The length of a city mayoral election race

[Joe Washington]

How long does a mayoral election race in the city go on for? A year? Less than that?

 

[Alidar Jarok]

Depends on the city and how contested it was. Rahm Emanuel's race for Mayor of Chicago lasted about four months, iirc. But that's a non-partisan race (i.e., no primaries). The Philadelphia Mayoral race lasted nearly a year from when campaigning started to when the general election was held. But I'm sure even partisan races in smaller cities don't need so long of a campaign season.

 

[Joe Washington]

What about the city of Boston for example?

 

[Captain Ice]

I don't know about Boston, but the city of Phoenix just had a hotly contested race last year (previous mayor was term limited) and it took about 8 months.

 

[Canadave]

Yeah, it varies greatly depending on regional laws regarding municipal elections. Here, they're about a month long.

 

[Darth Duck]

The mayoral election where I am is in October, four candidates have already declared and one has dropped out. The incumbent hasn't declared yet, and it looks like he might finally be on the way out the door. (Yay!)

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

Depends on the city and how contested it was. Rahm Emanuel's race for Mayor of Chicago lasted about four months, iirc. But that's a non-partisan race (i.e., no primaries). The Philadelphia Mayoral race lasted nearly a year from when campaigning started to when the general election was held. But I'm sure even partisan races in smaller cities don't need so long of a campaign season.

When Daley was running, it was a wonder they bothered with an election at all.

 

[Alidar Jarok]

Well, that's probably partly why it's a non-partisan election. There's no point having a primary because Delay would win the Democratic primary (if opposed) and then win the general election.