United States municipal elections, 2015

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Arlington • Aurora • Boise Boston • Buffalo Charlotte • Chicago Cleveland • Colorado Springs • Columbus • Dallas • Denver Durham • El Paso Ferguson • Fort Wayne Fort Worth • Garland • Greensboro Henderson • Hialeah Houston • Indianapolis Irving • Jacksonville Kansas City • Laredo • Las Vegas • Lincoln • Los Angeles • Long Beach • Louisville • Madison Memphis • Miami Milwaukee • Nashville North Las Vegas Oklahoma City • Orlando Philadelphia • Phoenix Pittsburgh • Plano • Raleigh Riverside • Sacramento San Antonio San Francisco San Jose • Seattle St. Louis • St. Paul St. Petersburg • Tampa Toledo • Tucson Washington, D.C. Wichita |
Note: Cities listed in this box are those among the 100 largest in the United States that held elections in 2015. |
This page contains links to all municipal elections covered on Ballotpedia in 2015 by state and by date. We cover mayoral and city council elections for the top 100 cities by population each year. In 2015, we also covered city council elections in Ferguson, Missouri, following the Michael Brown shooting.
Fifty-nine of the country's 100 largest cities held municipal elections (mayor and city council) in 2015. Twenty-eight of those 100 cities held elections just for their city council, while one city only had a mayoral election. Six of these elections were special elections to fill unexpected vacancies.
By state
Alaska
- Anchorage, Alaska - Mayor
Arizona
- Phoenix, Arizona - Mayor & City Council
- Tucson, Arizona - Mayor & City Council
California
- Long Beach, California - City Council
- Los Angeles, California - City Council
- Riverside, California - City Council
- Sacramento, California - City Council
- San Francisco, California - Mayor & City Council
- San Jose, California - City Council
Colorado
- Aurora, Colorado - Mayor & City Council
- Denver, Colorado - Mayor & City Council
- Colorado Springs, Colorado - Mayor & City Council
Florida
- Hialeah, Florida - City Council
- Jacksonville, Florida - Mayor & City Council
- Miami, Florida - City Council
- Orlando, Florida - Mayor & City Council
- Tampa, Florida - Mayor & City Council
- St. Petersburg, Florida - City Council
Idaho
- Boise, Idaho - Mayor & City Council
Illinois
- Chicago, Illinois - Mayor & City Council
Indiana
- Fort Wayne, Indiana - Mayor & City Council
- Indianapolis, Indiana - Mayor & City Council
Kansas
- Wichita, Kansas - Mayor & City Council
Massachusetts
- Boston, Massachusetts - City Council
Minnesota
- St. Paul, Minnesota - City Council
Missouri
- Ferguson, Missouri - City Council
- Kansas City, Missouri - Mayor & City Council
- St. Louis, Missouri - City Council
Nebraska
- Lincoln, Nebraska - Mayor & City Council
Nevada

- Henderson, Nevada - City Council
- Las Vegas, Nevada - Mayor & City Council
- North Las Vegas, Nevada - City Council
New Mexico
- Albuquerque, New Mexico - City Council
New York
- Buffalo, New York - City Council
North Carolina
- Charlotte, North Carolina - Mayor & City Council
- Durham, North Carolina - Mayor & City Council
- Greensboro, North Carolina - Mayor & City Council
- Raleigh, North Carolina - Mayor & City Council
Ohio
- Cleveland, Ohio - City Council
- Columbus, Ohio - Mayor & City Council
- Toledo, Ohio - Mayor & City Council
Oklahoma
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - City Council
Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Mayor & City Council
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - City Council
Tennessee
- Memphis, Tennessee - Mayor & City Council
- Nashville, Tennessee - Mayor & City Council
Texas
- Arlington, Texas - Mayor & City Council
- Dallas, Texas - Mayor & City Council
- El Paso, Texas - City Council
- Fort Worth, Texas - Mayor & City Council
- Houston, Texas - Mayor & City Council
- Irving, Texas - City Council
- Laredo, Texas - City Council
- Plano, Texas - City Council
- San Antonio, Texas - Mayor & City Council
Washington
- Seattle, Washington - City Council
Washington, D.C.
- Washington, D.C. - City Council
Wisconsin
- Madison, Wisconsin - Mayor & City Council
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin - City Council
By date
February 17
- Madison, Wisconsin - Mayor & City Council (Primary)
February 24
- Chicago, Illinois - Mayor & City Council
March 3
- Los Angeles, California - City Council (Primary)
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - City Council
- St. Louis, Missouri - City Council (Primary)
- Tampa, Florida - Mayor & City Council
- Wichita, Kansas - Mayor & City Council (Primary)
March 7
- Laredo, Texas - City Council
March 24
- Jacksonville, Florida - Mayor & City Council (Primary)
- Tampa, Florida - Mayor & City Council (Runoff)
April 7
- Anchorage, Alaska - Mayor
- Chicago, Illinois - Mayor & City Council (Runoff)
- Colorado Springs, Colorado - Mayor & City Council
- Ferguson, Missouri - City Council
- Henderson, Nevada - City Council (Primary)
- Kansas City, Missouri - Mayor & City Council (Primary)
- Las Vegas, Nevada - Mayor & City Council (Primary)
- Lincoln, Nebraska - Mayor & City Council (Primary)
- Madison, Wisconsin - Mayor & City Council
- North Las Vegas, Nevada - City Council (Primary)
- Sacramento, California - City Council
- San Jose, California - City Council
- St. Louis, Missouri - Mayor & City Council
- Wichita, Kansas - Mayor & City Council
April 14
- Long Beach, California - City Council
April 25
- Laredo, Texas - City Council (Runoff)
April 28
- Washington, D.C. - City Council
May 5
- Anchorage, Alaska - Mayor (Runoff)
- Columbus, Ohio - Mayor & City Council (Primary)
- Denver, Colorado - Mayor & City Council
- Fort Wayne, Indiana - Mayor & City Council (Primary)
- Indianapolis, Indiana - Mayor & City Council (Primary)
- Lincoln, Nebraska - Mayor & City Council
- Toledo, Ohio - City Council
May 9
- Arlington, Texas - Mayor & City Council
- Dallas, Texas - Mayor & City Council
- El Paso, Texas - City Council
- Fort Worth, Texas - Mayor & City Council
- Irving, Texas - City Council
- Plano, Texas - City Council
- San Antonio, Texas - Mayor & City Council
May 19
- Colorado Springs, Colorado - Mayor & City Council (Runoff)
- Jacksonville, Florida - Mayor & City Council
- Los Angeles, California - City Council
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Mayor & City Council (Primary)
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - City Council (Primary)
June 2
- Denver, Colorado - Mayor & City Council (Runoff)
- Riverside, California - City Council
June 13
- Dallas, Texas - Mayor & City Council (Runoff)
- El Paso, Texas - City Council (Runoff)
- Irving, Texas - City Council (Runoff)
- San Antonio, Texas - Mayor & City Council (Runoff)
June 23
- Kansas City, Missouri - Mayor & City Council
- San Jose, California - City Council (Runoff)
August 4
- Seattle, Washington - City Council (Primary)
August 6
- Nashville, Tennessee - Mayor & City Council
August 18
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin - City Council
August 25
- Phoenix, Arizona - Mayor & City Council
- St. Petersburg, Florida - City Council (Primary)
- Tucson, Arizona - Mayor & City Council (Primary)
September 8
- Boston, Massachusetts - City Council (Primary)
- Cleveland, Ohio - City Council (Primary)
September 10
- Buffalo, New York - City Council (Primary)
- Nashville, Tennessee - Mayor & City Council (Runoff)
September 15
- Charlotte, North Carolina - Mayor & City Council (Primary)
- Toledo, Ohio - City Council (Primary)
October 6
- Albuquerque, New Mexico - City Council
- Charlotte, North Carolina - Mayor & City Council (Primary Runoff)
- Durham, North Carolina - Mayor & City Council (Primary)
- Greensboro, North Carolina - Mayor & City Council (Primary)
- Raleigh, North Carolina - Mayor & City Council
October 8
- Memphis, Tennessee - Mayor & City Council
November 3
- Aurora, Colorado - Mayor & City Council
- Boise, Idaho - Mayor & City Council
- Boston, Massachusetts - City Council
- Buffalo, New York - City Council
- Charlotte, North Carolina - Mayor & City Council
- Columbus, Ohio - Mayor & City Council
- Cleveland, Ohio - City Council
- Durham, North Carolina - Mayor & City Council
- Fort Wayne, Indiana - Mayor & City Council
- Greensboro, North Carolina - Mayor & City Council
- Hialeah, Florida - City Council (Primary)
- Houston, Texas - Mayor & City Council
- Indianapolis, Indiana - Mayor & City Council
- Miami, Florida - City Council
- Orlando, Florida - Mayor & City Council
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Mayor & City Council
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - City Council
- Raleigh, North Carolina - Mayor & City Council (Runoff)
- San Francisco, California - Mayor & City Council
- Seattle, Washington - City Council
- St. Paul, Minnesota - City Council
- St. Petersburg, Florida - City Council
- Toledo, Ohio - Mayor & City Council
- Tucson, Arizona - Mayor & City Council
November 10
- Miami, Florida - City Council (Runoff)
November 19
- Memphis, Tennessee - City Council (Runoff)
December 12
- Houston, Texas - Mayor & City Council (Runoff)
Recent news
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