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The 2022 Los Angeles mayoral election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the mayor of Los Angeles, California. A top-two primary was held on June 7, 2022. Candidates could win the election outright by receiving more than 50% of the vote, but no candidate received a majority. More than forty candidates formed committees to run. Twenty-seven filed their declaration of intention to collect signatures for the ballot, and of these, twelve qualified. There were a total of 2,120,515 registered voters within the city of Los Angeles. The election was nonpartisan, as are all local elections in California.

Gay Lynn Bennion is an American politician currently serving as the mayor of Cottonwood Heights, Utah. In November 2020, she was elected as a member of the Utah House of Representatives from the 41st district, and she assumed office on January 1, 2021. In November 2025 she was elected as mayor of Cottonwood Heights, Utah, defeating incumbent Mayor Mike Weichers.

Kevin Michael McCarty is an American politician who has served as Mayor of Sacramento since 2024. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served in the California State Assembly from 2014 to 2024, representing the 6th Assembly District, which encompasses a portion of the Sacramento metropolitan area and most of the city of Sacramento.

Vivian Flowers is an American politician who is the mayor of Pine Bluff, Arkansas. She served in the Arkansas House of Representatives and is a Democrat. She is a graduate of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. She lives in Pine Bluff, Arkansas.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani is an American politician who has served since 2026 as the 112th mayor of New York City. A member of the Democratic Party and the Democratic Socialists of America, he represented the 36th district in the New York State Assembly from 2021 to 2025. Mamdani is New York City's first Muslim and first Asian American mayor.

Marsha Judkins is an American politician serving as the 46th and current Mayor of Provo, Utah. Marsha served in the Utah House of Representatives, representing District 61. During the 2022 General Session, she served on the Social Services Appropriations Committee, House Health and Human Services Committee, and the House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee.

Kelly M. Burke is the current mayor of Evergreen Park, Illinois and a former Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives, representing the 36th District from January 2011 to January 2025. The 36th District includes all or parts of the Beverly, Mount Greenwood and Auburn-Gresham neighborhoods in the City of Chicago as well as the all or parts of the surrounding suburbs of Oak Lawn, Evergreen Park, Chicago Ridge, Hometown and Palos Hills.

Kaohly Vang Her is an American politician serving since 2026 as the 56th mayor of Saint Paul. She is the first woman and first Asian American to hold this position.

Michael F. Brennan is an American politician who formerly served as the 87th Mayor of Portland, Maine. Brennan, a Democrat, served as State Senator from 2002 to 2006 and Senate Majority Leader and a 2008 Democratic candidate for Maine's 1st congressional district. On May 15, 2011 Brennan announced his candidacy in the Portland, Maine mayoral election. On November 9, Brennan won the 15-candidate contest and became the first directly-elected mayor of Portland since 1923.

Sean M. Ryan is an American attorney and politician who is currently serving as the mayor of Buffalo. He previously served in New York State Senate representing the 61st district and 60th district from 2021 to 2025, and in the New York State Assembly from 2011 to 2020 in both the 144th district and the 149th district.

John A. Horhn is an American politician who is mayor of Jackson, Mississippi. He had served in the Mississippi State Senate from the 26th district from 1993 to 2025. A Democrat, he previously served as state tourism director from 1989 to 1992.

Ann Cummings is a Vermont businesswoman and Democratic politician. She has served as mayor of Montpelier and a State Senator.

Mark Douglas Mullet is an American businessman, politician of the Democratic Party and mayor of Issaquah. A moderate, he was a member of the Washington State Senate, representing the 5th Legislative District from 2012 to 2025. In November 2025, he won the race for mayor of Issaquah in the general election.

Orlando W. Paden is an American politician who is the current mayor of Clarksdale, Mississippi. He previously served as a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from the 26th district. He assumed office on January 5, 2016 and served until June 30, 2025.

Robert "Bobby" C. Sanchez is an American politician serving as the 41st Mayor of New Britain, Connecticut. Previously a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from the 25th district from 2011 to 2025, he resigned his seat shortly after taking office as Mayor on November 12, 2025.

James Allen Collins is an American politician from Georgia. Collins is the former mayor of Villa Rica, Georgia and a Republican member of the Georgia House of Representatives for District 68.

Joshua A. Boschee is an American politician who is currently the mayor of Fargo, North Dakota. He previously served in the North Dakota Senate from 2024 to 2026 and the North Dakota House of Representatives from 2012 to 2024. A member of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party, he represented the 44th District in the legislature. While in the House he served alongside Karla Rose Hanson in a dual-member district.

José Antonio "Josian" Santiago Rivera is a Puerto Rican politician. He became the mayor of the municipality of Comerío as a member of the Popular Democratic Party (PPD) at the 2000 general elections, and was re-elected in 2004 and 2008. In 2010 Santiago became the president of the Asociación de Alcaldes de Puerto Rico, the organization that regulates cooperation between most mayors affiliated to the PPD.

James 'Jim' W. Bolin is an American politician and a Republican member of the South Dakota House of Representatives representing District 16 since January 2009. Bolin was the mayor of Canton, South Dakota, from 2007 until 2008.

Robert Julio Garcia is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for California's 42nd congressional district since 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 28th mayor of Long Beach, California, from 2014 to 2022. He was both the city's youngest and first elected openly LGBT mayor, as well as the first Latino to hold the office. He is the second person of color to be mayor of Long Beach, after Republican Eunice Sato, a Japanese American who served from 1980 to 1982. A former member of the Long Beach City Council, he was vice mayor from 2012 to 2014.

Samuel Theodore Liccardo is an American attorney and politician currently serving as the U.S. representative from California's 16th congressional district. Previously, he served as the 65th mayor of San Jose from 2015 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, Liccardo was elected mayor in November 2014. He was reelected in 2018 with 75.8% of the vote. As the leader of the California Big City Mayors Coalition, Liccardo advocated on statewide issues including homelessness and COVID-19 response.

Emanuel Cleaver II is an American politician and United Methodist pastor serving as the U.S. representative for Missouri's 5th congressional district since 2005. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 51st mayor of Kansas City, Missouri, from 1991 to 1999, becoming the first Black person to hold that role.

William Andrew Ogles IV is an American politician and business owner serving as the U.S. representative for Tennessee's 5th congressional district since 2023. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the mayor of Maury County, Tennessee, from 2018 to 2022.

David Cook is an American politician serving as a member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 96th district. Cook was first elected in November 2020 and assumed office in January 2021. He is a member of the Republican Party and was the mayor of Mansfield, Texas, from May 2008 to January 2021.

Dennis "Boog" Highberger is an American politician. He served as a City Council member in Lawrence, Kansas from 2003 through 2009 and was the city's mayor from 2005 through 2006. He graduated from the University of Kansas School of Law in 1992. He was an attorney with the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) from 1992 to 2011. He served as a Democratic member of the Kansas House of Representatives for the 46th district from 2015 to 2025.

Cynthia Renay Neeley is an American politician serving in the Michigan House of Representatives for the 70th district. She is married to Flint mayor Sheldon Neeley.

Dan Daley is an American politician. He is a Democrat representing the 96th district in the Florida House of Representatives. Previously, he served as a city commissioner and vice mayor of Coral Springs, FL.

Deqa Dhalac is a member of the Maine House of Representatives for the 120th District. A Somali emigrant, she served as the mayor of South Portland, Maine from 2021 to 2022, becoming the first African-born female mayor in the United States. Alongside Mana Abdi, she is the first Somali-American to serve as a Maine legislator.

Diana C. Moreno is an American politician who is a member of the New York State Assembly for the 36th district. She succeeded Zohran Mamdani, who became Mayor of New York City. She was sworn in the day after winning the special election, on February 4, 2026.

Donald (Don) Hall is an American politician who has been a member of the Idaho House of Representatives since 2025. Governor Brad Little appointed him to replace Lance Clow. Hall was chairman of the Twin Falls County Commission and is the former mayor of Twin Falls.

Heather Bond Somers is an American politician who has served in the Connecticut State Senate from the 18th District since 2017. She previously served as Mayor of Groton from 2012 to 2014. She also served on the Groton Town Council from 2008 to 2018.

Joaquim "Jack" M. Martins is an American attorney and politician serving as a member of the New York State Senate representing the 7th district. A Republican, he previously served as Mayor of Mineola, New York.

Jeff Sorrells is an American politician. He is a Republican member of the Alabama House of Representatives from the 87th District, serving since 2019. Sorrells was previously the mayor of Hartford, Alabama and is a vice president of the First National Bank of Hartford, Alabama.

James J. Kennedy is an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he has represented the 22nd Legislative District in the New Jersey General Assembly since taking office in January 2016. He served as Mayor of Rahway, New Jersey from 1991 through 2010, when he declined to seek a sixth term.

Joseph F. Vitale is an American Democratic Party politician, who has been serving in the New Jersey State Senate since 1998, where he represents the 19th Legislative District. He is also the former Mayor of Woodbridge Township, having been elected by the Township Council in July 2006 to fill a temporary vacancy, following the death of Mayor Frank Pelzman. Senator Vitale came to the Senate in 1998 filling a vacancy created when Jim McGreevey stepped down from his seat as part of his ultimately unsuccessful bid for election as Governor of New Jersey in 1997. Vitale attended John F. Kennedy Memorial High School in Woodbridge Township.

John Oliver Read is an American politician. He is a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from the 112th District, being first elected in 1992. Read previously served as a councilman and the City of Gautier's mayor. He became a member of the Republican Party in 2003, having previously been a Democrat. Read's current term ends in January 2028.

Kandie Diane Smith is a Democratic member of the North Carolina Senate, representing the 5th district. She was previously a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives and interim mayor of Greenville, North Carolina.

Keith Leonard Wagoner is an American politician currently serving in the Washington State Senate representing Washington's 39th legislative district, He previously served as mayor of Sedro-Woolley, Washington. He is a member of the Republican Party.

Dennis Kelly Seyarto is an American politician serving as the State Senator from the 32nd State Senatorial district. He also served as a member of the California State Assembly from the 67th district from 2020 until his election to the California State Senate in 2022. Seyarto is a former mayor of Murrieta, California.

Kelvin Lawrence is an American politician who has served in the Alabama House of Representatives from the 69th district since 2014. He previously served as the mayor of Hayneville, Alabama. He is a member of the Democratic Party.

Tyson Kawika Miyake is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Hawaii House of Representatives. He was nominated by Governor Josh Green to replace Troy Hashimoto. He was formerly the former chief of staff to Mayor of Maui Mike Victorino.

Kyle Moore is an American politician. He serves as a Republican member of the Illinois House of Representatives for District 99 since 2025. He was previously mayor of Quincy, Illinois. He is seeking a second term in the 2026 Illinois House of Representatives election.

Lauren Kuby is an American politician and sustainability scientist serving in the Arizona Senate for Arizona's 8th legislative district. She was previously a member and vice mayor of the Tempe City Council. At Arizona State University, she held roles focused on community outreach and sustainable development and has conducted research on the intersection of social and ecological issues.

Mamie Evelyn Locke is an American politician and educator. A Democrat, she was a member of the Hampton, Virginia city council 1996–2004, and mayor 2000–2004. Since 2004, she has been a member of the Senate of Virginia from the 2nd district. She currently represents parts of the cities of Hampton, Newport News and Portsmouth, plus part of York County. She is also a Professor of Political Science and was Dean of the School of Liberal Arts at Hampton University.

Mark Francis Gamba is an American politician in the U.S. state of Oregon who currently serves in the Oregon House of Representatives representing the 41st district in Milwaukie. Previously, Gamba served as mayor of Milwaukie.

Molly Cook is an American registered nurse and politician who is a member of the Texas Senate for the 15th district. A Democrat, she was elected in a May special election to fill the vacancy from John Whitmire resigning to become Mayor of Houston. Cook is openly bisexual, and her win in the May special election was the first time an openly LGBTQ+ person was elected to the Texas Senate. She is also the first woman to represent the 15th district of the Texas Senate.