2022 Tallahassee mayoral election

2022 Tallahassee mayoral election

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Turnout30.04% Decrease 2.72 pp (first round)
 
Candidate John Dailey Kristin Dozier Michael Ibrahim
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
First round 17,449
45.68%
17,602
46.08%
2,007
5.25%
Runoff 34,101
53.16%
30,044
46.84%
Eliminated

Runoff results by precinct
Dailey:      50–60%      60–70%      70-80%
Dozier:      50–60%      60–70%      70-80%
No votes:      

Mayor before election

John Dailey

Elected mayor

John Dailey

The 2022 Tallahassee mayoral election was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2022, to elect the Mayor of Tallahassee, Florida. The vote was held subsequently along with the other statewide elections.

As of April 2022, four candidates had filed to run for the mayoral seat including. The candidates were Kristin Dozier, Leon County Commissioner, incumbent Tallahassee mayor John E. Dailey seeking a second term, Whitfield Leland III and Michael Ibrahim.

A first-round primary took place on August 23, 2022, where no candidate received the majority of the vote, thus sparking a second-round runoff between Dailey and Dozier who both garnered most of votes in the August primary to become the main frontrunners in the runoff vote.[1]

Dailey won re-election for a second term.[2]

  1. ^ Burlew, Jeff. "Campaign cliffhanger: Kristin Dozier, John Dailey head to runoff after airtight mayor's race". Tallahassee Democrat. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
  2. ^ "John Dailey projected to earn reelection, defeats Kristin Dozier in Tallahassee mayoral election". www.wtxl.com. November 8, 2022. Retrieved November 9, 2022.