United States municipal elections, 2015

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2015 Elections for Mayors and City Councils

Municipal Elections

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2015 Elections

Albuquerque • Anchorage 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

Ballotpedia covers the 100 largest cities by population in the United States. This map only includes elections in those cities in each state.

• 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

Conceptual drawing of the Trinity Parkway in Dallas

• 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

Downtown Oklahoma City pictured from the south. The Devon Energy Tower can be seen on the left.

• 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

Art installation by Jun Kaneko in downtown Lincoln.

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

Rudolph Blankenburg Elementary School in Philadelphia.

• 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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United States municipal elections, 2015 - Google News

See also

• Poll Closing Times