2022 Fargo mayoral election

2022 Fargo mayoral election

June 14, 2022 Officially non-partisan

Candidate Tim Mahoney Arlette Preston Shannon Roers Jones Popular vote 9,755 4,837 3,741 %OAV 40.63% 20.20% 15.62% %OB 64.65% 32.05% 24.79%   Candidate Hukun Dabar Michael E. Borgie Sheri L. Fercho Popular vote 2,729 1,353 924 %OAV 11.39% 5.65% 3.86% %OB 18.09% 8.97% 6.12%

Precinct results Mahoney:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      90–100% Dabar:      40–50% Tie:      50%

Mayor before election Tim Mahoney Elected mayor Tim Mahoney

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.