United States municipal elections, 2026
This page will contain links to all municipal elections covered on Ballotpedia in 2026 by state and by date. More information will be added to this page as it becomes available. Ballotpedia's coverage scope for local elections includes elections on the ballot in the 100 largest U.S. cities by population, as well as elections for mayors, city council members, and district attorneys in each state capital.
Our coverage scope for local elections continues to grow, and you can use Ballotpedia's sample ballot tool to see what local elections we are covering in your area.
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Louisiana
- New Orleans, Louisiana - Civil district court judge (special)
List of mayors of the 100 largest cities
The following table contains a list of current mayors of the 100 largest cities in the U.S. by population.
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 partisanship
As of August 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
- ↑ The mayor of Santa Clarita, California, is selected by the members of the Santa Clarita City Council each December.
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Historical election data
Cities in Ballotpedia's coverage scope held an average of 33.4 mayoral elections and 59.2 city council elections each year between 2015 and 2024. From 2014 to 2016, our coverage scope included the 100 largest U.S. cities by population. In 2017, Ballotpedia began covering the counties that overlap those cities, as well. In 2021, our coverage scope expanded to include the mayors, city councils, and district attorneys in the 32 state capitals that fell outside the 100 largest U.S. cities.
This section includes statistics for mayoral elections, city council elections, and county elections between 2014 and 2024, comparing uncontested races, incumbents who sought re-election, and incumbents who were defeated in their re-election bids.
The following table details the total number of elections at the city and county level covered by Ballotpedia between 2014 and 2014, including the number of cities to hold mayoral and city council elections in a given year:
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Mayoral elections
Between 2015 and 2024, 67.4% of incumbent mayors sought re-election; of these, 16.9% were defeated in their bids for re-election. The first chart below shows the number of incumbents who sought election each year compared to the number of seats up for election. The second chart shows the number of incumbents who were defeated compared to the number of incumbents who ran for re-election.
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The table below is organized by year and includes the total number of mayoral races and the number and percentage of uncontested races, incumbents who sought re-election, and incumbents who were defeated in their re-election bids.
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City council elections
Between 2015 and 2024, 68.6% of city council incumbents sought re-election; of these, 13.2% were defeated in their bids for re-election. The first chart below shows the number of incumbents who sought election each year compared to the number of seats up for election. The second chart shows the number of incumbents who were defeated compared to the number of incumbents who ran for re-election.
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The table below is organized by year and includes the total number of city council races and the number and percentage of uncontested races, incumbents who sought re-election, and incumbents who were defeated in their re-election bids.
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County elections
Between 2017 and 2024, 82.1% of county and special district incumbents sought re-election; of these, 7.6% were defeated in their bids for re-election. The table below is organized by year and includes the total number of county races and the number and percentage of uncontested races, incumbents who sought re-election, and incumbents who were defeated in their re-election bids.
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Uncontested races
An average of 5.7% mayoral races and 17.5% city council races went uncontested between 2015 and 2024. In terms of mayoral elections, 2023 saw the highest number of uncontested races (five) and 2017 and 2022 saw the fewest (zero). For city council seats, 2023 had the highest number of uncontested races (126) and 2018 had the fewest (29). The chart below shows the percentage of uncontested mayoral and city council races between 2015 and 2024.
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See also
- Past municipal elections: 2025 • 2024 • 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016
- Past mayoral elections: 2025 • 2024 • 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020
- Past election analysis: 2025 • 2024 • 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018
Footnotes
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