2019 Tucson mayoral election

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

2019 Tucson mayoral election

November 5, 2019

Candidate Regina Romero Edward Ackerley Party Democratic Independent Popular vote 47,273 33,673 Percentage 55.72% 39.69%

Mayor before election Jonathan Rothschild Democratic Elected Mayor Regina Romero Democratic

Nominations

Primaries were held August 27, 2019.[1] 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.[1]

Democratic primary

Candidates

• Steve Farley, Arizona state senator, former Arizona state representative
• Randi Dorman, developer[2]
• Regina Romero, Tucson city councilwoman[2]

Polls

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Ed Ackerley^A	Randi Dorman	Steve Farley	Regina Romero	Undecided
Arizona Daily Star/Strongpoint Opinion Research[2]	July 2019	1,693		10%	6%	31%	15%	36%

^ Not running in Democratic Primary

Results

Democratic primary results[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Regina Romero	24,592	50.17
	Democratic	Steve Farley	18,175	37.08
	Democratic	Randi Dorman	6,109	12.46
	Democratic	Write-in	137	0.28
Turnout			49,013

Green primary

Green primary results[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Mike Cease (write-in)	91	59.48
	Green	Other write-ins	62	40.52
Turnout			153

Libertarian primary

Libertarian primary results[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Write-in	104	100.00
Turnout			104

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.[3][4]

Republican primary results[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Write-in	4,828	100.00
Turnout			4,828

Independent candidates

• Ed Ackerley, co-owner of Ackerley Advertising[2][4][5]

Write-in

• Al Pesqueira (identified as Republican), unqualified write-in, withdrew from race[6][7]

General election

Regina Romero was elected the first-ever female mayor of Tucson,[8] and the first latinx mayor of the city since the Latino Estevan Ochoa was mayor from 1875 to 1876.[8]

This is the first time in over 30 years that Republicans have not run a candidate in an open-seat Tucson mayoral race.[3]

General election[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Regina Romero	47,273	55.72
	Independent	Edward Ackerley	33,673	39.69
	Green	Mike Cease	3,281	3.87
	Write-in	Write-ins	615	0.72
Turnout			84,842	100%

References

1. "City of Tucson Primary Election August 27, 2019 STATISTICS" (PDF). City of Tucson. 3 September 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
2. Ferguson, Joe (27 July 2019). "Poll: More than a third of voters undecided in race to be Tucson's next mayor". Tucson.com. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
3. "Political Notebook: Lack of Republican mayoral candidate linked to a more liberal Tucson, says local GOP". Arizona Daily Star. 30 May 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
4. Smith, Dylan (29 May 2019). "No Republicans running for Tucson mayor after filing deadline". Tucson Sentinel. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
5. Ferguson, Joe (28 August 2019). "Romero wins Democratic primary for Tucson mayor, will face independent Ackerley". Tucson.com. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
6. Smith, Dylan (20 September 2019). "There's a Republican running for Tucson mayor after all". Tucson Sentinel. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
7. Smith, Dylan (1 October 2019). "Republican write-in Pesqueira drops Tucson mayor bid, citing lack of support". Tucson Sentinel. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
8. Nuño-Pérez, Stephen; Gamboa, Suzanne (28 August 2019). "Regina Romero wins Democratic primary in Tucson, poised to be city's first woman, first Latina mayor". NBC News. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
9. "UNOFFICIAL RESULTS CITY OF TUCSON GENERAL AND SPECIAL ELECTION NOVEMBER 5, 2019" (PDF). Tucson, Arizona. 5 November 2019. Retrieved 6 November 2019.