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Mayoral election in Corpus Christi, Texas (2022)

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2022 Corpus Christi elections
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Election dates
Filing deadline: August 22, 2022
General election: November 8, 2022
Election stats
Offices up: Mayor
Total seats up: 1(click here for other city elections)
Election type: Nonpartisan
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The city ofCorpus Christi, Texas, held a general election for mayor on November 8, 2022. The filing deadline for this election was August 22, 2022.

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Candidates and results

General election

General election for Mayor of Corpus Christi

IncumbentPaulette Guajardo defeatedJohn Wright in the general election for Mayor of Corpus Christi on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Paulette Guajardo (Nonpartisan)
 
72.7
 
53,674
John Wright (Nonpartisan)
 
27.3
 
20,203

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Total votes: 73,877
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Mayoral partisanship

See also:Partisanship in United States municipal elections (2022)

Twenty-four of the100 largest U.S. cities held mayoral elections in 2022. Once mayors elected in 2022 assumed office, Democrats held 63 top-100 mayoral offices, Republicans held 28, independents held three, and nonpartisan mayors held four. Two mayors' partisan affiliations were unknown.

The following top 100 cities saw a change in mayoral partisan affiliation in 2022:

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About the city

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Corpus Christi is a city inNueces County,Aransas County, andSan Patricio County,Texas. As of 2020, its population was 317,863.

City government

See also:Council-manager government

The city of Corpus Christi uses a council-manager system. In this form of municipal government, an elected city council—which includes the mayor and serves as the city's primary legislative body—appoints a chief executive called a city manager to oversee day-to-day municipal operations and implement the council's policy and legislative initiatives.[2]

Demographics

The following table displays demographic data provided by theUnited States Census Bureau.

Demographic Data for Corpus Christi, Texas
Corpus ChristiTexas
Population317,86329,145,505
Land area (sq mi)162261,267
Race and ethnicity**
White81.7%69.2%
Black/African American4%12.1%
Asian2.3%4.9%
Native American0.3%0.5%
Pacific Islander0.1%0.1%
Other (single race)2.3%6.2%
Multiple9.2%7%
Hispanic/Latino63.8%39.4%
Education
High school graduation rate84.1%84.4%
College graduation rate22%30.7%
Income
Median household income$57,387$63,826
Persons below poverty level16%14.2%
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau,"Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau,"American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2015-2020).
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the censushere.


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Footnotes

  1. ↑Lee was elected as a Democrat and switched parties in 2021.
  2. ↑Cite error: Invalid<ref> tag; no text was provided for refs namedgov
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