Election results, 2024: Partisan balance of mayors of the 100 largest cities by population

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Twenty-three of the 100 largest U.S. cities by population held general elections for mayor on November 5, 2024.

Party control of the mayors' offices in four cities changed as a result of the November 5 election:

In Las Vegas, Nevada, Democrat Shelley Berkley was elected to succeed nonpartisan Carolyn Goodman.
In Scottsdale, Arizona, Republican Lisa Borowsky defeated independent incumbent David Ortega.
In Stockton, California, Democrat Christina Fugazi was elected to succeed Republican Kevin Lincoln II.
In Tulsa, Oklahoma, Democrat Monroe Nichols was elected to succeed Republican G. T. Bynum.

Two races advanced to runoffs.

Heading into the November 5, 2024, elections, the mayors of 63 of the country's 100 largest cities were affiliated with the Democratic Party. Republicans held 25 mayoral offices, Libertarians held one office, independents held four, and five mayors were nonpartisan. Two mayors' partisan affiliations were unknown.

In cities where mayoral elections are nonpartisan, Ballotpedia uses one or more of the following sources to identify each officeholder’s partisan affiliation: (1) direct communication from the officeholder, (2) current or previous candidacy for partisan office, or (3) identification of partisan affiliation by multiple media outlets.

November 5 mayoral elections in the 100 largest cities

See also: United States mayoral elections, 2024

Twenty-three of the 100 largest U.S. cities by population held general elections for mayor on November 5, 2024:

November 5 mayoral elections in the 100 largest cities
City	Incumbent	Incumbent running for re-election?	Winner
Austin, Texas	Kirk Watson (D)	Yes	Kirk Watson (D)
Baltimore, Maryland	Brandon Scott (D)	Yes	Brandon Scott (D)
Chesapeake, Virginia	Richard West (R)	Yes	Richard West (R)
Corpus Christi, Texas	Paulette Guajardo (Nonpartisan)	Yes	Advanced to runoff
El Paso, Texas	Oscar Leeser (D)	No	Advanced to runoff
Fremont, California	Lily Mei (D)	No	Raj Salwan (D)
Irvine, California	Farrah Khan (D)	No	Larry Agran (D)
Las Vegas, Nevada	Carolyn Goodman (Nonpartisan)	No	Shelley Berkley (D)
Mesa, Arizona	John Giles (R)	No	Mark Freeman (R)
Norfolk, Virginia	Kenneth Alexander (D)	Yes	Kenneth Alexander (D)
Phoenix, Arizona	Kate Gallego (D)	Yes	Kate Gallego (D)
Portland, Oregon	Ted Wheeler (D)	No	Keith Wilson (D)
Raleigh, North Carolina	Mary-Ann Baldwin (D)	No	Janet Cowell (D)
Richmond, Virginia	Levar Stoney (D)	No	Danny Avula (D)
Sacramento, California	Darrell Steinberg (D)	No	Kevin McCarty (D)
San Diego, California	Todd Gloria (D)	Yes	Todd Gloria (D)
San Francisco, California	London Breed (D)	Yes	Daniel Lurie (D)
Santa Ana, California	Valerie Amezcua (D)	Yes	Valerie Amezcua (D)
Scottsdale, Arizona	David Ortega (I)	Yes	Lisa Borowsky (R)
Stockton, California	Kevin Lincoln II (R)	No	Christina Fugazi (D)
Tulsa, Oklahoma	G. T. Bynum (R)	No	Monroe Nichols (D)
Virginia Beach, Virginia	Bob Dyer (R)	Yes	Bob Dyer (R)
Winston-Salem, North Carolina	Allen Joines (D)	Yes	Allen Joines (D)

Mayoral partisanship in 2024

See also: Partisanship in United States municipal elections (2024)

Mayoral elections were held in 34 of the 100 largest U.S. cities in 2024. The following table shows the results of those elections.

The mayor of Santa Clarita, California, is selected by the members of the Santa Clarita City Council each December.^[1] Councilmembers selected Bill Miranda (R) as mayor on December 10.^[2] Miranda succeeded Cameron Smyth (R).

Mayoral partisanship: 2016-2024

See also: Party affiliation of the mayors of the 100 largest cities

The chart below shows the partisan breakdown of mayors of the top 100 cities at the start of each year since 2016.

Analysis for 2023

See also: Election results, 2023: Partisan balance of mayors of the 100 largest cities by population

Thirteen of the 100 largest U.S. cities by population held general elections for mayor on November 7, 2023.

Party control of mayoral offices in two cities changed as a result of the November 7 election:

Wichita, Kansas: Libertarian Lily Wu defeated incumbent Democratic mayor Brandon Whipple.

Spokane, Washington: Democrat Lisa Brown defeated incumbent Republican mayor Nadine Woodward.

The mayoral election in Houston, Texas, advanced to a runoff between two Democratic candidates.

Heading into the November 7, 2023, elections, the mayors of 63 of the country's 100 largest cities were affiliated with the Democratic Party. Republicans held 27 mayoral offices, independents held four, and four mayors were nonpartisan. Two mayors' partisan affiliations were unknown.

Analysis for 2022

See also: Election results, 2022: Partisan balance of mayors of the 100 largest cities by population

Sixteen of the 100 largest U.S. cities by population held general elections for mayor on November 8, 2022.

Party control of mayoral offices in three cities changed as a result of the November 8 election:

Anaheim, California: Ashleigh Aitken (D) defeated Acting Mayor Trevor O'Neil (R) and two other candidates. Former mayor Harry Sidhu (R) resigned in May 2022.

Chula Vista, California: John McCann (R) defeated Ammar Campa-Najjar (D) in the election to succeed term-limited mayor Mary Salas (D).

North Las Vegas, Nevada: Pamela Goynes-Brown (D) defeated Patricia Spearman (D) in the election to succeed outgoing mayor John J. Lee (R).^[3]

Two November 8 mayoral elections advanced to runoffs: Austin, Texas and Laredo, Texas.

Heading into the November 2022 elections, the mayors of 62 of the country's 100 largest cities were affiliated with the Democratic Party. Republicans held 29 mayoral offices, independents held four, and four mayors were nonpartisan. One mayor's partisan affiliation was unknown.

In cities where mayoral elections are nonpartisan, Ballotpedia uses one or more of the following sources to identify each officeholder’s partisan affiliation: (1) direct communication from the officeholder, (2) current or previous candidacy for partisan office, or (3) identification of partisan affiliation by multiple media outlets.

Analysis for 2021

See also: Election results, 2021: Partisan balance of mayors of the 100 largest cities by population

Elections on Nov. 2, 2021, did not result in mayoral offices changing partisan control in any of the 100 largest U.S. cities by population.

Seventeen top-100 cities held general elections for mayor on Nov. 2. The election in Atlanta, Georgia, advanced to a runoff. Additionally, one Nov. 2 mayoral primary resulted in a mayor being elected outright in Hialeah, Florida.

Heading into the Nov. 2 election, 64 of the 100 largest cities' mayors were Democrats, 27 were Republicans, eight were either nonpartisan or independent, and one mayor's partisan affiliation was unknown. Two partisan changes had occurred earlier in 2021:

Mayor John J. Lee of North Las Vegas, Nevada, announced that he was changing his party affiliation from Democratic to Republican on April 6, 2021.^[4]
David Bronson (R) assumed office as mayor of Anchorage, Alaska, on July 1, 2021, replacing nonpartisan Acting Mayor Austin Quinn-Davidson, who assumed office following the resignation of Ethan Berkowitz (D).^[5]

In cities where mayoral elections are nonpartisan, Ballotpedia uses one or more of the following sources to identify each officeholder’s partisan affiliation: (1) direct communication from the officeholder, (2) current or previous candidacy for partisan office, or (3) identification of partisan affiliation by multiple media outlets.