The 2019 Tucson mayoral election was held on November 5, 2019. It saw the election of Regina Romero.
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Primaries were held August 27, 2019.[1] Three candidates ran in the Democratic primary, one official write-in ran in the Green primary, while none ran in either the Libertarian or Republican primaries.[1]
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Ed AckerleyA |
Randi Dorman |
Steve Farley |
Regina Romero |
Undecided |
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Arizona Daily Star/Strongpoint Opinion Research[2] | July 2019 | 1,693 | 10% | 6% | 31% | 15% | 36% |
^ Not running in Democratic Primary
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Regina Romero | 24,592 | 50.17 | |
Democratic | Steve Farley | 18,175 | 37.08 | |
Democratic | Randi Dorman | 6,109 | 12.46 | |
Democratic | Write-in | 137 | 0.28 | |
Turnout | 49,013 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Green | Mike Cease (write-in) | 91 | 59.48 | |
Green | Other write-ins | 62 | 40.52 | |
Turnout | 153 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Libertarian | Write-in | 104 | 100.00 | |
Turnout | 104 |
While both Frank Konarski and Sam Nagy filed paperwork to run for the Republican nomination, neither met the signature requirements to get on the ballot.[3][4]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Write-in | 4,828 | 100.00 | |
Turnout | 4,828 |
Regina Romero was elected the first-ever female mayor of Tucson,[8] and the first Hispanic mayor of the city since the Latino Estevan Ochoa was mayor from 1875 to 1876.[8]
This is the first time in over 30 years that Republicans have not run a candidate in an open-seat Tucson mayoral race.[3]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Regina Romero | 47,273 | 55.72 | |
Independent | Edward Ackerley | 33,673 | 39.69 | |
Green | Mike Cease | 3,281 | 3.87 | |
Write-in | Write-ins | 615 | 0.72 | |
Turnout | 84,842 | 100% |