2019 Tucson mayoral election

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2019 Tucson mayoral election
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  2015 November 5, 2019 2023  
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Candidate Regina Romero Edward Ackerley
Party Democratic Independent
Popular vote47,27333,673
Percentage55.72%39.69%

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2019 Tucson Mayoral election by ward.svg
Romero:      40-50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Ackerley:      40-50%     50–60%     60–70%     70-80%     >90%
Tie:     50%     No Data

Mayor before election

Jonathan Rothschild
Democratic

Elected Mayor

Regina Romero
Democratic

The 2019 Tucson mayoral election was held on November 5, 2019. It saw the election of Regina Romero.

Contents

Nominations

Primaries were held August 27, 2019. [1] Three candidates ran in the Democratic primary, one official write-in ran in the Green primary, while none ran in either the Libertarian or Republican primaries. [1]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Polls

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Ed
Ackerley A
Randi
Dorman
Steve
Farley
Regina
Romero
Undecided
Arizona Daily Star/Strongpoint Opinion Research [2] July 20191,69310%6%31%15%36%

^ Not running in Democratic Primary

Results

Democratic primary results [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Regina Romero 24,592 50.17
Democratic Steve Farley 18,17537.08
Democratic Randi Dorman6,10912.46
Democratic Write-in1370.28
Turnout 49,013

Green primary

Green primary results [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Green Mike Cease (write-in)9159.48
Green Other write-ins6240.52
Turnout 153

Libertarian primary

Libertarian primary results [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Libertarian Write-in104100.00
Turnout 104

Republican primary

While both Frank Konarski and Sam Nagy filed paperwork to run for the Republican nomination, neither met the signature requirements to get on the ballot. [3] [4]

Republican primary results [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Write-in4,828100.00
Turnout 4,828

Independent candidates

Write-in

  • Al Pesqueira (identified as Republican), unqualified write-in, withdrew from race [6] [7]

General election

Regina Romero was elected the first-ever female mayor of Tucson, [8] and the first Hispanic mayor of the city since the Latino Estevan Ochoa was mayor from 1875 to 1876. [8]

This is the first time in over 30 years that Republicans have not run a candidate in an open-seat Tucson mayoral race. [3]

General election [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Regina Romero 47,273 55.72
Independent Edward Ackerley33,67339.69
Green Mike Cease3,2813.87
Write-in Write-ins6150.72
Turnout 84,842100%

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