Thirty-one mayoral elections were held in the 100 largest U.S. cities in 2019. Five partisan changes took place as a result of those elections. Democrats gained three mayorships: two previously held by Republicans and one previously held by an independent. Republicans won one office held by an unaffiliated mayor, and one office where the incumbent's partisan affiliation was unknown. In 20 of the 31 cities, the incumbent was Democratic at the start of 2019. Six incumbents were Republican, three were independent, one was unaffiliated, and the affiliation of one was unknown.
The following shows the change from the pre-election incumbent's affiliation to the 2019 winner's affiliation for the four races in which a change occurred. Click here for details about each race.
One partisan change occurred outside of an election. Fremont Mayor Lily Mei, formerly nonpartisan, joined the Democratic Party in 2019.[1]
In most of the nation's largest cities, mayoral elections are officially nonpartisan, though many officeholders and candidates are affiliated with political parties.
Democratic mayors oversaw 65 of the 100 largest cities at the beginning of 2016, 64 at the beginning of 2017, 63 at the start of 2018, and 61 at the start of 2019.
This page tracked mayoral elections in the 100 largest U.S. cities in 2019 and noted partisan changes that occurred. The page includes:
Once mayors elected in 2019 assumed office, the mayors of 65 of the country's 100 largest cities were affiliated with the Democratic Party.
Note: Ballotpedia used one or more of the following sources to identify each officeholder's partisan affiliation: (1) direct communication from the officeholder, (2) current or previous candidacy for partisan office, or (3) identification of partisan affiliation by multiple media outlets.
Thirty-one mayoral elections in the largest cities were held in 2019. Five offices changed party control:
Below is a summary of mayoral battleground elections in 2019:
The chart below shows the partisan breakdown of mayors of the top 100 cities at the start of each year since 2016.
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