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Mayoral election in Carson City, Nevada (2024)
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| 2024 Carson City elections |
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| Election dates |
| Filing deadline: March 15, 2024 |
| Primary election: June 11, 2024 General election: November 5, 2024 |
| Election stats |
| Offices up: Mayor |
| Total seats up: 1 (click here for other city elections) |
| Election type: Nonpartisan |
| Other municipal elections |
| U.S. municipal elections, 2024 |
The city of Carson City, Nevada, held a general election for mayor on November 5, 2024. A primary was scheduled for June 11, 2024. The filing deadline for this election was March 15, 2024.
As of 2024, Carson City had term limits for the position of mayor. Mayors could serve four-year term with a 12-year lifetime limit.
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Elections
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Candidates and results
General election
General election for Mayor of Carson City
Incumbent Lori Bagwell defeated James Shirk in the general election for Mayor of Carson City on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Lori Bagwell (Nonpartisan) | 56.9 | 16,274 |
 | James Shirk (Nonpartisan) | 43.1 | 12,325 | |
| Total votes: 28,599 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Mayor of Carson City
Incumbent Lori Bagwell and James Shirk defeated Jason Hastings, Devan Doan, and William Maher in the primary for Mayor of Carson City on June 11, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lori Bagwell (Nonpartisan) | 45.6 | 5,147 |
| ✔ | | James Shirk (Nonpartisan) | 30.7 | 3,460 |
| Jason Hastings (Nonpartisan) | 10.3 | 1,164 | ||
 | Devan Doan (Nonpartisan) | 9.4 | 1,061 | |
| William Maher (Nonpartisan) | 4.0 | 446 | ||
| Total votes: 11,278 | |||
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Additional elections on the ballot
- See also: Nevada elections, 2024
May 4, 2024
June 11, 2024
- United States Senate election in Nevada, 2024
- Nevada's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024
- Nevada State Assembly elections, 2024
- Nevada Supreme Court elections, 2024
- City elections in Carson City, Nevada (2024)
- Washoe County School District, Nevada, elections (2024)
November 5, 2024
- United States Senate election in Nevada, 2024
- Nevada's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024
- Nevada State Assembly elections, 2024
- Nevada Supreme Court elections, 2024
- Nevada Community-Based School Districts Initiative (2024)#Measure design
- Nevada Question 1, Remove Constitutional Status of Board of Regents Amendment (2024)
- Nevada Question 2, Revising Language Related to Public Entities for Individuals with Mental Illness, Blindness, or Deafness Amendment (2024)
- Nevada Question 3, Top-Five Ranked-Choice Voting Initiative (2024)
- Nevada Question 4, Remove Slavery as Punishment for Crime from Constitution Amendment (2024)
- Nevada Question 5, Sales Tax Exemption for Diapers Measure (2024)
- Nevada Question 6, Right to Abortion Initiative (2024)
- Nevada Question 7, Require Voter Identification Initiative (2024)
- City elections in Carson City, Nevada (2024)
- Washoe County School District, Nevada, elections (2024)
- Carson City, Nevada, Question 1, Sales Tax Increase for Road Funding Measure (November 2024)
- Carson City, Nevada, Question 2, Vehicle Value Tax for Road Funding Measure (November 2024)
- Washoe County, Nevada, Question 1, Property Tax for Library Facilities Measure (November 2024)
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Mayoral partisanship
Fourteen state capitals held mayoral elections in 2024, including seven capitals that fell outside of the top 100 cities.
Two state capitals saw a change in mayoral partisan affiliation in 2024:
- Salem, Oregon: Julie Hoy, whose partisan affiliation is unknown, defeated incumbent Chris Hoy (D) in the May 21, nonpartisan primary. Julie Hoy ran uncontested in the November 5, general election.
- Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Emile Edwards (R) defeated incumbent Sharon Weston Broome (D) in the December 7, general election.
After mayors elected in 2024 assumed office, there were 35 Democratic state capital mayors, seven Republican mayors, one independent mayor, two nonpartisan mayors, and five mayors with unknown partisan affiliation.
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About the city
- See also: Carson City, Nevada
Carson City is an independent city in Nevada. As of 2020, its population was 58,639.
City government
- See also: Council-manager government
The city of Carson City utilizes a council-manager system. In this form of municipal government, an elected board of supervisors, which includes the mayor and serves as the city's primary legislative body, appoints a city manager to oversee day-to-day municipal operations and implement the board of supervisors' policy and legislative initiatives.[1]
Demographics
The following table displays demographic data provided by the United States Census Bureau.
| Demographic Data for Carson City, Nevada | ||
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| Carson City | Nevada | |
| Population | 58,639 | 3,104,614 |
| Land area (sq mi) | 144 | 109,859 |
| Race and ethnicity** | ||
| White | 79.2% | 62.1% |
| Black/African American | 1.9% | 9.3% |
| Asian | 2.8% | 8.3% |
| Native American | 2.4% | 1.2% |
| Pacific Islander | 0.1% | 0.7% |
| Other (single race) | N/A | 10.8% |
| Multiple | 5.1% | 7.5% |
| Hispanic/Latino | 24.2% | 28.9% |
| Education | ||
| High school graduation rate | 88.1% | 86.9% |
| College graduation rate | 22.9% | 25.5% |
| Income | ||
| Median household income | $58,305 | $62,043 |
| Persons below poverty level | 10% | 12.8% |
| 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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