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The 2022 Fargo mayoral election was held on June 14, 2022. Incumbent mayor Tim Mahoney was re-elected with 40 percent of the approval votes, and was approved of on 64 percent of all ballots.[1][2] This election was the first mayoral election held in Fargo, North Dakota, after the municipality voted to instate a ballot measure to use approval voting in the city in 2018.[3] It was the first city in the country to implement approval voting, and along with St. Louis, Missouri, is one of two cities to use the system in the United States.[4]

Results

2022 Fargo mayoral election
Candidate Votes %OB %OAV
Tim Mahoney 9,755 64.65% 40.63%
Arlette Preston 4,837 32.05% 20.20%
Shannon Roers Jones 3,741 24.79% 15.62%
Hukun Dabar 2,729 18.09% 11.39%
Michael E. Borgie 1,353 8.97% 5.65%
Sheri L. Fercho 924 6.12% 3.86%
Dustin Thomas Elliott 575 3.81% 2.40%
Write-ins 36 0.24% 0.15%
Total approval votes 23,950 100.00% 100.00%
Ballots cast 15,090 100.00% 100.00%
Source:[5]

References

  1. ^ Nygren, Renee (June 15, 2022). "Fargo and Cass County election results are in, Dr. Mahoney remains Fargo's Mayor". Valley News Live. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
  2. ^ "Fargo, ND Mayor". approval.vote. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
  3. ^ Gunderson, Dan (June 6, 2022). "Vote for everyone you like — Fargo tests approval voting". MPR News. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
  4. ^ Hamlin, Aaron. "The case for approval voting". Springer Link. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
  5. ^ "2022 Primary Election Abstract". Cass County, ND. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
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