United States mayoral elections, 2025
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Ballotpedia is covering 38 mayoral elections in 2025. This includes all mayoral elections in the 100 largest U.S. cities by population and all mayoral elections in state capitals. Click here to read about other municipal elections in 2025.
Our coverage scope for local elections continues to grow, and you can use Ballotpedia's sample ballot tool to see what mayoral elections we are covering in your area.
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Ballotpedia also covers all mayoral recalls in the United States.
Mayoral partisanship
At the start of 2025, the mayors of 65 of the country's 100 largest cities were affiliated with the Democratic Party. Republicans held 25 mayoral offices, Libertarians held one office, independents held two, and four mayors were nonpartisan. Three mayors' partisan affiliations were unknown.
Mayoral partisanship in state capitals
Thirteen state capitals are holding mayoral elections in 2025, including 10 capitals that fall outside of the top 100 cities.
At the beginning of 2025, 35 state capital mayors were affiliated with the Democratic Party, seven were Republicans, one was independent, two were nonpartisan, and five mayors' partisan affiliations were unknown.
Mayoral elections across the United States
By state
Alabama
California
Florida
Georgia
Kansas
Louisiana
Massachusetts
Maryland
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Mississippi
Montana
Nebraska
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
Ohio
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Texas
Washington
By date
March 4
Primary
April 1
Primary
April 8
General election
April 15
General election
April 22
Primary runoff
May 3
General election
May 6
Primary
May 13
General election
May 20
Primary
June 3
General election
June 7
General runoff
June 24
Primary
August 5
Primary
August 26
General election
September 9
Primary
September 16
Primary
October 7
Primary
Primary runoff
General runoff
October 11
Primary
November 4
Primary
General election
- Miami, Florida
- Atlanta, Georgia
- Topeka, Kansas
- Annapolis, Maryland
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Detroit, Michigan
- Lansing, Michigan
- Minneapolis, Minnesota
- St. Paul, Minnesota
- Helena, Montana
- Concord, New Hampshire
- Jersey City, New Jersey
- Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Albany, New York
- Buffalo, New York
- New York, New York
- Charlotte, North Carolina
- Durham, North Carolina
- Greensboro, North Carolina
- Cincinnati, Ohio
- Cleveland, Ohio
- Toledo, Ohio
- Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Columbia, South Carolina
- Seattle, Washington
November 11
General election
November 15
General election
November 18
General runoff
December 2
General runoff
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.
Historical election data
Cities in Ballotpedia's coverage scope held an average of 31.7 mayoral elections and 56.2 city council elections each year between 2014 and 2023. 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 2023, 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 2023, including the number of cities to hold mayoral and city council elections in a given year:
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Mayoral elections
Between 2014 and 2023, 66.6% of incumbent mayors sought re-election; of these, 16.6% 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 2014 and 2023, 68.7% of city council incumbents sought re-election; of these, 13.1% 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 2023, 82.0% of county and special district incumbents sought re-election; of these, 8.3% 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 1.9 mayoral races and 60.5 city council races went uncontested between 2014 and 2023. 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 2014 and 2023.
See also
Footnotes
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