2024 Las Vegas mayoral election

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2024 Las Vegas mayoral election
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←  2019 June 11, 2024 (first round)
November 5, 2024 (runoff)		2028 →
  Shelley Berkley, official portrait, 112th Congress 2.jpg Victoria Seaman-19-Final.jpg Cedric Crear (cropped).jpg
Candidate Shelley Berkley Victoria Seaman Cedric Crear
First round25,784
35.69%		20,896
28.93%		13,673
18.93%
Runoff129,977
53.21%		114,429
46.79%		Eliminated
Mayor before election

Carolyn Goodman
Independent

Elected mayor

Shelley Berkley
Democratic

The 2024 Las Vegas mayoral election took place on June 11, 2024, with a runoff scheduled for November 5 because no candidate surpassed 50% of the vote in the first round. It will elect the mayor of Las Vegas, Nevada. Incumbent independent mayor Carolyn Goodman is term-limited and cannot seek re-election to a fourth term in office. This is the first mayoral election in Las Vegas since 1995 where no candidates are from the Goodman family. On November 7, former Congresswoman Shelley Berkley became the mayor-elect of Las Vegas as Las Vegas City Councilwoman Victoria Seaman conceded the race. [1] Berkley will be sworn in on December 4, 2024.

Contents

Candidates

On ballot

Disqualified

Declined

Endorsements

Endorsements in bold were made after the first round.

Shelley Berkley
Local officials

Labor unions

Newspapers

Cedric Crear
Individuals
Victoria Seaman
Individuals

Labor unions

Organizations

  • Republican Mayors Association

Forums & debates

First round

2024 Las Vegas mayoral candidate forum & debates
No.DateHostModeratorLink Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Key:
 P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited  W  Withdrawn
Shelley Berkley Cedric CrearKara JenkinsDonna MillerDeb Peck Victoria Seaman
1 [5] [26] Oct. 17, 2023Battle Born News
Clark County Chamber of Commerce
Vote Nevada		PIPPIP
2 [27] May 15, 2024 The Nevada Independent Jon Ralston The Nevada Independent [28] PPNNNP
3May 23, 2024 KLAS-TV [29] PPNNNP

Runoff

2024 Las Vegas mayoral runoff candidate forums & debates
No.DateHostModeratorLink Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Key:
 P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited  W  Withdrawn
Shelley Berkley Victoria Seaman
1Jul. 31, 2024Vegas Chamber YouTube PP
2 [30] Sep. 25, 2024 The Nevada Independent Jon Ralston YouTube PP
3 [31] Oct. 7, 2024 KTNV-TV KTNV-TV PP
4Oct. 8, 2024 KLAS-TV YouTube PP

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [b] 		Margin
of error		Shelley
Berkley		Cedric
Crear		Kara
Jenkins		Victoria
Seaman		OtherUndecided
Emerson College [32] [A] April 1–2, 2024500 (LV)± 4.3%16%7%2%12%8% [c] 56%

Results

Results [33]
CandidateVotes %
Shelley Berkley 25,78435.69
Victoria Seaman 20,89628.93
Cedric Crear13,67318.93
Tera Anderson3,1444.35
Kara Jenkins1,6712.31
Dan Chapman1,3971.93
Donna Miller1,1041.53
Lynn Baird9621.33
Irina Hansen8451.17
Williams Walls III6530.90
Michael Pacino6160.85
Deb Peck5800.80
Kola Akingbade5310.74
Eric Medlin3820.53
Total votes72,238 100%
Runoff results
CandidateVotes %
Shelley Berkley 129,97753.21%
Victoria Seaman 114,42946.79%
Total votes244,406 100%

Notes

  1. ↑ Peck is a self-described conservative, but her party affiliation is unknown.
  2. ↑ Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  3. ↑ Janiecia Fernandez with 2%; Tera Anderson, Lynn Baird, Daniel Chapman, Donna Miller, Michael Pacino, and Deb Peck with 1%; Kolawole Akingbade, Irina Hansen, Eric Medlin, and William Walls with <1%

Partisan clients

  1. ↑ Poll conducted for KLAS-TV and The Hil

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