2019 Des Moines mayoral election

2019 Des Moines mayoral election

November 5, 2019 (first round)
December 3, 2019 (runoff)
 
Candidate Frank Cownie Jack Hatch
Party Democratic Democratic
First round 10,751
43.40%
10,569
42.67%
Runoff 10,312
50.58%
10,023
49.16%

 
Candidate Chase E. Holm Joe Grandanette
Party Republican Republican
First round 2,054
8.29%
1,336
5.39%

Mayor before election

Frank Cownie
Democratic

Elected mayor

Frank Cownie
Democratic

The 2019 Des Moines mayoral election had an initial round held on November 5, 2019, with a runoff scheduled for December 3 to elect the mayor of Des Moines, Iowa. It saw the reelection of incumbent mayor Frank Cownie.

Cownie's margin of victory in the runoff was narrower than the margin of victory in any of his previous mayoral elections.