United States municipal elections, 2024
This page will contain links to all municipal elections covered on Ballotpedia in 2024 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.
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Municipal elections across the United States
By state
Alaska
- Anchorage, Alaska - Mayor, service area board of supervisors, superior court, and district court
Arizona
- Chandler, Arizona - City council and fire district
- Gilbert, Arizona - Mayor, city council, and fire district
- Glendale, Arizona - Mayor and city council
- Mesa, Arizona - Mayor and city council
- Phoenix, Arizona - Mayor and city council
- Scottsdale, Arizona - Mayor, city council, and fire district
- Maricopa County, Arizona - Assessor, attorney, county school superintendent, recorder, sheriff, treasurer, county board of supervisors, community college district board, constables, education center board, healthcare district board, technical school board, water conservation district board, justices of the peace, and superior court judges
- Pima County, Arizona - Assessor, attorney, county school superintendent, recorder, sheriff, treasurer, county board of supervisors, community college district board, constables, justices of the peace, and superior court judges
California
- Anaheim, California - City council
- Bakersfield, California - Mayor and city council
- Chula Vista, California - City council
- Fremont, California - Mayor and city council
- Fresno, California - Mayor and city council
- Irvine, California - Mayor and city council
- Long Beach, California - City council
- Los Angeles, California - City council
- Oakland, California - City council
- Riverside, California - Mayor and city council
- Sacramento, California - Mayor and city council
- San Bernardino, California - City council
- San Diego, California - Mayor, city attorney, and city council
- San Francisco, California - Mayor, city attorney, district attorney, sheriff, treasurer, board of supervisors, community college district, transit district, and superior court judges
- San Jose, California - Mayor and city council
- Santa Ana, California - Mayor and city council
- Santa Clarita, California - City council
- Stockton, California - Mayor and city council
- Alameda County, California - Board of supervisors, community college district, county board of education, flood district, health care district, park district, sanitary district, transit districts, utility district, water district, and superior court judges
- Fresno County, California - Board of supervisors, community college district, county board of education, irrigation district, public utility district, recreation and park district, veterans memorial district, water district, and superior court judges
- Kern County, California - Board of supervisors, community college district, community services district, county board of education, water district, and superior court judges
- Los Angeles County, California - District attorney, board of supervisors, community college districts, water districts, and superior court judges
- Orange County, California - Board of supervisors, community college districts, county board of education, geological hazard abatement district, water districts, and superior court judges
- Riverside County, California - Board of supervisors, community college district, community services district, county board of education, sanitary district, water district, and superior court judges
- Sacramento County, California - Board of supervisors, community college district, county board of education, fire district, flood district, water districts, and superior court judges
- San Bernardino County, California - Board of supervisors, community college districts, county board of education, water districts, and superior court judges
- San Diego County, California - Board of supervisors, community college districts, county board of education, health care districts, irrigation district, and superior court judges
- San Joaquin County, California - Board of supervisors, community college district, county board of education, fire district, irrigation district, water district, and superior court judges
- Santa Clara County, California - Board of supervisors, community college districts, county board of education, geological hazard abatement district, open space authority district, water district, and superior court judges
Hawaii
- Honolulu, Hawaii - Mayor, prosecuting attorney, and city council
Illinois
- Cook County, Illinois - State's attorney, county commissioners, board of review commissioners, water reclamation district, clerk of circuit court, circuit court judges, and subcircuit court judges
Indiana
- Allen County, Indiana - Coroner, surveyor, treasurer, board of commissioners, and county council
Kansas
- Sedgwick County, Kansas - County clerk, district attorney, register of deeds, sheriff, treasurer
Missouri
- Jefferson City, Missouri - City council
- St. Louis, Missouri - Community college board and circuit court judges
- Clay County, Missouri - Assessor, sheriff, county commission, metropolitan community college district, circuit court judges, and associate circuit court judges
- Jackson County, Missouri - Metropolitan community college district
- Platte County, Missouri - Assessor, public administrator, sheriff, treasurer, county commission, circuit court judges, and associate circuit court judges
Nebraska
- Omaha, Nebraska - Public power district
Nevada
- Carson City, Nevada - Mayor and city council
North Carolina
- Raleigh, North Carolina - Mayor and city council
- Winston-Salem, North Carolina - Mayor and city council
Ohio
- Cuyahoga County, Ohio - Prosecutor, county council, and common pleas court judges
- Fairfield County, Ohio - Coroner, engineer, prosecutor, recorder, sheriff, treasurer, commissioners, clerk of courts, common pleas court judges
- Franklin County, Ohio - Coroner, engineer, prosecutor, recorder, sheriff, treasurer, county commissioners, clerk of courts, and common pleas court judges
- Lucas County, Ohio - Coroner, engineer, prosecutor, recorder, sheriff, treasurer, commissioners, clerk of courts, common pleas court judges
- Hamilton County, Ohio - Coroner, engineer, prosecutor, recorder, sheriff, treasurer, county commissioners, clerk of courts, and common pleas court judges
Oregon
- Portland, Oregon - Mayor, city auditor (special), and city council
- Salem, Oregon - Mayor and city council
Texas
- Arlington, Texas - City council
- Austin, Texas - Mayor and city council
- Corpus Christi, Texas - Mayor and city council
- El Paso, Texas - Mayor, city council, municipal court judge, and municipal court of appeals judge.
- Garland, Texas - City council
- Irving, Texas - City council
- Laredo, Texas - City council
- Lubbock, Texas - Mayor, city council, and municipal court judge
- Bexar County, Texas - Sheriff, tax assessor-collector, county commission, constables, district court judges, and justices of the peace
- Collin County, Texas - Sheriff, tax assessor-collector, county commission, constables, and district court judges
- Dallas County, Texas - Sheriff, tax assessor-collector, county commission, community college district, district court judges, and criminal district court judges.
- Denton County, Texas - Sheriff, tax assessor-collector, county commission, constables, and district court judges
- El Paso County, Texas - County attorney, district attorney, sheriff, tax assessor-collector, county commission, constables, criminal court at law judge, criminal district court judges, and district court judges
- Fort Bend County, Texas - Attorney, sheriff, tax assessor-collector, county commission, constables, county court at law judge, district court judges, and justices of the peace
- Harris County, Texas - County attorney, district attorney, sheriff, tax assessor-collector, county commission, community college district, constables, county department of education, county criminal court at law judges, district court judges, and justices of the peace
- Lubbock County, Texas - Sheriff, tax assessor-collector, county commission, constables, water conservation board, water control and improvement district board, and district court judges
- Nueces County, Texas - Attorney, sheriff, tax assessor-collector, county commission, community college district, constables, district court judges, and justices of the peace
- Tarrant County, Texas - Sheriff, tax assessor-collector, county commission, constables, criminal court district judges, and district court judges
- Travis County, Texas - County attorney, district attorney, sheriff, tax assessor-collector, county commission, community college district, constables, county court at law judges, and district court judges
- Webb County, Texas - County attorney, district attorney, sheriff, tax assessor-collector, county commission, community college district, constables, district court judges, and justices of the peace
- Williamson County, Texas - County attorney, district attorney, sheriff, tax assessor-collector, county commission, constables, court at law judge, and district court judges
Vermont
- Montpelier, Vermont - Mayor and city council
Virginia
- Virginia Beach, Virginia - Mayor, city council, and sheriff (special)
Washington
- King County, Washington - King Conservation District and superior court judges
- Spokane County, Washington - County commission and superior court
Washington, D.C.
- Washington, D.C. - City council
Wisconsin
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin - Mayor, city attorney, city treasurer, comptroller, and common council
- Dane County, Wisconsin - County clerk, district attorney, register of deeds, treasurer, board of supervisors, and circuit court judges
- Milwaukee County, Wisconsin - County executive, county clerk, comptroller, district attorney, register of deeds, treasurer, county board of supervisors, and circuit court judges
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 30.8 mayoral elections and 54.8 city council elections each year between 2014 and 2022. 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 fall outside the 100 largest U.S. cities.
This section includes statistics for mayoral elections, city council elections, and county elections between 2014 and 2022, 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 2022, 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 2022, 66.8% of incumbent mayors sought re-election; of these, 16.8% 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 2022, 67.9% of city council incumbents sought re-election; of these, 14.0% 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 2022, 82.6% 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 1.6 mayoral races and 53.2 city council races went uncontested between 2014 and 2022. In terms of mayoral elections, 2016 saw the highest number of uncontested races (four) and 2017 and 2022 saw the fewest (zero). For city council seats, 2015 had the highest number of uncontested races (97) and 2018 had the fewest (29). The chart below shows the percentage of uncontested mayoral and city council races between 2014 and 2022.
See also
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