2024 Phoenix mayoral election

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2024 Phoenix mayoral election
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  2020 November 5, 20242028 
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Candidate Kate Gallego Matt Evans
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Popular vote254,926154,795
Percentage62.2%37.8%

Mayor before election

Kate Gallego
Democratic

Elected mayor

Kate Gallego
Democratic

The 2024 Phoenix mayoral election was held on November 5, 2024, to elect the mayor of Phoenix, Arizona. Incumbent Mayor Kate Gallego ran for reelection as the favored candidate and won reelection in a landslide. [1] A runoff would have been held on March 11, 2025, if no candidate received a majority of the vote. [2] The election was held alongside elections to the city council, several city initiatives, and other Arizona elections. [3]

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Candidates

Declared

Results

2024 Phoenix mayoral election
CandidateVotes %
Kate Gallego (incumbent)254,92662.2%
Matt Evans154,79537.8%
Total votes409,721 100%

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