The 2019 Tucson mayoral election was held on November 5, 2019. It saw the election of

Regina Romero Regina Romero (born September 20, 1974) is an American politician. She is mayor of Tucson, Arizona, having been elected after previously serving on the city council. She is the first woman and first person of Mexican descent to hold the office s ...

Nominations

Primaries were held August 27, 2019. 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.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Steve Farley Steve Farley (born December 24, 1962) is an American politician, artist, and graphic designer who previously served as a State Senator from Arizona, including serving in the capacity of assistant minority leader. He also served previously in the ...

, Arizona state senator, former Arizona state representative *Randi Dorman, developer *

, Tucson city councilwoman

Polls

Not running in Democratic Primary

Results

Green primary

Libertarian primary

Republican primary

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.

Independent candidates

*Ed Ackerley, co-owner of Ackerley Advertising

Write-in

*Al Pesqueira (identified as Republican), unqualified write-in, withdrew from race

General election

Regina Romero was elected the first-ever female mayor of Tucson, and the first

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mayor of the city since the

Latino Latino or Latinos most often refers to: * Latino (demonym), a term used in the United States for people with cultural ties to Latin America * Hispanic and Latino Americans in the United States * The people or cultures of Latin America; ** Latin A ...

Estevan Ochoa Estevan Ochoa (March 17, 1831 – October 27, 1888) was a Mexican-born American businessman and politician who participated in the creation of the Arizona Territory. Biography Ochoa was born to Jesus Ochoa in Chihuahua, Mexico on March 17, 183 ...

was mayor from 1875 to 1876. This is the first time in over 30 years that Republicans have not run a candidate in an open-seat Tucson mayoral race.

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