Election Name: | 2024 Mesa mayoral election |
Flag Image: | Flag of Mesa, Arizona.svg |
Type: | mayoral |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2020 Mesa mayoral election |
Previous Year: | 2020 |
Next Election: | 2028 Mesa mayoral election |
Next Year: | 2028 |
Election Date: | November 5, 2024 |
Image1: | Mark Freeman Feb2020 (cropped).jpg |
Candidate1: | Mark Freeman |
Party1: | Nonpartisan politician |
Popular Vote1: | 100,718 |
Percentage1: | 52.88% |
Candidate2: | Scott Smith |
Party2: | Nonpartisan politician |
Popular Vote2: | 89,740 |
Percentage2: | 47.12% |
Mayor | |
Before Election: | John Giles |
Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
After Election: | Mark Freeman |
After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
The 2024 Mesa mayoral election was held on November 5, 2024, to elect the next mayor of Mesa, Arizona.[1] Incumbent Republican mayor John Giles will be term limited and can not run for re-election.[2]
A primary election for candidates were held on July 30, 2024,[3] [4] from which city councilor Mark Freeman and former mayor Scott Smith advanced to a runoff,[5] in which Freeman defeated Smith with 52.9 percent of the vote.[6]