Elections are held in Riverside, California to elect the city's mayor . Currently, such elections are nonpartisan and are regularly scheduled to elect mayors to four-year terms.
Elections before 1997
1997 The 1997 Riverside, California mayoral election was held on November 4, 1997, to elect the mayor of Riverside, California . It saw the reelection of Ronald O. Loveridge .
Candidates Terry Frizzel , businesswoman and former mayor of Riverside (1990–1994)[1] [2] Gary R. Supek, quality analyst[1]
Ronald O. Loveridge , incumbent mayor and college teacher[1] Steven Portillo Torres, "politicalist", speaker, and collegiate[1] Results
1997 Riverside mayoral election results[1]
Candidate
Votes
%
Ron Loveridge (incumbent)
14,331
56.80
Teresa "Terry" Frizzel
5,680
22.51
Steven Portillo Torres
706
2.80
Gary R. Huspek
643
2.55
Total votes
25,229
100
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2001 The 2001 Riverside, California mayoral election was held on November 6, 2001, to elect the mayor of Riverside, California . It saw the reelection of Ronald O. Loveridge to a third term.
Candidates Sam Cardelucci, owner of National Environmental Waste Co.[2]
Ronald O. Loveridge , incumbent mayor and college teacher[3] Letitia Pepper, attorney and teacher[3]
Peter G. Weber, manufacturing manager[3] Results
2001 Riverside mayoral election results[3]
Candidate
Votes
%
Ron Loveridge (incumbent)
14,560
55.23
Samuel D. "Sam" Cardelucci
5,625
21.34
Letitia Pepper
4,843
18.37
Peter G. Weber
1,336
5.07
Total votes
26,364
100
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2005 The 2005 Riverside, California mayoral election was held on November 8, 2005, to elect the mayor of Riverside, California . It saw the reelection of Ronald O. Loveridge to a fourth term.
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2009 The 2009 Riverside, California mayoral election was held on November 3, 2009, to elect the mayor of Riverside, California . It saw the reelection of Ronald O. Loveridge to a fifth term.
Results
2009 Riverside mayoral election results[5]
Candidate
Votes
%
Ron Loveridge (incumbent)
14,387
67.74%
Art Gage
6,421
30.23%
Total votes
21,240
100%
Voter turnout
18.97%
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2012 The 2012 Riverside, California mayoral election was held on April 9, 2012, and June 5, 2012, and November 6, 2012, to elect the mayor of Riverside, California . It saw the election of Rusty Bailey .
Incumbent mayor Ronald Loveridge opted against running for a sixth term.[8]
Results First round
2012 Riverside mayoral election first round results[6]
Candidate
Votes
%
Rusty Bailey
10,112
30.63
Ed Adkison
8,345
25.28
Mike Gardner
5,144
15.58
Andy Melendrez
4,461
13.51
Dvonne M. Pitruzzello
1,138
3.45
Aurora Chavez
1,122
3.40
Peter Benavidez
668
2.02
Total votes
33,017
100
Voter turnout
27.57%
Runoff
2012 Riverside mayoral election runoff results[7]
Candidate
Votes
%
Rusty Bailey
47,098
58.16
Ed Adkison
33,889
41.84
Total votes
80,987
100
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2016 The 2016 Riverside, California mayoral election was held on June 7, 2016, to elect the mayor of Riverside, California . It saw the reelection of Rusty Bailey .
Because Bailey won a majority in the initial round of the election, no runoff was needed.
Results
2016 Riverside mayoral election results[9]
Candidate
Votes
%
Rusty Bailey (incumbent)
33,033
59.42%
Paul Davis
7,994
14.38%
Nancy Melendez
5,151
9.27%
Vivian Moreno
2,719
4.89%
Patrick Benedict "Babatúndé" Small
2,262
4.07%
Sally Martinez
705
1.27%
Total votes
55,597
100%
Voter turnout
44.99%
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2020 The 2020 Riverside, California mayoral election was held on March 3, 2020, to elect the mayor of Riverside, California . It saw the election of Patricia Lock Dawson .
Results First round
2020 Riverside mayoral election first round results [10]
Candidate
Votes
%
Andy Melendrez
23,788
43.47
Patricia Lock Dawson
19,572
35.76
Rich Gardner
6,530
11.93
Guy A. Harrell
2,910
5.32
Phil Long Tran "JD" Denilofs
1,253
2.29
Acea D. Stapler
676
1.24
Total votes
54,729
100
Voter turnout
38.23%
Runoff
2020 Riverside mayoral election runoff results[11]
Candidate
Votes
%
Patricia Lock Dawson
67,779
58.78
Andy Melendrez
47,529
41.22
Total votes
115,308
100
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2024 The 2024 Riverside, California mayoral election was held on March 3, 2024, to elect the mayor of Riverside, California . Incumbent mayor, Patricia Lock Dawson , secured a second term as mayor.
It was the first Mayoral election since the election of Ronald O. Loveridge 's fifth term as mayor in the 2009 Mayoral Election to not only have only two candidates on the ballot.
It was also the first election since 2016 to not progress to a runoff election[12]
Candidates Results
2024 Riverside mayoral election[14]
Candidate
Votes
%
Patricia Lock Dawson (incumbent)
31,833
77.62
Jessica Qattawi
9,176
22.38
Total votes
41,009
100
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