2024 Mesa mayoral election

2024 Mesa mayoral election

November 5, 2024
 
Candidate Mark Freeman Scott Smith
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Popular vote 100,718 89,740
Percentage 52.88% 47.12%

Mayor before election

John Giles
Republican

Elected mayor

Mark Freeman
Republican

The 2024 Mesa mayoral election was held on November 5, 2024, to elect the next mayor of Mesa, Arizona. Incumbent Republican mayor John Giles was term limited and could not run for re-election.

A primary election for candidates was held on July 30, 2024, from which city councilor Mark Freeman and former mayor Scott Smith advanced to a runoff, in which Freeman defeated Smith with 52.9 percent of the vote.