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2019 Madison mayoral election
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← 2015 February 19, 2019 (primary)[1]
April 2, 2019 (general)[1]
2023 →
 
Candidate Satya Rhodes-Conway Paul Soglin
Party nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Popular vote 47,915 29,150
Percentage 61.9% 37.7%

Mayor before election

Paul Soglin
Democratic

Elected mayor

Satya Rhodes-Conway
Democratic

The 2019 Madison mayoral election was held February 19 and April 2, 2019 to elect the mayor of Madison, Wisconsin. It saw the election of Satya Rhodes-Conway, who unseated incumbent mayor Paul Soglin. Conway became the second woman and the first openly-gay individual elected mayor in the city's history.[2][3]

The election was nonpartisan.

Candidates

  • Maurice "Mo" Cheeks, 10th district member of the Madison Common Council since 2013 and Vice President of Business Development at MIOsoft[4]
  • Satya Rhodes-Conway, former 12th district member of the Madison Common Council
  • Nick Hart
  • Raj Shukla
  • Paul Soglin, incumbent mayor


Results

Primary

Primary results[5]
Candidate Votes %
Paul R. Soglin (incumbent) 10,771 28.6
Satya Rhodes-Conway 10,448 27.7
Mo Cheeks 8,801 23.3
Raj Shukla 6,954 18.4
Nick Hart 386 1.0
Write-ins 346 0.9
Total votes 37,706

General election

General election results[6]
Candidate Votes %
Satya Rhodes-Conway 47,915 61.9
Paul R. Soglin (incumbent) 29,150 37.7
Write-ins 311 0.4
Total votes 77,376

References

  1. ^ a b "Past Elections". Dane County Clerk's Office. Retrieved November 8, 2019.
  2. ^ "Rhodes-Conway ousts longtime Madison Mayor Soglin". Star Tribune. Associated Press. April 2, 2019. Archived from the original on April 2, 2019. Retrieved April 9, 2019 – via Journal Times.
  3. ^ Mosiman, Dean (April 3, 2019). "Satya Rhodes-Conway trounces Paul Soglin to become Madison's mayor". Wisconsin State Journal. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
  4. ^ "Madison Alder Mo Cheeks running for mayor". Channel 3000. July 12, 2018. Retrieved November 8, 2019.
  5. ^ "2019 Spring Primary". Dane County Clerk's Office. Retrieved November 8, 2019.
  6. ^ "2019 Spring Election". Dane County Clerk's Office. Retrieved November 8, 2019.