| Election Name: | 2011 Baltimore mayoral election |
| Country: | Maryland |
| Flag Image: | Flag of Baltimore, Maryland.svg |
| Type: | mayoral |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2007 Baltimore mayoral election |
| Previous Year: | 2007 |
| Next Election: | 2016 Baltimore mayoral election |
| Next Year: | 2016 |
| Image1: | Stephanie Rawlings-Blake (6165655851) (1).jpg |
| Candidate1: | Stephanie Rawlings-Blake |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 40,125 |
| Percentage1: | 84.47% |
| Candidate2: | Alfred V. Griffin |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 6,108 |
| Percentage2: | 12.86% |
| Mayor | |
| Before Election: | Stephanie Rawlings-Blake Sheila Dixon convicted, 2009 |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Stephanie Rawlings-Blake |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 2011 Baltimore mayoral election was held on November 8, 2011. Because Baltimore's electorate is overwhelmingly Democratic, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's victory in the Democratic primary on September 13, 2011 all but assured her of victory in the general election.
, this was the last time the Republican candidate finished second in the general election.
Sheila Dixon, the winner of the previous mayoral election, was forced from office following a 2010 conviction.[1] Therefore, city council president Stephanie Rawlings-Blake became mayor for the final year of what had been Dixon's term, and subsequently ran for election to a full term. Other candidates for the Democratic nomination included state senator Catherine Pugh; Otis Rolley, a former administrator in city government, Frank M. Conaway Sr., the only person, other than Rawlings-Blake, in the race to have won a citywide election, and former councilman Jody Landers
These are the results for the 2011 Democratic primary, as reported on the City of Baltimore's official website.[2]
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stephanie Rawlings-Blake | 38,829 | 52.15% | |
| 18,797 | 25.24% | ||
| 9,415 | 12.64% | ||
| Joseph T. Landers | 5,089 | 6.83% | |
| Frank M. Conaway Sr. | 2,095 | 2.81% | |
| Wilton Lloyd Wilson | 235 | 0.32% |
The General Election was held on November 8, 2011. The results were as follows:
All other Baltimore city officers were also up for election simultaneously with the mayor, including the fourteen members of the Baltimore City Council (elected from single-member districts) and the City Council President and City Comptroller (both elected citywide). Incumbent comptroller Joan Pratt ran unopposed in both the Democratic primary and the general election.