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2020 Stockton, California, mayoral election

←  2016 March 3, 2020 (primary)
November 3, 2020 (runoff)
2024 →
Turnout42.38% (primary)
75.13% (runoff)
 
Candidate Kevin Lincoln Michael Tubbs Bill Smith
Popular vote 10,927 (primary)
57,276 (runoff)
21,016 (primary)
44,206 (runoff)
5,679 (primary)
Percentage 20.7% (primary)
56.4% (runoff)
39.9% (primary)
43.6% (runoff)
10.8% (primary)
 
Candidate Motec P. Sanchez Shoua Lo
Popular vote 5,523 (primary) 2,773 (primary)
Percentage 10.5% (primary) 5.3% (primary)

Mayor before election

Michael Tubbs

Elected Mayor

Kevin Lincoln

Stockton, California, held an election for mayor on March 3, 2020 with a runoff election held on November 3, 2020. Despite a strong performance in the primary, incumbent Democrat Michael Tubbs was defeated by Republican Kevin Lincoln in the general election.

Municipal elections in California are officially nonpartisan; candidates' party affiliations do not appear on the ballot.

Candidates

Declared

  • Shelly Hollis, business owner and filmmaker. [1]
  • Andrew Lee Johnson, business owner. [1]
  • Kevin Lincoln, candidate for State Assembly in 2016. [2] (Party preference: Republican)
  • Shoua Lo, environmentalist and chemical engineer. [3]
  • Motec Patrick Sanchez, community advocate and USMC veteran. [4]
  • Bill Smith, project manager. [5]
  • Michael Tubbs, incumbent mayor and former city council member. [2] (Party preference: Democratic)
  • Ralph Lee White, former city council member and candidate for mayor in 2012. [6]

Results

First round

2020 Stockton mayoral election [7]
Candidate Votes %
Michael Tubbs ( incumbent) 21,016 39.90%
Kevin Lincoln 10,927 20.74%
Bill Smith 5,679 10.78%
Motec Patrick Sanchez 5,523 10.49%
Shoua Lo 2,773 5.26%
Ralph Lee White 2,179 4.14%
Shelly Hollis 1,698 3.22%
Andrew Lee Johnson 674 1.28%
Total votes 52,674 100.00%

Runoff

2020 Stockton mayoral runoff election [8]
Candidate Votes %
Kevin Lincoln 57,276 56.44%
Michael Tubbs ( incumbent) 44,206 43.56%
Total votes 101,482 100.00%

References

  1. ^ a b Dickman, Cassie (March 4, 2020). "Tubbs and Lincoln to face off in general election for Stockton mayor". Recordnet.com.
  2. ^ a b Ibarra, Rich (October 26, 2020). "Stockton Mayor Micheal Tubbs Faces Political Newcomer Kevin Lincoln In Runoff".
  3. ^ "Primary answers: Shoua Lo, Mayor of Stockton". Recordnet.com. March 1, 2020.
  4. ^ "Primary answers: Motec Patrick Sanchez, mayor of Stockton". Recordnet.com. February 25, 2020.
  5. ^ "Primary answers: Bill Smith, mayor of Stockton". Recordnet.com. February 25, 2020.
  6. ^ Phillips, Roger (June 4, 2019). "Ralph Lee White, who is planning town hall on violence, says he's running for mayor". Recordnet.com.
  7. ^ "Statement of Votes Cast". San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors. April 5, 2020.
  8. ^ "Final Official Results Cumulative Report". County of San Joaquin. December 3, 2020.