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

Regina Romero Regina Romero (born 1974) is an American politician serving as the 42nd Mayor of Tucson, Arizona since 2019. In addition to being the Mayor of Tucson, Romero is the Chair of the Latino Alliance of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, Co-chair of Mayor ...

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

Hispanic The term Hispanic () are people, Spanish culture, cultures, or countries related to Spain, the Spanish language, or broadly. In some contexts, Hispanic and Latino Americans, especially within the United States, "Hispanic" is used as an Ethnici ...

mayor of the city since the Latino

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, 1831 ...

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.

References

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