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Merissa Hamilton
Merissa Hamilton ran for election for Mayor of Phoenix in Arizona. She lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Hamilton completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Hamilton was a 2016 Libertarian write-in candidate who sought election to the U.S. Senate from Arizona.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: Mayoral election in Phoenix, Arizona (2020)
General election
General election for Mayor of Phoenix
Incumbent Kate Gallego defeated Merissa Hamilton, Tim Seay, Joshua Carmona, and Juan Schoville in the general election for Mayor of Phoenix on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Kate Gallego (Nonpartisan) | 60.7 | 349,959 |
 | Merissa Hamilton (Nonpartisan)  | 26.4 | 152,172 | |
| Tim Seay (Nonpartisan) | 12.5 | 72,280 | ||
 | Joshua Carmona (Nonpartisan) (Write-in) | 0.1 | 689 | |
 | Juan Schoville (Nonpartisan) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 29 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 1,451 | ||
| Total votes: 576,580 | |||
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2016
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican |  John McCain Incumbent |
53.7% | 1,359,267 | |
| Democratic | Ann Kirkpatrick | 40.7% | 1,031,245 | |
| Green | Gary Swing | 5.5% | 138,634 | |
| N/A | Write-in | 0.1% | 1,584 | |
| Total Votes | 2,530,730 | |||
| Source: Arizona Secretary of State | ||||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
John McCain Incumbent |
51.2% | 302,532 | ||
| Kelli Ward | 39.9% | 235,988 | ||
| Alex Meluskey | 5.3% | 31,159 | ||
| Clair Van Steenwyk | 3.6% | 21,476 | ||
| Total Votes | 591,155 | |||
| Source: Arizona Secretary of State |
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Campaign themes
2020
'Note: Hamilton submitted the above survey responses to Ballotpedia on September 6, 2020.
'Note: Hamilton submitted the above survey responses to Ballotpedia on June 14, 2020.
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
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