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Mayoral election in Baltimore, Maryland (2024)

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2024 Baltimore elections
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Election dates
Filing deadline: February 9, 2024
Primary election: May 14, 2024
General election: November 5, 2024
Election stats
Offices up: Mayor
Total seats up: 1 (click here for other city elections)
Election type: Partisan
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The city of Baltimore, Maryland, held a general election for mayor on November 5, 2024. A primary was scheduled for May 14, 2024. The filing deadline for this election was February 9, 2024.

As of 2024, Baltimore had term limits for the position of mayor. Mayors could serve two consecutive four-year terms and no more than eight years in any 12-year period.


Elections

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Candidates and results

General election

General election for Mayor of Baltimore

Incumbent Brandon Scott defeated Shannon Wright in the general election for Mayor of Baltimore on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Brandon Scott
Brandon Scott (D)
 
82.1
 
179,732
Image of Shannon Wright
Shannon Wright (R)
 
16.7
 
36,484
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.2
 
2,574

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 218,790
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Mayor of Baltimore

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Mayor of Baltimore on May 14, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Brandon Scott
Brandon Scott
 
52.8
 
48,806
Image of Sheila Dixon
Sheila Dixon
 
38.9
 
35,947
Image of Thiru Vignarajah
Thiru Vignarajah (Unofficially withdrew)
 
3.7
 
3,379
Image of Bob Wallace
Bob Wallace
 
3.1
 
2,823
Image of Wendy Bozel
Wendy Bozel Candidate Connection
 
0.4
 
338
Image of Kevin P. Harris
Kevin P. Harris Candidate Connection
 
0.3
 
248
Image of Yolanda Pulley
Yolanda Pulley
 
0.3
 
238
Image of Wayne Baker
Wayne Baker
 
0.2
 
210
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Joseph Scott
 
0.1
 
115
Image of Keith Scott
Keith Scott
 
0.1
 
108
Image of Wendell Hill-Freeman
Wendell Hill-Freeman Candidate Connection
 
0.1
 
98
Image of Yasaun Young
Yasaun Young (Unofficially withdrew)
 
0.1
 
92
Image of Texas Brown
Texas Brown
 
0.1
 
60

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 92,462
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Mayor of Baltimore

Shannon Wright defeated Michael Moore and Donald Scoggins in the Republican primary for Mayor of Baltimore on May 14, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Shannon Wright
Shannon Wright
 
40.1
 
1,468
Image of Michael Moore
Michael Moore
 
35.6
 
1,304
Image of Donald Scoggins
Donald Scoggins
 
24.2
 
887

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 3,659
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Brandon Scott

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Party: Democratic Party

Incumbent: Yes

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Biography:  Scott graduated from St. Mary's College of Maryland with a bachelor's degree in political science in 2006. After working with Big Brothers & Big Sisters of Central Maryland, Scott joined the staff of Baltimore City Council President Stephanie Rawlings-Blake (D) in 2007. He continued working as a municipal staffer until entering elected politics.


Key Messages

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Scott said he represented "a new generation of leadership that is moving Baltimore forward after decades of corruption and disinvestment." Scott said he was running to build on the progress made during his first term: "Baltimore, once again, has a choice to make about whether we will continue on the sustainable path forward, or if we will go back to the broken ways and failed leadership of the past."

Scott said he had delivered on his campaign promises during his first term while leading the city through crisis: "Despite taking office in the middle of a global pandemic and having to navigate the concurrent economic fallout while also addressing the consequences of decades of disinvestment, Mayor Scott has consistently moved the needle forward and followed through on his promises to Baltimore."

Scott said Dixon had violated voters' trust: "When these candidates start talking about the past and wanting to take us back there, we have to make sure that we ask ourselves, 'What do we want them to take us back to? Maybe they mean that we should go back to the days when our political leaders acted as though what is done in the dark will not come to light.'"

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Sources: Brandon Scott campaign website, "Home page," accessed February 29, 2024, Brandon Scott campaign website, "Results," accessed February 29, 2024, WBAL-TV, "Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott seeks reelection in 2024," November 19, 2023; Maryland Manual On-Line, "Brandon M. Scott, Mayor (Democrat)," accessed February 29, 2024

This information was current as of the candidate's run for Mayor of Baltimore in 2024.

Mayoral partisanship

See also: Partisanship in United States municipal elections (2024)

Thirty-four of the 100 largest cities held mayoral elections in 2024. Once mayors elected in 2024, assumed office Democrats held 65 top-100 mayoral offices, Republicans 25, Libertarians held one, independents held two, and nonpartisan mayors held four. Three mayors' partisan affiliations were unknown.

The following top 100 cities saw a change in mayoral partisan affiliation in 2024:[1]


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About the city

See also: Baltimore, Maryland

Baltimore is an independent city in Maryland. As of 2020, its population was 585,708.

City government

See also: Mayor-council government

The city of Baltimore uses a strong mayor and city council system. In this form of municipal government, the city council serves as the city's primary legislative body while the mayor serves as the city's chief executive.

Demographics

The following table displays demographic data provided by the United States Census Bureau.

Demographic Data for Baltimore, Maryland
Baltimore Maryland
Population 585,708 6,177,224
Land area (sq mi) 80 9,711
Race and ethnicity**
White 29.7% 54.2%
Black/African American 62.3% 29.9%
Asian 2.5% 6.4%
Native American 0.3% 0.3%
Pacific Islander 0% 0%
Other (single race) N/A 4.7%
Multiple 3.2% 4.5%
Hispanic/Latino 5.4% 10.3%
Education
High school graduation rate 85.5% 90.6%
College graduation rate 32.9% 40.9%
Income
Median household income $52,164 $87,063
Persons below poverty level 20% 9%
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

Baltimore, Maryland Maryland Municipal government Other local coverage
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Footnotes

  1. ↑ As of January 7, 2025, the party affiliation of one mayor elected in 2024 was unknown. Ballotpedia contacted El Paso Mayor Renard Johnson's campaign in December to inquire about his party affiliation and had not yet received a reply. As incumbent Oscar Leeser was a Democrat, this decreased the net gain for Democrats from two to one.
  2. ↑ [San Antonio Express-News, "‘I’m a Democrat’: Mayor Ron Nirenberg campaigns for Kamala Harris, embraces party label," September 14, 2024]
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