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Elections are held inSyracuse, New York, to choosethe city's mayor. Currently, these elections are regularly scheduled to be held once every four years, with the elections taking place in theoff-year immediately afterUnited States presidential election years.

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2009 Syracuse mayoral election

← 2005 November 3, 2009 2013 →

Candidate Stephanie Miner Steve Kimatian Otis Jennings Party Democratic Republican Conservative Popular vote 11,237 8,783 2,313 Percentage 50.3% 39.3% 10.4%

Mayor before election Matt Driscoll Democratic Elected mayor Stephanie Miner Democratic

The2009 Syracuse mayoral election was held on November 3, 2009. Theincumbentmayor,DemocratMatt Driscoll, was term limited. DemocratStephanie Miner defeatedRepublican Steve Kimatian, 50%-39%, andConservative Party of New York candidate Otis Jennings finished a distant 3rd, with 10% of the vote.^[1] Miner became the city's first female leader.^[2]

• Alfonso Davis – Democratic political consultant
• Carmen Harlow – former Syracuse Department of Public Works deputy commissioner
• Stephanie Miner, Syracuse Common Councilor-at-Large^[3]
• Joe Nicoletti – business development consultant, formerNew York State Assemblyman and Syracuse Common Councilor

• Bethaida González, Syracuse Common Council President. Dropped out of race prior to primary.^[4]

• Otis Jennings
• Steve Kimatian, former general counsel toNewport Television, former regional vice-president ofClear Channel Television, former television personality with SyracuseABC-affiliateWSYR-TV

Steve Kiatian defeated Otis Jennings. Jennings had carried the endorsement of the local Republican Party organization.^[3]

• Otis Jennings, after receiving an overwhelming endorsement from the Syracuse Republican Party, Jennings lost in the September primary for the Republican nomination.^[3] Days after the primary, he decided to continue campaigning, and received the nomination from theConservative Party of New York.^[5]

The general election took place on November 3, 2009.

2013 Syracuse mayoral election

← 2009 November 5, 2013 2017 →

Candidate Stephanie Miner Ian Hunter Kevin Bott Party Democratic Conservative Green Popular vote 11,000 2,489 2,405 Percentage 68.13% 15.42% 14.90%

Mayor before election Stephanie Miner Democratic Elected mayor Stephanie Miner Democratic

The2013 Syracuse mayoral election was held on November 5, 2013, inSyracuse, New York. Theincumbentmayor,DemocratStephanie Miner, ran for re-election. She defeatedConservative candidate Ian Hunter andGreen Party candidate Kevin Bott, winning 68% of the vote.^[7][8] TheRepublican Party did not field a candidate in this election, the first time in over a century that a Syracuse mayor ran unopposed by a major party candidate.^[9]

• Stephanie Miner – incumbent mayor^[10]
• Alfonso Davis – political consultant and candidate in the2009 mayoral election^[11]
• Patrick Hogan – common councilor^[12]

• Ian Hunter – project manager

Hunter collected signatures to run on the Republican line but was kept off of the ballot by the efforts of the Onondaga Republican Party chairman.^[14]

• Kevin Bott – non-profit director^[15]

The general election took place on November 5, 2013.

2017 Syracuse mayoral election

← 2013 November 7, 2017 2021 →

Candidate Ben Walsh Juanita Perez Williams Party Independent Democratic Alliance Independence Reform Popular vote 13,584 9,701 Percentage 53.21% 38.00%

Results by ward Walsh:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70% Williams:     40–50%     60–70%     70–80%

Mayor before election Stephanie Miner Democratic Elected mayor Ben Walsh Independent

The2017 mayoral election inSyracuse, New York was held on November 7, 2017, and resulted in the election ofBen Walsh, anindependent, to his first term as mayor.^[17]

Incumbent mayorStephanie Miner, a member of theDemocratic Party, was first elected in2009 and was re-elected in2013, but wasterm limited in 2017.^[18][19] Syracuse last elected aRepublican Party mayor in 1997, and in the 2013 election Republicans did not field a candidate.^[20]

Five candidates appeared on the general election ballot:Green Party nomineeHowie Hawkins, who had run for office 20 times since 1991;Democratic Party nominee Juanita Perez Williams, the city's formercorporation counsel;Independence Party,Reform Party and Upstate Jobs Party nomineeBen Walsh, abusiness development director and the son ofU.S. RepresentativeJames T. Walsh; Republican nominee Laura Lavine, a former Lafayette School Districtsuperintendent; andWorking Families Party nomineeJoe Nicoletti, who remained on the Working Families party line after unsuccessfully seeking the Democratic nomination and did not campaign.^{[20][22][23][24][25][26]} City auditor Martin Masterpole also sought the Democratic nomination.^[27]

2021 Syracuse mayoral election

← 2017 November 2, 2021 2025 →

Candidate Ben Walsh Khalid Bey Janet Burman Party Independent Democratic Republican Alliance Independence Conservative Popular vote 10,987 4,923 2,144 Percentage 61% 27% 11.84%

Results by ward Walsh:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80% Bey:     50–60%     60–70%

Mayor before election Ben Walsh Independent Elected mayor Ben Walsh Independent

TheSyracuse mayoral election of 2021 was held November 2, 2021. IncumbentIndependent mayorBen Walsh was seeking re-election to a second term in office.^[29] The local committees of the Democratic, Republican, Conservative, and Working Families parties each endorsed a candidate, however the candidates who did not receive their party's endorsement could force a primary if they wished.^[30][31][32]

In 2017, incumbentDemocratic mayorStephanie Miner wasterm limited and could not seek reelection.Ben Walsh won the race to succeed her, defeating Democrat Juanita Perez Williams.^[33] Walsh comes from a family ofRepublican politicians. He is the son ofJim Walsh, former U.S. Representative fromNew York's 25th congressional district, and the grandson ofWilliam Walsh, former U.S. representative fromNew York's 33rd congressional district and former Mayor of Syracuse.^[34] However, Walsh himself is registered as anIndependent, and was the first Independent elected mayor of Syracuse in 104 years.^[33] Walsh ran on threeballot lines:Independence,Reform, and a new line that he created for himself, Upstate Jobs. When Walsh confirmed that he would seek re-election, he did not clarify which lines he would campaign under.^[29]

Walsh sought the endorsement of theWorking Families Party, one of four parties that surpassed the threshold for automatic ballot access in the 2020 presidential election (the other three are the Democratic Party, the Republican Party, and theConservative Party), but did not receive it.^[32][35][36] He has received the nomination of the Independence Party, but will need to collect 1,500 signatures in order to ensure that the Independence line will be on the 2021 ballot.^[37][38] On May 25, 2021, Walsh submitted 2,538 signatures to create a dedicated party ballot line.^[39]

TheOnondaga County Democratic Committee endorsed Greene on February 17, 2021. 58% of the committee's members voted for Greene, while 42% voted for Bey. However, Bey chose to continue his candidacy and force a primary.^[40][41][42]

• Khalid Bey,President pro tempore of theSyracuse common council^[43][44]
• Michael Greene,at-large common councilor(endorsed by committee)^[45][40][41]

• Yusuf Abdul-Qadir, director of theNew York Civil Liberties Union^[45]
• Latoya Allen, common councillor(endorsed Bey)^[46][47]
• Patrick Hogan, common councillor(endorsed Bey)^[46][48]
• Marty Masterpole, Onondaga CountyComptroller, former Syracuse City Auditor, and candidate for mayor in2017^[45][49]
• Tim Rudd, director of the Syracuse Office of Management and Budget and formerat-large common councillor^[45][50]

The Syracuse Republican Committee endorsed Burman as its mayoral candidate on January 21.^[30] However, despite receiving her party's endorsement, Burman did not officially declare her candidacy until March 10. Babilon entered the race on March 1, declaring his intent to force a primary against Burman. The primary was held on June 22.^[52][53]

• Thomas Babilon, attorney, former member of the Syracusecorporation counsel, and Libertarian candidate for theSyracuse common council in 2019^[52]
• Janet Burman, economist, former chair of the Syracuse Republican Committee and theOnondaga County Republican Party, and nominee forDistrict 53 of theNew York Senate in2018(endorsed by committee)^[30][31][53]

• Ben Walsh, incumbent mayor^[a][37]

The Conservative Party endorsed Burman as its mayoral candidate.^[52]

• Janet Burman, economist, former chair of the Syracuse Republican Committee and theOnondaga County Republican Party, and nominee forDistrict 53 of theNew York Senate in2018^{[b][30][31][52]}

The Independence Party endorsed Walsh as its mayoral candidate on February 24. Because the party lost automaticballot access in the2020 presidential election, On May 25, 2021, Walsh submitted 2,538 signatures to create a dedicated party ballot line.^[39]

• Ben Walsh, incumbent mayor^[a][37]

The Syracuse Working Families Committee chose not to endorse any candidate in the mayoral election, meaning that its ballot line would go unfilled.^[36]

• None^[36]

• Khalid Bey,President pro tempore of theSyracuse common council^{[c][43][44][32][45]}
• Michael Greene,at-large common councillor^[c][45][32]
• Ben Walsh, incumbent mayor^[a][29][32]

• Michael Greene (D) for Mayor
• Ben Walsh (I) for Mayor

2025 Syracuse mayoral election

← 2021 November 4, 2025 2029 →

Candidate Sharon Owens Thomas Babilon Party Democratic Republican

Incumbent Mayor Ben Walsh Independent

The2025 Syracuse mayoral election will be held on November 4, 2025, to elect themayor ofSyracuse, New York. Incumbent mayorBen Walsh is term limited and cannot run for re-election to a third term in office.^[56] A Democratic primary was held on June 24.^[57] Syracuse's Deputy Mayor Sharon Owens won the nomination, receiving 62% of the vote. Syracuse Common Councilor Pat Hogan received 23%, and Syracuse Common Councilor Chol Majok received 15%. Republican candidate attorney and candidate for mayor in2021 Thomas Babilon also won the Republican primary by default after his primary challenger former Democratic at-large common councilor Tim Rudd dropped out of the primary to run as an independent candidate.

• Sharon Owens, deputy mayor^[58]
• Patrick Hogan, common councilor and candidate for mayor in2013^[59]
• Chol Majok, common councilor^[60]

• Alfonso Davis, political consultant and perennial candidate^[57]
• Jimmy Oliver, Syracuse Police Engagement Officer^[57]

• Tim Rudd, former at-large common councilor(running as an independent)^[61]

• Thomas Babilon, attorney and candidate for mayor in2021^[69]

• Tim Rudd, former Democratic at-large common councilor^[70](running as an independent)^[71]

• Alfonso Davis, Syracuse Common Councilor^[72]
• Tim Rudd, former Democratic at-large common councilor^[71]

Official campaign websites

• Thomas Babilon (R) for mayor
• Sharon Owens (D) for Mayor
• Tim Rudd (I) for Mayor

• Mayoral elections in Syracuse, New York

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