2020 Macon mayoral election

2020 Macon County mayoral election
May 19, 2020 (primary)
August 11, 2020 (runoff)
 
Candidate Lester Miller Cliffard Whitby Blake Sullivan
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
First round 17,011
42.36%
11,015
27.43%
5,457
13.59%
Runoff 22,846
59.18%
15,756
40.82%
Eliminated

 
Candidate Larry Schlesinger Marc B. Whitfield
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
First round 4,769
11.88%
1,868
4.65%
Runoff Eliminated Eliminated

Mayor before election

Robert Reichert

Elected mayor

Lester Miller

The 2020 Macon mayoral election took place on Tuesday, May 19, 2020, with a runoff election held on Tuesday, August 11, 2020. Incumbent Mayor Robert Reichert, the first mayor following the consolidation of Macon and Bibb County, was term-limited and could not run for re-election. After no candidate received a majority of the vote in the election, a runoff election was held, and County School Board President Lester Miller defeated Clifford Whitby, the former Chairman of the Macon-Bibb County Industrial Authority.