2015 Memphis mayoral election

2015 Memphis mayoral election

← 2011 October 8, 2015
Officially nonpartisan
2019 →
Turnout28.0% Increase[1] 10.0 pp
 
Candidate Jim Strickland A C Wharton
Party Democratic Democratic
Popular vote 42,020 22,490
Percentage 41.41% 21.97%

 
Candidate Harold B. Collins Mike Williams
Party Democratic Democratic
Popular vote 18,767 16,388
Percentage 18.49% 16.15%

Results by precinct
Strickland:      20–30%      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Wharton:      20–30%      30–40%      40–50%
Collins:      20–30%      30–40%      40–50%
Williams:      20–30%      30–40%      >90%
     No votes

Mayor before election

A C Wharton
Democratic

Elected mayor

Jim Strickland
Democratic

The 2015 Memphis mayoral election took place on October 8, 2015, to elect the next mayor of Memphis, Tennessee. Incumbent Democratic Mayor A C Wharton ran for re-election to a second full term in office.[2][3] He was defeated by Memphis City Councilman Jim Strickland, a fellow Democrat, who earned a plurality of the vote and became the first White mayor of Memphis in more than two decades.

The election was officially non-partisan, but each candidate was affiliated with a political party. The mayoral election coincided with elections for the thirteen seats on the Memphis City Council. Due to the 1991 ruling of U.S. District Judge Jerome Turner, there is no runoff allowed in citywide elections.

  1. ^ "Turnout | Shelby County Election Commission, TN". www.electionsshelbytn.gov. Retrieved January 17, 2024.
  2. ^ "Wharton to Run for Re-election". MyFoxMemphis. August 29, 2012. Archived from the original on December 19, 2014. Retrieved December 19, 2014.
  3. ^ Greg Coy (November 18, 2014). "Wharton Raising Funds For Re-Election Bid". MyFoxMemphis. Archived from the original on December 19, 2014. Retrieved December 19, 2014.