2022 Fargo mayoral election

2022 Fargo mayoral election
← 2017 June 14, 2022
Officially non-partisan
2027 →
 
Candidate Tim Mahoney Arlette Preston Shannon Roers Jones
Popular vote 9,755 4,837 3,741
%OAV 40.63% 20.20% 15.62%
%OB 64.65% 32.05% 24.79%

 
Candidate Hukun Dabar Michael E. Borgie Sheri L. Fercho
Popular vote 2,729 1,353 924
%OAV 11.39% 5.65% 3.86%
%OB 18.09% 8.97% 6.12%

Precinct results
Mahoney:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      90–100%
Dabar:      40–50%
Tie:      50%

Mayor before election

Tim Mahoney

Elected mayor

Tim Mahoney

The 2022 Fargo mayoral election was held on June 14, 2022. Incumbent mayor Tim Mahoney was re-elected with 40 percent of the approval votes, and was approved of on 64 percent of all ballots.[1][2] This election was the first mayoral election held in Fargo, North Dakota, after the municipality voted to instate a ballot measure to use approval voting in the city in 2018.[3] It was the first city in the country to implement approval voting, and along with St. Louis, Missouri, is one of two cities to use the system in the United States.[4]

  1. ^ Nygren, Renee (June 15, 2022). "Fargo and Cass County election results are in, Dr. Mahoney remains Fargo's Mayor". Valley News Live. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
  2. ^ "Fargo, ND Mayor". approval.vote. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
  3. ^ Gunderson, Dan (June 6, 2022). "Vote for everyone you like — Fargo tests approval voting". MPR News. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
  4. ^ Hamlin, Aaron. "The case for approval voting". Springer Link. Retrieved June 19, 2024.