Mayoral elections in Lubbock

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Elections are held in Lubbock, Texas to elect the city's mayor. Currently, such elections are regularly scheduled to elect mayors to two-year terms.

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Elections before 2006

2006

2006 Lubbock mayoral election
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 2004May 13, 2006 2008  
 
Candidate David Miller Tom Martin
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Popular vote10,8198,717
Percentage52.65%42.42%

Mayor before election

Marc McDougal
Republican

Elected Mayor

David Miller
Republican

The 2006 Lubbock mayoral election was held on May 13, 2006, to elect the mayor of Lubbock, Texas. It saw the election of David Miller as the 32nd mayor of Lubbock. [1]

2006 Lubbock mayoral election [1]
CandidateVotes %
David Miller (incumbent)10,81952.65
Tom Martin8,71742.42
Ysabel Luna6022.93
Gilbert J. Montes II4041.97
Larry Noland50.02
Total votes20,547

2008

2008 Lubbock mayoral election
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  2006 May 10, 2008 2010  
 
Candidate Tom Martin David Miller (incumbent)
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Popular vote13,4058,472
Percentage58.02%36.67%

Mayor before election

David Miller
Republican

Elected Mayor

Tom Martin
Republican

The 2008 Lubbock mayoral election was held on May 10, 2008, to elect the mayor of Lubbock, Texas. It saw the election of Tom Martin as the 33rd mayor of Lubbock defeating the one term incumbent mayor David Miller. [2]

2008 Lubbock mayoral election [2]
CandidateVotes %
Tom Martin13,40558.02
David Miller (incumbent)8,47236.67
Gilbert J. Montes II6572.84
Roger Settler5692.46
Total votes23,103

2010

2010 Lubbock mayoral election
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  2008 May 8, 2010 2012  
 
Candidate Tom Martin Cody R. Smart
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Popular vote7,6962,447
Percentage67.02%21.31%

Mayor before election

Tom Martin
Republican

Elected Mayor

Tom Martin
Republican

The 2010 Lubbock mayoral election was held on May 8, 2010, to elect the mayor of Lubbock, Texas. It saw the reelection of Tom Martin. [3]

2010 Lubbock mayoral election [3]
CandidateVotes %
Tom Martin (incumbent)7,69667.02
Cody R. Smart2,44721.31
Roger Settler7946.91
Richard Quade5464.75
Total votes11,483

2012

2012 Lubbock mayoral election
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  2010 May 12, 2012 2014  
 
Candidate Glen Robertson Tom Martin
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Popular vote12,4576,603
Percentage65.36%34.64%

Mayor before election

Tom Martin
Republican

Elected Mayor

Glen Robertson
Republican

The 2012 Lubbock mayoral election was held on May 12, 2012, to elect the mayor of Lubbock, Texas. It saw the election of Glen Robertson, who unseated incumbent mayor Tom Martin. [4]

2012 Lubbock mayoral election [4]
CandidateVotes %
Glen Robertson 12,45765.36
Tom Martin 6,60334.64
Total votes19,060

2014

2014 Lubbock mayoral election
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  2012 May 10, 2014 2018  
 
Candidate Glen Robertson
Party Nonpartisan

Mayor before election

Glen Robertson
Republican

Elected Mayor

Glen Robertson
Republican

The 2014 Lubbock mayoral election was held on May 10, 2014, to elect the mayor of Lubbock, Texas. Incumbent mayor Glen Robertson was reelected, running unopposed. [5]

2016

2016 Lubbock mayoral election
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  2014 May 7, 2016 2018  
 
Candidate Dan Pope Todd KleinVictor Hernandez
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Popular vote11,1346,6721,825
Percentage52.64%31.54%8.63%

 
CandidateYsidro Sid Gutierrez
Party Nonpartisan
Popular vote1,522
Percentage7.20%

Mayor before election

Glen Robertson
Republican

Elected Mayor

Dan Pope
Republican

The 2016 Lubbock mayoral election was held on May 7, 2016, to elect the mayor of Lubbock, Texas. It saw the election of Dan Pope as Lubbock's 35th mayor. [6]

2016 Lubbock mayoral election [6]
CandidateVotes %
Dan Pope 11,13452.64
Todd Klein6,67231.54
Victor Hernandez1,8258.63
Ysidro Sid Gutierrez1,5227.20
Total votes21,153

2018

2018 Lubbock mayoral election
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  2016 May 5, 2018 2020  
 
Candidate Dan Pope Jonathan Cothran
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Popular vote11,3942,686
Percentage78.02%18.39%

Mayor before election

Dan Pope
Republican

Elected Mayor

Dan Pope
Republican

The 2018 Lubbock mayoral election was held on May 5, 2018, to elect the mayor of Lubbock, Texas. It saw the re-election of Dan Pope. [7]

2018 Lubbock mayoral election [7]
CandidateVotes %
Dan Pope (incumbent)11,39478.02
Johnathan Cothran2,68618.39
Stephen Sanders (write-in)5243.59
Total votes14,604

2020

2020 Lubbock mayoral election
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  2018 November 3, 20202022 
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Candidate Dan Pope Stephen Sanders
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Popular vote48,81838,818
Percentage55.71%44.29%

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Results by precinct
Pope:      50–60%     60–70%
Sanders:      50–60%     60–70%     70–80%

Mayor before election

Dan Pope
Republican

Elected Mayor

Dan Pope
Republican

The 2020 Lubbock mayoral election took place on November 3, 2020. The election saw Dan Pope reelected to serve a third consecutive term as mayor. [8]

The election was originally scheduled to take place on May 2, 2020, however was postponed to November 3 after a proclamation from Texas governor Greg Abbott to allow political subdivisions to delay voting. [9] The delay was due to concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic. [10]

2020 Lubbock mayoral election [8] [11]
CandidateVotes %
Dan Pope (incumbent)48,81855.71
Stephen Sanders38,81844.29
Total votes87,636

2022

2022 Lubbock mayoral election
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  2020 May 7, 20222024 
 
CandidateTray PayneAdam HernandezStephen Sanders
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Popular vote12,9613,5651,682
Percentage67.718.68.8

 
CandidateGulrez KhanEpifanio Garza
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Popular vote603341
Percentage3.11.8

Mayor before election

Dan Pope
Republican

Elected Mayor

Tray Payne
Republican

The 2022 Lubbock mayoral election took place on May 7, 2022. The incumbent Mayor, Dan Pope, did not stand for reelection. Tray Payne was voted to serve as Lubbock's 36th mayor. [12]

2022 Lubbock mayoral election [8] [13]
CandidateVotes %
Tray Payne12,96167.7
Adam Hernandez3,56518.6
Stephen Sanders1,6828.8
Gulrez Khan6033.1
Epifanio Garza3411.8
Total votes19,152

2024

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