Mayoral election in Chandler, Arizona (2022)

Arizona 2022 elections

* * *

U.S. Senate • U.S. House • Governor • State executive offices • State Senate • State House • Supreme court • Appellate courts • Local judges • State ballot measures • Local ballot measures • School boards • Municipal • How to run for office |

|
|

* Related content:
* Arizona
* Chandler, Arizona
* Arizona elections, 2022
* Public policy in Arizona
* Endorsers in Arizona
* Local elections
* Municipal governments
* Local courts
* School boards
* Local ballot measures
* Recalls
* State elections
* State executives
* State legislatures
* State courts
* State ballot measures
* Federal elections
* Presidential Elections
* U.S. Congress

<- 2018

2022 Chandler elections

Election dates
Filing deadline: April 4, 2022
Primary election: August 2, 2022
General election: November 8, 2022 (canceled)
Election stats
Offices up: Mayor
Total seats up: 1 (click here for other city elections)

Election type: Nonpartisan
Other municipal elections
U.S. municipal elections, 2022

Jefferson County, AlabamaAnchorage, AlaskaJuneau, AlaskaChandler, ArizonaChandler, Arizona (Mayor)Gilbert, ArizonaGlendale, ArizonaMesa, ArizonaPhoenix, ArizonaScottsdale, ArizonaMaricopa County, ArizonaPima County, ArizonaLittle Rock, ArkansasLittle Rock, Arkansas (Mayor)Anaheim, CaliforniaAnaheim, California (Mayor)Bakersfield, CaliforniaChula Vista, CaliforniaChula Vista, California (Mayor)Fremont, CaliforniaFresno, CaliforniaIrvine, CaliforniaIrvine, California (Mayor)Long Beach, CaliforniaLong Beach, California (Mayor)Los Angeles, CaliforniaLos Angeles, California (Mayor)Oakland, CaliforniaOakland, California (Mayor)Sacramento, CaliforniaSan Bernardino, CaliforniaSan Bernardino, California (Mayor)San Diego, CaliforniaSan Francisco, CaliforniaSan Jose, CaliforniaSan Jose, California (Mayor)Santa Ana, CaliforniaSanta Ana, California (Mayor)Santa Clarita, CaliforniaStockton, CaliforniaAlameda County, CaliforniaFresno County, CaliforniaKern County, CaliforniaLos Angeles County, CaliforniaOrange County, CaliforniaRiverside County, CaliforniaSacramento County, CaliforniaSan Bernardino County, CaliforniaSan Diego County, CaliforniaSan Joaquin County, CaliforniaSanta Clara County, CaliforniaDenver, ColoradoAdams County, ColoradoArapahoe County, ColoradoEl Paso County, ColoradoHialeah, FloridaJacksonville, FloridaTallahassee, FloridaTallahassee, Florida (Mayor)Hillsborough County, FloridaMiami-Dade County, FloridaOrange County, FloridaPinellas County, FloridaDeKalb County, GeorgiaFulton County, GeorgiaHonolulu, HawaiiAda County, IdahoCook County, IllinoisIndianapolis, IndianaAllen County, IndianaSedgwick County, KansasFrankfort, KentuckyLexington, KentuckyLexington, Kentucky (Mayor)Louisville, KentuckyLouisville, Kentucky (Mayor)Baton Rouge, LouisianaNew Orleans, LouisianaAugusta, MaineBaltimore, MarylandBoston, MassachusettsSuffolk County, MassachusettsDetroit, MichiganLansing, MichiganWayne County, MichiganHennepin County, MinnesotaRamsey County, MinnesotaJefferson City, MissouriSt. Louis, MissouriClay County, MissouriJackson County, MissouriPlatte County, MissouriOmaha, NebraskaDouglas County, NebraskaLancaster County, NebraskaCarson City, NevadaHenderson, NevadaHenderson, Nevada (Mayor)Las Vegas, NevadaNorth Las Vegas, NevadaNorth Las Vegas, Nevada (Mayor)Reno, NevadaReno, Nevada (Mayor)Clark County, NevadaWashoe County, NevadaNewark, New JerseyNewark, New Jersey (Mayor)Trenton, New JerseyTrenton, New Jersey (Mayor)Essex County, New JerseyHudson County, New JerseyBernalillo County, New MexicoBuffalo, New YorkBronx County, New YorkErie County, New YorkKings County, New YorkNew York County, New YorkQueens County, New YorkRichmond County, New YorkCharlotte, North CarolinaCharlotte, North Carolina (Mayor)Greensboro, North CarolinaGreensboro, North Carolina (Mayor)Raleigh, North CarolinaRaleigh, North Carolina (Mayor)Durham County, North CarolinaForsyth County, North CarolinaGuilford County, North CarolinaMecklenburg County, North CarolinaWake County, North CarolinaBismarck, North DakotaBismarck, North Dakota (Mayor)Cuyahoga County, OhioFairfield County, OhioFranklin County, OhioHamilton County, OhioLucas County, OhioOklahoma City, Oklahoma (Mayor)Tulsa, OklahomaCanadian County, OklahomaCleveland County, OklahomaOklahoma County, OklahomaOsage County, OklahomaTulsa County, OklahomaPortland, OregonSalem, OregonSalem, Oregon (Mayor)Multnomah County, OregonPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaPittsburgh, PennsylvaniaAguas Buenas, Puerto Rico (mayor)Guayama, Puerto Rico (mayor)Guaynabo, Puerto Rico (mayor)Hatillo, Puerto Rico (mayor)Humacao, Puerto Rico (mayor)Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico (mayor)Providence, Rhode IslandProvidence, Rhode Island (Mayor)Pierre, South DakotaMemphis, TennesseeNashville, TennesseeShelby County, TennesseeArlington, TexasAustin, TexasAustin, Texas (Mayor)Corpus Christi, TexasCorpus Christi, Texas (Mayor)El Paso, TexasFort Worth, TexasGarland, TexasHouston, TexasIrving, TexasLaredo, TexasLaredo, Texas (Mayor)Lubbock, TexasLubbock, Texas (Mayor)Bexar County, TexasCollin County, TexasDallas County, TexasDenton County, TexasEl Paso County, TexasFort Bend County, TexasHarris County, TexasLubbock County, TexasNueces County, TexasTarrant County, TexasTravis County, TexasWebb County, TexasWilliamson County, TexasMontpelier, VermontMontpelier, Vermont (Mayor)Chesapeake, VirginiaNorfolk, VirginiaVirginia Beach, VirginiaSeattle, WashingtonKing County, WashingtonSpokane County, WashingtonWashington, D.C.Washington, D.C. (Mayor)Charleston, West VirginiaCharleston, West Virginia (Mayor)Milwaukee, WisconsinMilwaukee, Wisconsin (Mayor)Dane County, WisconsinMilwaukee County, WisconsinCheyenne, WyomingSubmit

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.

## Contents

* 1 Elections
* 2 Candidates and results
* 3 Additional elections on the ballot
* 3.1 Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey responses
* 3.2 Mayoral partisanship
* 3.3 What was at stake?
* 3.3.1 Report a story for this election
* 3.3.2 Candidate survey
* 3.4 About the city
* 3.4.1 City government
* 3.4.2 Demographics
* 3.5 See also
* 3.6 External links
* 3.7 Footnotes

## Elections[edit]

Click on the tabs below to show more information about those topics.

# Candidates and results[edit]

#### Nonpartisan primary election

##### Nonpartisan primary for Mayor of Chandler

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

Submit photo

| Ruth Jones (Nonpartisan) |

22.9

| 11,755
|  | Other/Write-in votes|

0.3

| 129

* * *

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

| Total votes: 51,233

|
|

= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.

Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

# Additional elections on the ballot[edit]

See also: Arizona elections, 2022

What's on your ballot?

Click here to find out using My Vote

##### August 2, 2022

* United States Senate election in Arizona, 2022
* Arizona's 2nd Congressional District election, 2022
* Arizona's 4th Congressional District election, 2022
* Arizona's 5th Congressional District election, 2022
* Arizona Attorney General election, 2022
* Arizona Corporation Commission election, 2022
* Arizona gubernatorial election, 2022
* Arizona Mine Inspector election, 2022
* Arizona Secretary of State election, 2022
* Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction election, 2022
* Arizona Treasurer election, 2022
* Arizona State Senate elections, 2022
* Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2022
* Municipal elections in Maricopa County, Arizona (2022)
* City elections in Chandler, Arizona (2022)
* City elections in Gilbert, Arizona (2022)
* Mayoral election in Chandler, Arizona (2022)
* Chandler, Arizona, Proposition 470, Continuation of Home Rule Measure (August 2022)

##### November 8, 2022

* United States Senate election in Arizona, 2022
* Arizona's 2nd Congressional District election, 2022
* Arizona's 4th Congressional District election, 2022
* Arizona's 5th Congressional District election, 2022
* Arizona Attorney General election, 2022
* Arizona Corporation Commission election, 2022
* Arizona gubernatorial election, 2022
* Arizona Mine Inspector election, 2022
* Arizona Secretary of State election, 2022
* Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction election, 2022
* Arizona Treasurer election, 2022
* Arizona State Senate elections, 2022
* Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2022
* Arizona Supreme Court elections, 2022
* Arizona intermediate appellate court elections, 2022
* Arizona Election and Voting Policies Initiative (2022)
* Arizona Proposition 128, Legislative Changes to Ballot Initiatives with Invalid Provisions Amendment (2022)
* Arizona Proposition 129, Single-Subject Requirement for Ballot Initiatives Amendment (2022)
* Arizona Proposition 130, Property Tax Exemptions Amendment (2022)
* Arizona Proposition 131, Create Office of Lieutenant Governor Amendment (2022)
* Arizona Proposition 132, 60% Vote Requirement for Ballot Measures to Approve Taxes Amendment (2022)
* Arizona Proposition 209, Healthcare Debt Interest Rate Limit and Debt Collection Exemptions Initiative (2022)
* Arizona Proposition 211, Campaign Finance Sources Disclosure Initiative (2022)
* Arizona Proposition 308, In-State Tuition for Non-Citizen Residents Measure (2022)
* Arizona Proposition 309, Voter Identification Requirements for Mail-In Ballots and In-Person Voting Measure (2022)
* Arizona Proposition 310, Sales Tax for Fire District Funding Measure (2022)
* Arizona Reduce Income Tax Brackets to Flat Rate Referendum (2022)
* Arizona Small Business Income Tax Referendum (2022)
* City elections in Chandler, Arizona (2022)
* City elections in Gilbert, Arizona (2022)
* Mayoral election in Chandler, Arizona (2022)
* Chandler Unified School District, Arizona, elections (2022)
* Gilbert Public Schools, Arizona, elections (2022)
* Kyrene Elementary School District, Arizona, elections (2022)
* Mesa Public Schools, Arizona, elections (2022)
* Tempe Union High School District, Arizona, elections (2022)
* Municipal elections in Maricopa County, Arizona (2022)
* Mesa, Arizona, Proposition 476, Allow Collective Bargaining for Police and Firefighters Measure (November 2022)
* Mesa, Arizona, Proposition 477, Procurement Amounts by Ordinance Measure (November 2022)
* Mesa, Arizona, Question 1, Continue the Alternative Expenditure Limit Measure (November 2022)
* Mesa, Arizona, Question 2, Public Safety Bond Measure (November 2022)

## Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey responses[edit]

Ballotpedia asks all federal, state, and local candidates to complete a survey and share what motivates them on political and personal levels. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

No candidate in this race has completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey. Ballotpedia is seeking 100 percent participation so voters can learn more about all the candidates on their ballots.

## Mayoral partisanship[edit]

See also: Partisanship in United States municipal elections (2022)

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.

The following top 100 cities saw a change in mayoral partisan affiliation in 2022:

* Henderson, Nevada: Michelle Romero (R) was elected to succeed outgoing mayor Debra March (D) on June 14, winning the primary outright with 76% of the vote.
* Anaheim, California: Ashleigh Aitken (D) defeated Acting Mayor Trevor O'Neil (R) and two other candidates on November 8, 2022. Former mayor Harry Sidhu (R) resigned in May 2022.
* Chula Vista, California: John McCann (R) defeated Ammar Campa-Najjar (D) in the November 8 election to succeed term-limited mayor Mary Salas (D).
* North Las Vegas, Nevada: Pamela Goynes-Brown (D) defeated Patricia Spearman (D) in the election to succeed outgoing mayor John J. Lee (R) on November 8, 2022.[1]

## What was at stake?[edit]

### Report a story for this election[edit]

Ballotpedia researches issues in local elections across the United States, but information availability is a challenge for us in many areas. Please contact us about the issues that impact your local election. Note that not all submissions may meet Ballotpedia's coverage requirements for inclusion.

### Candidate survey[edit]

Ballotpedia invites candidates to participate in its annual survey.
Click here to fill out the survey.

|

## About the city[edit]

See also: Chandler, Arizona

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.

### City government[edit]

See also: Council-manager government

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]

### Demographics[edit]

The following table displays demographic data provided by the United States Census Bureau.

Demographic Data for Chandler, Arizona

| 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.

## See also[edit]

Chandler, Arizona | Arizona | Municipal government | Other local coverage

|
|
|

* 2018 Chandler mayoral election

* Chandler, Arizona
* Cities in Arizona
* Maricopa County, Arizona

* 2022 Arizona elections
* Public policy in Arizona
* Endorsers in Arizona
* Arizona

* Top counties
* 100 largest cities
* Current mayors
* Current council officials

* 2022 municipal elections
* 2022 school board elections
* 2022 local ballot measure elections
* 2022 local judicial elections

## External links[edit]

* Search Google News for this topic
* City of Chandler

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ Lee was elected as a Democrat and switched parties in 2021.
2. ↑ City Charter of Chander, AZ, Sec. 2.03-05 and 3.01-04

v • e

2022 Municipal Elections

Local Elections|

Municipal Government • Local Courts • School Boards • Local Ballot Measures

Ballotpedia Coverage|

Federal Politics • State Politics • Local Politics • Public Policy • Influencers

v • e

State of Arizona
Phoenix (capital)

|

Elections |

What's on my ballot? | Elections in 2025 | How to vote | How to run for office | Ballot measures

Government |

Who represents me? | U.S. President | U.S. Congress | Federal courts | State executives | State legislature | State and local courts | Counties | Cities | School districts | Public policy