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).[1]
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.
November 8 mayoral elections in the 100 largest cities
- See also: United States mayoral elections, 2022
Mayoral partisanship in 2022
Mayoral elections were held in 24 of the 100 largest U.S. cities in 2022. The following table shows the results of those elections:
Mayors of the 100 largest cities
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Analysis for 2021
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.
See also
- Partisanship in United States municipal elections (2022)
- Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2022
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Footnotes
- ↑ Lee was elected as a Democrat and switched parties in 2021.
- ↑ Mayor pro tem Trevor O'Neil (R) assumed duties as acting mayor following the resignation of former Mayor Harry Sidhu (R) on May 24, 2022.
- ↑ O'Neil ran in the mayoral election.
- ↑ Las Vegas Review-Journal, "North Las Vegas Mayor John Lee says he’s becoming a Republican," April 6, 2021
- ↑ Anchorage Daily News, "Dave Bronson sworn in as mayor of Anchorage," July 1, 2021
