| Election Name: | 2024 Wilmington mayoral election |
| Country: | Wilmington, Delaware |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2020 Wilmington mayoral election |
| Previous Year: | 2020 |
| Next Election: | 2028 Wilmington mayoral election |
| Next Year: | 2028 |
| Image1: | John C. Carney Jr. White House (cropped).jpg |
| Nominee1: | John Carney |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 24,191 |
| Percentage1: | 100.00% |
| Mayor | |
| Before Election: | Mike Purzycki |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | John Carney |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 2024 Wilmington mayoral election was held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, to elect the mayor of Wilmington, Delaware. Incumbent Democratic mayor Mike Purzycki was re-elected in 2020 in an unopposed general election, following a competitive primary. Purzycki announced on October 3, 2023, that he would not seek a third term in office.
Incumbent Democratic governor John Carney and former Delaware state and Wilmington city treasurer Velda Jones-Potter ran for the Democratic nomination. On September 10, 2024, Carney defeated Jones-Potter by 743 votes.
Since no other party registered a nominee, Carney won the election unnoposed. Carney is the first sitting governor ever to be elected a mayor.[1]