Mayoral Election News

Get Mayoral Election News from cities across the United States, including major metropolitan contests and closely watched local races. Read about candidates, debates, voter turnout, and proposals involving public safety, housing, transportation, development, and city budgets.
Filter articles by
  • analysis

    Ranked Choice Voting Stalls Official Call in DC Mayor’s Race
    While it appears unlikely the Democrat mayoral primary in the District of Columbia will go to a second round of vote tallies, a winner hasn’t been called as of Wednesday afternoon despite one candidate holding a majority of the vote. The race would likely have been called for Janeese Lewis George, a D.C. councilmember who…
    Fred Lucas
    Read More
  • news

    Socialist Cruises in DC Mayoral Election
    Janeese Lewis George, a self-described democratic socialist and Howard University Law School graduate, has been elected as the Democrat nominee for mayor of Washington, D.C., by an overwhelming margin. Lewis George, a current member of the city council, amassed 52% of the vote in a race against former Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie and federal contractor Rini…
    Pedro Rodriguez
    Read More
  • opinion

    LA Mayor’s Race Proves Elections Need to Be Retrofitted
    The 1994 Northridge Earthquake moved Los Angeles about 8.7 inches north toward San Francisco. The 2026 Democrats moved Los Angeles all the way into the Third World. First came the squalor, the homelessness, and the smash-and-grab lawlessness, and now, straight out of the banana republic playbook, come election shenanigans so blatant it makes North Korean…
    Al Perrotta
    Read More
  • news

    Pratt Knocked Out of Race, Leaving Bass and Raman to Battle for LA Mayor
    Spencer Pratt has officially been shut out of the running for Los Angeles mayor, with City Councilwoman Nithya Raman overtaking the reality television star and securing a spot in November’s runoff against incumbent Mayor Karen Bass. While he initially held a strong second-place position with 29% of the vote—only 7% behind Bass and nearly 10%…
    Angelina Delfin
    Read More
  • news

    Rick Scott: Late LA Mayor Race Results Prove SAVE America Is Necessary
    Angered by Los Angeles’ late-arriving mayoral election results that locked Spencer Pratt out of the city’s runoff election, Republican Sen. Rick Scott is arguing the SAVE America Act would strengthen Americans’ faith in their elections. The bill would require photo identification and proof of citizenship in federal elections and require local governments to regularly purge…
    George Caldwell
    Read More
  • news

    ‘It’s Happening Again’: Trump Reacts as Raman Overtakes Pratt in LA Mayoral Race
    Despite his initial overwhelming lead, Spencer Pratt has been surpassed in ballots by City Councilwoman Nithya Raman in the race to be Los Angeles city mayor—prompting criticism from Pratt supporters and renewed scrutiny of California’s vote-counting process. Pratt held a lead on election night, receiving as much as 30% of the vote at one point….
    Angelina Delfin
    Read More

  • Sotomayor Warns of ‘Chaotic Election’ in Supreme Court’s Latest Redistricting Decision
    The Supreme Court allowed Alabama’s congressional map to go into effect in an unsigned order Tuesday night, in what could be the closing chapter of the redistricting drama leading to the 2026 midterm elections. A 6-3 court majority determined that Alabama was likely to succeed in its legal arguments in defense of its new map,…
    Fred Lucas
    Read More
  • news

    Pratt on Track for LA Mayor Showdown With Bass
    Spencer Pratt, the reality television villain turned Los Angeles mayoral candidate, is on track for a showdown with incumbent Democrat Mayor Karen Bass. While Pratt has not yet officially locked in a top-two finish, returns coming in from the Golden State on Wednesday morning show him in second place and maintaining a comfortable lead over…
    Angelina Delfin
    Read More
  • opinion

    The Intifada Comes to Brooklyn Under New York’s Socialist Mayor
    The intifada is coming to an American neighborhood near you. Or at least it has if you live in New York and you have a sympathetic leftist mayor. On Monday night, a mob of not-too-peaceful protesters gathered at a synagogue in an Orthodox Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn. They yelled angrily and, in some cases, harassed…
    Jarrett Stepman
    Read More
  • news

    Campaign Ad Exposing LA Mayor Bass on Palisades Fires Goes Viral
    Reality TV personality and Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt released a hard-hitting ad last week criticizing Mayor Karen Bass and City Councilmember Nithya Raman for their “failed leadership” in response to the Palisades fires and homelessness crisis—so far, it has received more than 12 million views. Released April 29, the ad shows the two…
    Angelina Delfin
    Read More

  • Democrat Elected Miami Mayor for First Time in Nearly Three Decades
    REUTERS—Democrat Eileen Higgins became the first member of her party in nearly three decades elected mayor of Miami on Tuesday, defeating a Republican backed by President Donald Trump in a Hispanic-majority city in the heart of his Florida stronghold. CNN and the Associated Press called the election for Higgins less than an hour after polls…
    Steve Gorman
    Read More
  • news

    Minneapolis’ Democrat Mayor Says City Will Resist Trump Response to Somali Scammer Scandal
    DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Democrat Mayor Jacob Frey of Minneapolis said Sunday that city police would not cooperate with a federal immigration enforcement operation launched in the wake of a growing fraud scandal in Minnesota. United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement is surging into the Minneapolis area to target illegal immigrants from Somalia after revelations into at least…
    Harold Hutchison
    Read More
  • opinion

    Seattle Mayor-Elect Katie Wilson Thinks She Is the Exception to Socialism
    For the second time this month, Americans have elected an openly socialist candidate to public office. After a tight battle in Washington state, Democrat Katie Wilson overtook incumbent Bruce Harrell in Seattle’s 2025 mayoral race, winning by roughly 2,000 votes. Harrell conceded Nov. 13, clearing the way for Wilson—co-founder and executive director of the Transit…
    Christina Lewis
    Read More
  • news

    Could New York Elect a Republican Governor After Electing Socialist Mayor in NYC?
    Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., is making a big political bet after a decade in Congress—that she can become the first Republican governor of New York in 20 years. “[Gov.] Kathy Hochul has a record and has led single-party Democrat rule, making it the most unaffordable state in the nation,” Stefanik, an Upstate New Yorker, says…
    George Caldwell | Jacob Adams
    Read More
  • news

    Woman Who Straight Up Claimed to Be Illegal Wins Mayoral Election in Major City
    DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—A woman who previously declared she was living in the U.S. illegally won the election to become the next mayor of St. Paul, Minnesota. Democrat state Rep. Kaohly Vang Her emerged victorious late Tuesday night in the St. Paul mayoral election, defeating incumbent Democrat Mayor Melvin Carter after a tabulation of second-choice…
    Jason Hopkins
    Read More
  • news

    UPDATE: Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey Wins Third Term
    The Minneapolis mayor race is over, after another round of ranked-choice vote counting gave Democrat Mayor Jacob Frey a majority, defeating his top opponent, state Sen. Omar Fateh, and a dozen other candidates. Frey last night had taken the lead with 41.8% of the vote, failing to cross the threshold of 50% plus one vote,…
    Tyler O’Neil
    Read More
  • news

    Socialist Mamdani Wins New York City Mayoral Race
    Democrat candidate Zohran Mamdani is projected to win the New York City mayoral election Tuesday night, according to The Associated Press, making the socialist state assemblyman the first ever Muslim and the youngest candidate in more than a century to lead America’s largest city. Mamdani, who had led in the polls since winning the Democrat…
    George Caldwell
    Read More
  • news

    Trump Reveals Long-Awaited Endorsement in New York City Mayoral Race
    After months of declining to weigh in, President Donald Trump has revealed his preferred candidate in the New York City mayoral race. “If it’s going to be between a bad Democrat and a communist,” Trump told CBS’ Norah O’Donnell, “I’m gonna pick the bad Democrat all the time, to be honest with you.” New Yorkers…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
    Read More
  • opinion

    Reject Radical Mamdani: NYC Mayor Race Has National Ramifications
    In just a few days, a Karl Marx-quoting communist who has struggled to disavow Hamas is likely to be elected the next mayor of the nation’s financial and cultural epicenter. Thirty-three-year-old New York State Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani has surged to the front of the race. He leads by double digits in virtually every public poll,…
    Josh Hammer
    Read More
  • news

    Somali Muslim Democratic Socialist Challenges Jacob Frey for Minneapolis Mayor’s Mansion
    Minneapolis voters will cast their ballots for mayor Tuesday, but the ranked-choice voting system they will use makes it unlikely Americans will know who won the race on Election Day. While four candidates took part in debates, the race seems likely to come down to two: current Mayor Jacob Frey and democratic socialist Omar Fateh….
    Tyler O’Neil
    Read More