Kate Gallego

Kate Gallego

Mayor of Phoenix

Tenure

2019 - Present

Term ends

2025

Years in position

5

Predecessor

Thelda Williams

Prior offices

Phoenix City Council District 8

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Elections and appointments

Last elected

November 3, 2020

Education

Bachelor's

Harvard University

Graduate

University of Pennsylvania

Contact

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Kate Gallego is the Mayor of Phoenix in Arizona. She assumed office on March 21, 2019. Her current term ends on April 21, 2025.

Gallego ran for re-election for Mayor of Phoenix in Arizona. She won in the general election on November 3, 2020.

Mayoral elections in Phoenix are nonpartisan. Gallego is affiliated with the Democratic Party.

Gallego was the District 8 representative on the Phoenix City Council from 2013 to 2018. She resigned effective August 7, 2018, to run for mayor of Phoenix.

Biography

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Gallego obtained a B.S. in environmental studies from Harvard University and an M.B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania. Her professional experience includes working for the Strategic Planning and Economic Development for Salt River Project. Gallego was the District 8 representative on the Phoenix City Council in Arizona from 2013 to 2018.

Elections

2020

See also: Mayoral election in Phoenix, Arizona (2020)

General election

General election for Mayor of Phoenix

Incumbent Kate Gallego defeated Merissa Hamilton, Tim Seay, Joshua Carmona, and Juan Schoville in the general election for Mayor of Phoenix on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kate Gallego (Nonpartisan)	60.7	349,959
		Merissa Hamilton (Nonpartisan)	26.4	152,172
		Tim Seay (Nonpartisan)	12.5	72,280
		Joshua Carmona (Nonpartisan) (Write-in)	0.1	689
		Juan Schoville (Nonpartisan) (Write-in)	0.0	29
		Other/Write-in votes	0.3	1,451

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 576,580
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2018

See also: Mayoral election in Phoenix, Arizona (2018)

General runoff election

Special general runoff election for Mayor of Phoenix

Kate Gallego defeated Daniel Valenzuela in the special general runoff election for Mayor of Phoenix on March 12, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kate Gallego (Nonpartisan)	58.6	92,816
		Daniel Valenzuela (Nonpartisan)	41.4	65,624

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 158,440
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General election

Special general election for Mayor of Phoenix

Kate Gallego and Daniel Valenzuela advanced to a runoff. They defeated Moses Sanchez and Nicholas Sarwark in the special general election for Mayor of Phoenix on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kate Gallego (Nonpartisan)	44.6	171,035
✔		Daniel Valenzuela (Nonpartisan)	26.3	100,998
		Moses Sanchez (Nonpartisan)	18.6	71,121
		Nicholas Sarwark (Nonpartisan)	10.5	40,218

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 383,372
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Tim Seay (Nonpartisan)

2017

See also: Municipal elections in Phoenix, Arizona (2017)

Incumbent Kate Gallego ran unopposed in the general election for the District 8 seat on the Phoenix City Council.

Phoenix City Council, District 8 General Election, 2017
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Kate Gallego Incumbent (unopposed)	100.00%	7,009
Total Votes		7,009
Source: City of Phoenix, "Election Results," September 6, 2017

Campaign themes

2020

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2016 Democratic National Convention

• Delegate to the 2016 DNC (click to expand)

  See also: Democratic National Convention, 2016

  Gallego was a superdelegate to the 2016 Democratic National Convention from Arizona. Gallego was one of ten superdelegates from Arizona. Superdelegates to the 2016 Democratic National Convention were not bound by the results of their state’s primary or caucus to support a specific presidential candidate. Gallego supported Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination. Clinton formally won the Democratic nomination for president on July 26, 2016.

  What is a superdelegate?

  See also: Superdelegates and the 2016 Democratic National Convention

  Superdelegates in 2016 were automatic delegates to the Democratic National Convention, meaning that, unlike regular delegates, they were not elected to this position. Also unlike regular delegates, they were not required to pledge their support to any presidential candidate, and they were not bound by the results of their state's presidential primary election or caucus. In 2016, superdelegates included members of the Democratic National Committee, Democratic members of Congress, Democratic governors, and distinguished party leaders, including former presidents and vice presidents. All superdelegates were free to support any presidential candidate of their choosing at the 2016 Democratic National Convention.

  Arizona superdelegates

  Arizona had a total of ten superdelegates in 2016. All of them are listed below beneath the candidate they are known to have supported. As of June 17, 2016, six Arizona superdelegates were known to have expressed their support for Hillary Clinton, one supported Bernie Sanders, and the support of three superdelegates was unknown.

  Clinton

  • Carolyn Warner
  • Kate Gallego
  • Luis Heredia
  • Raúl Grijalva
  • Ruben Gallego

  Sanders

  • Danica Oparnica

  Unknown

  • Alexis Tameron
  • Bill Roe
  • Kyrsten Sinema

  Arizona primary results

  See also: Presidential election in Arizona, 2016

  Hillary Clinton won the Arizona Democratic primary with almost 60 percent of the vote. She won every county in the state except for the northern county of Coconino, which Bernie Sanders won 53 to 44 percent. Clinton carried Arizona's two most populous counties—Maricopa and Pima—by substantial margins. She won Maricopa, where the city of Phoenix is located, by close to 20 points. She won Pima, home to the city of Tucson, by roughly 16 points. Clinton won Arizona in 2012 as well, though by a more narrow margin. She beat Barack Obama 50 to 42. Seventy-five delegates were up for grabs on March 22, 2016. They were allocated proportionally.

  Arizona Democratic Primary, 2016
  Candidate	Vote %	Votes	Delegates
  Hillary Clinton	56.3%	262,459	42
  Bernie Sanders	41.4%	192,962	33
  Roque De La Fuente	0.6%	2,797	0
  Henry Hewes	0.4%	1,845	0
  Martin O'Malley	0.8%	3,877	0
  Michael Steinberg	0.5%	2,295	0
  Totals		466,235	75
  Source: The New York Times and Arizona Secretary of State

  Delegate allocation

  See also: 2016 presidential nominations: calendar and delegate rules

  

  Arizona had 85 delegates at the 2016 Democratic National Convention. Of this total, 75 were pledged delegates. National party rules stipulated how Democratic delegates in all states were allocated. Pledged delegates were allocated to a candidate in proportion to the votes he or she received in a state's primary or caucus. A candidate was eligible to receive a share of the state's pledged delegates if he or she won at least 15 percent of the votes cast in the primary or caucus. There were three types of pledged Democratic delegates: congressional district delegates, at-large delegates, and party leaders and elected officials (PLEOs). Congressional district delegates were allocated proportionally based on the primary or caucus results in a given district. At-large and PLEO delegates were allocated proportionally based on statewide primary results.

  Ten party leaders and elected officials served as unpledged delegates. These delegates were not required to adhere to the results of a state's primary or caucus.

Noteworthy events

Tested positive for coronavirus on January 7, 2022

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Gallego announced on January 7, 2022, that she tested positive for COVID-19. She said she was vaccinated at the time she contracted the virus.

Events and activity following the death of George Floyd

See also: Events following the death of George Floyd and responses in select cities from May 29-31, 2020

Gallego was mayor of Phoenix during the weekend of May 29-31, 2020, when events and activity took place in cities across the U.S. following the death of George Floyd. Events in Phoenix, Arizona, began on Thursday, May 28, 2020, at Phoenix City Hall and the state Capitol. On May 31, Gov. Doug Ducey (R) issued a statewide curfew. The national guard was not deployed.

To read more about the death of George Floyd and subsequent events, click [show] to the right.

On May 25, 2020, Minneapolis police officers arrested Floyd, a Black man, after receiving a call that he had made a purchase with a counterfeit $20 bill. Floyd died after Derek Chauvin, a white officer, arrived at the scene and pressed his knee onto Floyd's neck as Floyd laid face-down on the street in handcuffs. Both the Hennepin County Medical Examiner and an independent autopsy conducted by Floyd's family ruled Floyd's death as a homicide stemming from the incident. The medical examiner's report, prepared by Dr. Michael Baden and Dr. Allecia Wilson, said that it was "not a legal determination of culpability or intent, and should not be used to usurp the judicial process." On April 20, 2021, Chauvin was found guilty of murder and manslaughter in relation to Floyd's death. Floyd's death was filmed and shared widely, leading to activity regarding racism, civil rights, and police use of force. The first events took place in Minneapolis-St. Paul on May 26. An event in Chicago organized by Chance the Rapper and Rev. Michael Pfleger took place the same day, making it the first major city outside of Minneapolis to host an event in response to Floyd's death.

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Preceded by Thelda Williams	Mayor of Phoenix 2019-Present	Succeeded by -
Preceded by -	Phoenix City Council District 8 2013-2018	Succeeded by -