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| Election dates |
| Filing deadline: April 4, 2022 |
| Primary election: August 2, 2022 General election: November 8, 2022 (canceled) |
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| Offices up: Mayor |
| Total seats up: 1 (click here for other city elections) |
| Election type: Nonpartisan |
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| U.S. municipal elections, 2022 |
The city of Chandler, Arizona, was expected to hold a general election for mayor on November 8, 2022. The election was canceled after a candidate received enough votes in the primary to win the election outright. The primary was on August 2, 2022. The filing deadline for this election was April 4, 2022.
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Incumbent Kevin Hartke won election outright against Ruth Jones in the primary for Mayor of Chandler on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | ![]() | Kevin Hartke (Nonpartisan) | 76.8 | 39,349 |
![]() | Ruth Jones (Nonpartisan) | 22.9 | 11,755 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 129 | ||
| Total votes: 51,233 | ||||
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Twenty-four of the 100 largest U.S. cities held mayoral elections in 2022. Once mayors elected in 2022 assumed office, Democrats held 63 top-100 mayoral offices, Republicans held 28, independents held three, and nonpartisan mayors held four. Two mayors' partisan affiliations were unknown.
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Chandler is a city located in Maricopa County, Arizona, and is a prominent suburb of the Phoenix Metropolitan Area. It is bordered to the north and west by Tempe, to the north by Mesa, to the west by Phoenix, to the south by the Gila River Indian Community and to the east by Gilbert. As of 2020, its population was 275,987.
The city of Chandler uses a council-manager system. In this form of municipal government, an elected city council—which includes the mayor and serves as the city's primary legislative body—appoints a chief executive called a city manager to oversee day-to-day municipal operations and implement the council's policy and legislative initiatives.[2]
The following table displays demographic data provided by the United States Census Bureau.
| Demographic Data for Chandler, Arizona | ||
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| Chandler | Arizona | |
| Population | 275,987 | 7,151,502 |
| Land area (sq mi) | 65 | 113,654 |
| Race and ethnicity** | ||
| White | 71.4% | 73.8% |
| Black/African American | 5.5% | 4.5% |
| Asian | 10.9% | 3.3% |
| Native American | 1.8% | 4.3% |
| Pacific Islander | 0.2% | 0.2% |
| Two or more | 6.5% | 7% |
| Hispanic/Latino | 19.9% | 31.5% |
| Education | ||
| High school graduation rate | 93.8% | 87.9% |
| College graduation rate | 44.6% | 30.3% |
| Income | ||
| Median household income | $85,796 | $61,529 |
| Persons below poverty level | 7.3% | 14.1% |
| Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2015-2020). | ||
| **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here. | ||
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