2020 Stockton, California mayoral election

The 2020 Stockton, California mayoral election took place on March 3, 2020 with a runoff election held on November 3, 2020 to elect the mayor of Stockton, California. Despite a strong performance in the primary, incumbent Democrat Michael Tubbs was defeated by Republican Kevin Lincoln in the general election.

2020 Stockton mayoral election

March 3, 2020 (primary)
November 3, 2020 (runoff)
Turnout42.38% (primary)
75.13% (runoff)
 
Candidate Kevin Lincoln II Michael Tubbs Bill Smith
Party Republican Democratic Nonpartisan
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
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Popular vote 5,523 (primary) 2,773 (primary)
Percentage 10.5% (primary) 5.3% (primary)

Mayor before election

Michael Tubbs
Democratic

Elected Mayor

Kevin Lincoln II
Republican

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

Runoff

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

References

  1. Dickman, Cassie (March 4, 2020). "Tubbs and Lincoln to face off in general election for Stockton mayor". Recordnet.com.
  2. 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.
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