List of current mayors of the top 100 cities in the United States
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This page lists the current mayors of the 100 largest U.S. cities by population. As of 2020, 64,537,560 individuals lived in these cities, accounting for 19.47 percent of the nation's total population.[1]
In the top 100 cities, there are 47 strong mayor governments, 46 council-manager governments, seven hybrid governments, and no city commissions.
As of October 2025, the partisan breakdown of the mayors of the 100 largest U.S. cities is 66 Democrats, 23 Republicans, one Libertarian, three independents, and five nonpartisans. Two mayors' partisan affiliations are unknown.[2]
Based on 2020 population estimates, 78% of the population of the top 100 cities lived in cities with Democratic mayors, and 16% lived in cities with Republican mayors at the start of 2025.
As of 2025, Allen Joines (D), mayor of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, had been in office the longest. He first took office in 2001.
This page includes:
- List of mayors: A list of mayors of the 100 cities, including the year each mayor took office, when the current term expires, and the city's type of government.
- Mayoral elections in 2025: A list of mayoral elections happening in 2025.
- Mayoral partisanship: Charts tracking mayoral partisan affiliation from 2016 to present.
List of mayors
The following table lists the current mayors of the top 100 U.S. cities by population, including the year each mayor took office, when the current term expires, and the city's type of government. Each type of government has a different distribution of power and different responsibilities between the mayor and the city council. The types of government are:
- Strong mayor: The city council serves as the city's primary legislative body, and the mayor serves as the city's chief executive.
- Council-manager: 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 to oversee day-to-day municipal operations and to implement the council's policy and legislative initiatives.
- City commission: A city council, composed of an elected mayor and a board of elected commissioners, serves as the city's primary legislative and administrative body.
- Hybrid: The city council serves as the city's primary legislative body, and the mayor serves as the city's chief executive. The mayor, however, appoints a city manager to oversee the city's day-to-day operations and to implement city policies.
Note: 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) previous candidacy for partisan office, or (3) identification of partisan affiliation by multiple media outlets.
Mayoral elections in 2025
- See also: United States mayoral elections, 2025
- Mayoral election in Birmingham, Alabama (2025)
- Mayoral election in Hialeah, Florida (2025)
- Mayoral election in Miami, Florida (2025)
- Mayoral election in Atlanta, Georgia (2025)
- Mayoral election in Topeka, Kansas (2025)
- Mayoral election in New Orleans, Louisiana (2025)
- Mayoral election in Boston, Massachusetts (2025)
- Mayoral election in Annapolis, Maryland (2025)
- Mayoral election in Detroit, Michigan (2025)
- Mayoral election in Lansing, Michigan (2025)
- Mayoral election in Minneapolis, Minnesota (2025)
- Mayoral election in St. Paul, Minnesota (2025)
- Mayoral election in St. Louis, Missouri (2025)
- Mayoral election in Jackson, Mississippi (2025)
- Mayoral election in Helena, Montana (2025)
- Mayoral election in Charlotte, North Carolina (2025)
- Mayoral election in Durham, North Carolina (2025)
- Mayoral election in Greensboro, North Carolina (2025)
- Mayoral election in Omaha, Nebraska (2025)
- Mayoral election in Concord, New Hampshire (2025)
- Mayoral election in Jersey City, New Jersey (2025)
- Mayoral election in Albuquerque, New Mexico (2025)
- Mayoral election in Santa Fe, New Mexico (2025)
- Mayoral election in Albany, New York (2025)
- Mayoral election in Buffalo, New York (2025)
- Mayoral election in New York, New York (2025)
- Mayoral election in Cincinnati, Ohio (2025)
- Mayoral election in Cleveland, Ohio (2025)
- Mayoral election in Toledo, Ohio (2025)
- Mayoral election in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (2025)
- Mayoral election in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (2025)
- Mayoral election in Columbia, South Carolina (2025)
- Mayoral election in Fort Worth, Texas (2025)
- Mayoral election in Garland, Texas (2025)
- Mayoral election in Plano, Texas (2025)
- Mayoral election in San Antonio, Texas (2025)
- Mayoral election in Seattle, Washington (2025)
- Mayoral election in New York, New York, 2025 (June 24 Democratic primary)
- Mayoral election in Oakland, California (2025)
- Mayoral election in St. Louis, Missouri, 2025 (March 4 top-two primary)
- Mayoral election in Omaha, Nebraska, 2025 (April 1 top-two primary)
- Mayoral election in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2025 (May 20 Democratic primary)
- Mayoral election in San Antonio, Texas (May 3, 2025, general election)
- Mayoral election in Buffalo, New York, 2025 (June 24 Democratic primary)
- Mayoral election in Detroit, Michigan, 2025 (August 5 nonpartisan primary)
- Mayoral election in Seattle, Washington, 2025 (August 5 nonpartisan primary)
- Mayoral election in Boston, Massachusetts (2025) (September 9 nonpartisan primary)
Mayoral partisanship
As of October 2025, the mayors of 66 of the country's 100 largest cities are affiliated with the Democratic Party.
Note: Ballotpedia used 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.
Historical data
The chart below shows the partisan breakdown of mayors of the top 100 cities at the start of each year since 2016.
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ United States Census Bureau, "Explore Census Data," accessed February 10, 2022
- ↑ 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) previous candidacy for partisan office, or (3) identification of partisan affiliation by multiple media outlets.
- ↑ The mayor of Santa Clarita, California, is selected by the members of the Santa Clarita City Council each December.
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