2022 Tallahassee mayoral election explained

Election Name:2022 Tallahassee mayoral election
Flag Image:Flag of Tallahassee, Florida (2002–2020).svg
Type:presidential
Map Size:250px
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2018 Tallahassee mayoral election
Previous Year:2018
Next Election:2026 Tallahassee Mayoral Election
Next Year:2026
Election Date:August 23, 2022 (first round)
November 8, 2022 (second round)
Turnout:30.04% 2.72 pp (first round)
1Blank:First round
2Blank:Runoff
Image1:John_E._Dailey (cropped).jpg
Candidate1:John Dailey
1Data1:17,449
45.68%
2Data1:34,101
53.16%
Candidate2:Kristin Dozier
1Data2:17,602
46.08%
2Data2:30,044
46.84%
Image3:3x4.svg
Candidate3:Michael Ibrahim
1Data3:2,007
5.25%
2Data3:Eliminated
Mayor
Before Election:John Dailey
After Election:John Dailey
Party2:Nonpartisan
Party1:Nonpartisan
Party3:Nonpartisan

The 2022 Tallahassee mayoral election was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2022, to elect the Mayor of Tallahassee, Florida. The vote was held subsequently along with the other statewide elections.

As of April 2022, four candidates had filed to run for the mayoral seat including. The candidates were Kristin Dozier, Leon County Commissioner, incumbent Tallahassee mayor John E. Dailey seeking a second term, Whitfield Leland III and Michael Ibrahim.

A first-round primary took place on August 23, 2022, where no candidate received the majority of the vote, thus sparking a second-round runoff between Dailey and Dozier who both garnered most of votes in the August primary to become the main frontrunners in the runoff vote.[1]

Dailey won re-election for a second term.[2]

Background

Following the 2018 mayoral elections, Leon County Commissioner John E. Dailey was elected for the City Commission Seat 4, Mayor post.

Electoral system

All Tallahassee city commissioners, which include the Mayor of Tallahassee, Florida at Seat 4 are elected non-partisan for a four-year term through two-round system. If a candidate winning the most votes at the first round fails to garner enough to have a majority of 50% of the vote share, then a runoff election is held between two candidates who earned the most votes out of all other contestants in the first-round primary.[3]

Candidates

In order to appear on the ballot, candidates were required to file needed papers to the Leon County Supervisor of Elections with a contribution fee of $1,000 per Florida Statute or collect enough petition signatures (1% of registered constituent electorate) as an alternative, with a noon, May 16, 2022, deadline. The qualifying process took place at the Supervisor of Elections Office between noon June 13 and June 17, 2022.

Declared

CandidateAnnounced
Incumbent Mayor of Tallahassee since 2018
Leon County Board of Commissioners, District 3 (2006–2018)

(Website)
[4]
Leon County Board of Commissioners, District 5 (2010–present)March 3, 2022
(Website)
[5]
Entrepreneur
Owner of The Community Roundtable of Tallahassee 850 (2020–present)

(Website)
[6]
Owner of Tallahassee Tireport, Inc (2015–present)
Police Officer and Detective in the Ministry of Interior
under the Egyptian National Police (1981–2006)
April 4, 2022[7]

Results

Runoff

References

  1. Web site: Burlew . Jeff . Campaign cliffhanger: Kristin Dozier, John Dailey head to runoff after airtight mayor's race . 2022-08-24 . Tallahassee Democrat . en-US.
  2. Web site: John Dailey projected to earn reelection, defeats Kristin Dozier in Tallahassee mayoral election. www.wtxl.com. November 8, 2022. November 9, 2022.
  3. Web site: 2022 LEON COUNTY ELECTION INFORMATION SHEET. live. 2021-09-18. www.leonvotes.gov. https://web.archive.org/web/20201022204405/https://www.leonvotes.gov/Portals/Leon/Documents/Candidates/PDFs/2020/LeonSOE_RFLO.pdf . 2020-10-22 .
  4. Web site: Campaign Account Documents. live. 2021-09-18. www.leonvotes.gov. https://web.archive.org/web/20210918044806/https://www.leonvotes.gov/Portals/Leon/Documents/Candidates/PDFs/Filed%20Docs/2022/Dailey_631Set_2022.pdf?timestamp=1629202671 . 2021-09-18 .
  5. Web site: Burlew . Jeff . Leon County Commissioner Kristin Dozier launches challenge against Mayor John Dailey . 2022-04-04 . Tallahassee Democrat . en-US.
  6. Web site: Campaign Account Documents. live. 2021-09-18. www.leonvotes.gov. https://web.archive.org/web/20210918044805/https://www.leonvotes.gov/Portals/Leon/Documents/Candidates/PDFs/Filed%20Docs/2022/Leland%20III_628Set_2022.pdf?timestamp=1629202671 . 2021-09-18 .
  7. Web site: 2022-06-16 . Campaign Account Documents . 2022-08-10 . www.leonvotes.gov.