2024 Mesa mayoral election

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Candidate	Mark Freeman	Scott Smith
Party	Nonpartisan	Nonpartisan
Popular vote	100,718	89,740
Percentage	52.88%	47.12%

Mayor before election

John Giles
Republican

Elected mayor

Mark Freeman
Republican

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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]

Candidates

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Advanced to runoff

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Mark Freeman, city councilor from the 1st district (2016–present)^[7]
Scott Smith, former mayor (2008–2014) and former CEO of Valley Metro^[7]

Eliminated in primary

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R. Carey Davis, former mayor of San Bernardino, California (2014–2018)^[7]
Scott Neely, concrete pumping contractor and candidate for Governor of Arizona in 2022^[7]
Ryan Winkle, former city councilor from the 3rd district (2016–2017)^[8]

Results

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Primary election

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2024 Mesa mayoral election^[9]
Candidate	Votes	%
Scott Smith	21,633	29.08
Mark Freeman	21,312	28.65
Ryan Winkle	10,964	14.74
Scott Neely	10,353	13.92
R. Carey Davis	9,909	13.32
Write-in	220	0.30
Total votes	74,391	100.00

Runoff election

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2024 Mesa mayoral runoff election
Candidate	Votes	%
Mark Freeman	100,719	52.9%
Scott Smith	89,740	47.1%
Total votes	190,458	100%

References

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^ "City elections in Mesa, Arizona (2024)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved March 29, 2024.
^ "Mesa's mayor gives last State of the City before term limits force him out". KJZZ. February 15, 2024. Retrieved March 29, 2024.
^ "City of Mesa Calls Primary Election".
^ "City elections in Mesa, Arizona (2024)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved March 29, 2024.
^ "Mesa mayor, Council District 1 races appear heading to run-off". The Mesa Tribune. July 31, 2024. Retrieved July 31, 2024.
^ Koch, Mitchell (November 12, 2024). "Mark Freeman elected next mayor of Mesa". KTVK. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Shumaker, Scott (April 9, 2024). "Mesa Primary: 5 for mayor, 3 council battles". Mesa Tribune. Retrieved April 12, 2024.
^ "Ryan Winkle runs for Mesa mayor after being kicked off its council in 2017".
^ "Maricopa County July 30, 2024 Primary Election | Mesa Official Results". mesaaz.gov. Retrieved August 21, 2024.

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