.6 | 150 | ||
| Mary Russell (Nonpartisan) | 1.3 | 76 | ||
| Total votes: 5,784 | |||
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District 4
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Sacramento City Council District 4
Phil Pluckebaum won election outright against incumbent Katie Valenzuela and J. Marilynn Mackey Meyer in the primary for Sacramento City Council District 4 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Phil Pluckebaum (Nonpartisan) | 50.6 | 9,366 |
 | Katie Valenzuela (Nonpartisan) | 46.2 | 8,542 | |
| J. Marilynn Mackey Meyer (Nonpartisan) | 3.2 | 593 | ||
| Total votes: 18,501 | |||
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District 6
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Sacramento City Council District 6
Incumbent Eric Guerra won election outright against Kevin Rooney, Katherine Schuft, and David Drelinger in the primary for Sacramento City Council District 6 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Eric Guerra (Nonpartisan) | 67.4 | 8,308 | |
| Kevin Rooney (Nonpartisan) | 15.3 | 1,883 | ||
| Katherine Schuft (Nonpartisan) | 12.9 | 1,591 | ||
 | David Drelinger (Nonpartisan) | 4.5 | 551 | |
| Total votes: 12,333 | |||
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District 8
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Sacramento City Council District 8
Incumbent Mai Vang won election outright in the primary for Sacramento City Council District 8 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Mai Vang (Nonpartisan) | 100.0 | 6,017 |
| Total votes: 6,017 | |||
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Additional elections on the ballot
- See also: California elections, 2024
March 5, 2024
- United States Senate election in California, 2024
- United States Senate special election in California, 2024
- California's 6th Congressional District election, 2024
- California's 7th Congressional District election, 2024
- California State Senate elections, 2024
- California State Assembly elections, 2024
- California Proposition 1, Behavioral Health Services Program and Bond Measure (March 2024)
- Municipal elections in Sacramento County, California (2024)
- Mayoral election in Sacramento, California (2024)
- Twin Rivers Unified School District, California, elections (2024)
- Sacramento, California, Measure C, Business Operation Taxes Measure (March 2024)
November 5, 2024
- United States Senate election in California, 2024
- United States Senate special election in California, 2024
- California's 6th Congressional District election, 2024
- California's 7th Congressional District election, 2024
- California State Senate elections, 2024
- California State Assembly elections, 2024
- California Changes to Tax Assessment on Inherited Homes Initiative (2024)
- California Changes to the State Children's Services Program Initiative (2024)#Measure design
- California Employee Civil Action Law and PAGA Repeal Initiative (2024)
- California Fast Food Restaurant Minimum Wage and Labor Regulations Referendum (2024)
- California Gender and Transgender-Related Policies in Schools, Sports, and Medicine Initiative (2024)#Sponsors
- California Oil and Gas Well Regulations Referendum (2024)
- California Pandemic Early Detection and Prevention Institute Initiative (2024)
- California Proposition 2, Public Education Facilities Bond Measure (2024)
- California Proposition 32, $18 Minimum Wage Initiative (2024)
- California Proposition 33, Prohibit State Limitations on Local Rent Control Initiative (2024)
- California Proposition 34, Require Certain Participants in Medi-Cal Rx Program to Spend 98% of Revenues on Patient Care Initiative (2024)
- California Proposition 35, Managed Care Organization Tax Authorization Initiative (2024)
- California Proposition 36, Drug and Theft Crime Penalties and Treatment-Mandated Felonies Initiative (2024)
- California Proposition 3, Right to Marry and Repeal Proposition 8 Amendment (2024)
- California Proposition 4, Parks, Environment, Energy, and Water Bond Measure (2024)
- California Proposition 5, Lower Supermajority Requirement to 55% for Local Bond Measures to Fund Housing and Public Infrastructure Amendment (2024)
- California Proposition 6, Remove Involuntary Servitude as Punishment for Crime Amendment (2024)
- California Remove Voter Approval Requirement for Public Low-Rent Housing Projects Amendment (2024)
- California Require Personal Finance Course for High School Graduation Initiative (2024)
- California Tribal Government Mobile and Retail Sports Betting Initiative (2024)
- California Two-Thirds Legislative Vote and Voter Approval for New or Increased Taxes Initiative (2024)
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- Sacramento City Unified School District, California, elections (2024)
- Elk Grove Unified School District, California, elections (2024)
- Robla Elementary School District, California, elections (2024)
- Municipal elections in Sacramento County, California (2024)
- Municipal elections in San Joaquin County, California (2024)
- Elk Grove Unified School District, California, Measure N, School Improvements Bond Measure (November 2024)
- Folsom Cordova Unified School District, California, Measure S, Middle and High School Improvements Bond Measure (November 2024)
- Fulton El Camino Recreation and Park District, California, Measure Q, Parks and Recreation Improvement Bond Measure (November 2024)
- Orangevale Recreation & Park District, California, Measure L, Parks and Recreation Bond Measure (November 2024)
- Sacramento, California, Measure E, Library Combined Parcel Tax Measure (November 2024)
- Sacramento City Unified School District, California, Measure D, School Improvements Bond Measure (November 2024)
- Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District, California, Measure O, Fire Services Bond Measure (November 2024)
- San Joaquin Delta Community College District, California, Measure K, School Infrastructure Improvement Bond Measure (November 2024)
- San Juan Unified School District, California, Measure P, School Improvements Bond Measure (November 2024)
- West Sacramento, California, Measure O, Sales Tax for City Services Measure (November 2024)
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About the city
- See also: Sacramento, California
Sacramento is the capital city of California and the county seat of Sacramento County. As of 2020, its population was 524,943.
City government
- See also: Council-manager government
The city of Sacramento uses a council-manager system. In this form of municipal government, an elected city council, which includes the mayor and serves as the city's primary legislative body, appoints a chief executive called a city manager.[1][2]
Demographics
The following table displays demographic data provided by the United States Census Bureau.
| Demographic Data for Sacramento, California | ||
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| Sacramento | California | |
| Population | 524,943 | 39,538,223 |
| Land area (sq mi) | 98 | 155,857 |
| Race and ethnicity** | ||
| White | 43.5% | 56.1% |
| Black/African American | 13.5% | 5.7% |
| Asian | 19.3% | 14.8% |
| Native American | 0.8% | 0.8% |
| Pacific Islander | 1.7% | 0.4% |
| Other (single race) | N/A | 14.3% |
| Multiple | 9.6% | 7.9% |
| Hispanic/Latino | 28.3% | 39.1% |
| Education | ||
| High school graduation rate | 85.9% | 83.9% |
| College graduation rate | 34.3% | 34.7% |
| Income | ||
| Median household income | $65,847 | $78,672 |
| Persons below poverty level | 15.7% | 12.6% |
| Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2015-2020). | ||
| **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here. | ||
See also
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