2024 Mesa mayoral election

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2024 Mesa mayoral election
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Candidate Mark Freeman Scott Smith
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Popular vote100,71889,740
Percentage52.88%47.12%
Mayor before election

John Giles
Republican

Elected mayor

Mark Freeman
Republican

The 2024 Mesa mayoral election was held on November 5, 2024, to elect the next mayor of Mesa, Arizona. [1] Incumbent Republican mayor John Giles was term limited and could not run for re-election. [2]

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A primary election for candidates was held on July 30, 2024, [3] [4] from which city councilor Mark Freeman and former mayor Scott Smith advanced to a runoff, [5] in which Freeman defeated Smith with 52.9 percent of the vote. [6]

Candidates

Advanced to runoff

Eliminated in primary

Results

Primary election

2024 Mesa mayoral election [9]
CandidateVotes %
Scott Smith 21,63329.08
Mark Freeman 21,31228.65
Ryan Winkle10,96414.74
Scott Neely10,35313.92
R. Carey Davis 9,90913.32
Write-in 2200.30
Total votes74,391 100.00

Runoff election

2024 Mesa mayoral runoff election
CandidateVotes %
Mark Freeman 100,71952.9%
Scott Smith 89,74047.1%
Total votes190,458 100%

See also

References

  1. ↑ "City elections in Mesa, Arizona (2024)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved March 29, 2024.
  2. ↑ "Mesa's mayor gives last State of the City before term limits force him out". KJZZ. February 15, 2024. Retrieved March 29, 2024.
  3. ↑ "City of Mesa Calls Primary Election".
  4. ↑ "City elections in Mesa, Arizona (2024)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved March 29, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Mesa mayor, Council District 1 races appear heading to run-off". The Mesa Tribune. July 31, 2024. Retrieved July 31, 2024.
  6. ↑ Koch, Mitchell (November 12, 2024). "Mark Freeman elected next mayor of Mesa". KTVK. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
  7. 1 2 3 4 Shumaker, Scott (April 9, 2024). "Mesa Primary: 5 for mayor, 3 council battles". Mesa Tribune . Retrieved April 12, 2024.
  8. ↑ "Ryan Winkle runs for Mesa mayor after being kicked off its council in 2017".
  9. ↑ "Maricopa County July 30, 2024 Primary Election | Mesa Official Results". mesaaz.gov. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
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