2024 Mesa mayoral election

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2024 Mesa mayoral election
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  2020 November 5, 20242028 
  Mark Freeman Feb2020 (cropped).jpg Scott Smith by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg
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 will be term limited and can not run for re-election. [2]

Contents

A primary election for candidates were 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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