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The 2023 Akron mayoral election was held on November 7, 2023, to elect the mayor of Akron, Ohio. Party primaries were held on May 2. Incumbent Democratic mayor Dan Horrigan chose not to seek re-election to a third term in office.
In the Democratic primary, Ward 8 city councilor Shammas Malik won the nomination, prevailing in a field of seven candidates. Because the sole Republican candidate was disqualified, Malik was considered the presumptive next mayor of Akron. [1] Malik was the only candidate on the ballot, as the only other person who qualified for the race was write-in candidate Nathaniel Green. He defeated Green with 95.72% of the vote. [2]
Some candidates have not filed campaign finance disclosures. Those who have are listed below:
Campaign finance reports as of January 31, 2023 | |||
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Candidate | Contributions | Expenditures | Cash on hand |
Shammas Malik [10] | $49,728 | $56,472 | $156,512 |
Keith Mills [11] | $100 | $0 | $15,000 |
Tara Mosley [12] | $9,501 | $3,773 | $10,506 |
Marco Sommerville [13] | $63,375 | $6,709 | $88,375 |
Jeff Wilhite [14] | $4,250 | $4,590 | $872 |
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Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size [a] | Margin of error | Greer | Malik | Mills | Mosley | Schaffer | Somerville | Wilhite | Other | Undecided |
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Center for Media & Opinion Research [26] [b] | March 27 – April 2, 2023 | 400 (LV) | ± 5.0% | 3% | 18% | 3% | 15% | 5% | 17% | 6% | – | 33% |
Center for Media & Opinion Research [27] [c] | January 17 – February 4, 2023 | 510 (A) | ± 4.3% | – | 8% | – | 7% | 3% | 12% | 4% | 2% | 66% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Shammas Malik | 8,303 | 43.15 | |
Democratic | Marco Sommerville | 4,944 | 25.70 | |
Democratic | Tara Mosley | 3,361 | 17.47 | |
Democratic | Jeff Wilhite | 1,549 | 8.05 | |
Democratic | Mark Greer | 816 | 4.24 | |
Democratic | Keith Mills | 143 | 0.74 | |
Democratic | Joshua Schaffer | 124 | 0.64 | |
Total votes | 19,240 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Shammas Malik | 36,629 | 95.72 | |
Write-in | 1,638 | 4.28 | ||
write-in | Nathaniel Green | 172 | 0.45 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 1,466 | 3.83 | ||
Total votes | 38,267 | 100 |
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