DemDaily: The 2025 Election Calendar. Updates!
September 5, 2025
Congress is back from Summer recess, and the countdown to the November 2025 elections has begun.
| Although most mayoral elections are officially nonpartisan, 65 mayors in the nation's most populous 100 cities are affiliated with the Democratic Party. Twenty-five are affiliated with the Republican Party, one with the Libertarian Party, three are Independents, and seven identify as nonpartisan or unaffiliated. |
AUGUST 2025
August advanced Democrats in four out of five major city mayoral elections!
In the open Detroit, Michigan Mayoral seat being vacated by three-term Democratic incumbent mayor Mike Duggan, who is running as an Independent for governor in 2026, Detroit City Council President Mary Sheffield (D) secured 50.8% of the vote in the August 5 primary. Sheffield and Pastor Solomon Kinloch Jr. (17.4%) advance as top two vote-getters among nine candidates to move on to the November general election.
In the Lansing, Michigan Mayoral Primary, the top-two general election spots were secured by incumbent Andy Schor (63.38%) and Kelsea Hector (15.88%).
Democrats Katie Wilson (50.8%) and incumbent Bruce Harrell (41.2%) defeated six other candidates in the August 5 top-two Seattle, Washington Mayoral Primary to advance to the November general election.
A progressive turnout, which also benefited Seattle City Council candidates, is credited with Wilson's unexpected lead over Harrell.
In the open-seat mayoral election being vacated by Mike Padilla (D) in Topeka, Kansas, Republicans Spencer Duncan (60.2%) and Henry McClure (14.3%) advanced from the primary to the general election.
Birmingham, Alabama Mayor Randall Woodfin (D) sailed to a third term in the August 26 general election, fending off eight challengers with 75% of the vote.
| The Democratic National Committee's Summer Meeting took place in Minneapolis, Minnesota August 24-27. Check out our wrap-up! DemDaily: The Big Tent Party |
2025 ELECTION CALENDAR
(Mayorals listed are in the 100 largest cities or are state capitals)
SEPTEMBER 2025
September 9: Virginia 11th Congressional District Special Election General
September 9: Boston, Massachusetts Mayoral Primary
September 9: Cleveland, Ohio Mayoral Primary
September 9: Charlotte, North Carolina Mayoral Primary
September 9: Helena, Montana Mayoral Primary
September 16: Annapolis, Maryland Mayoral Primary
September 23: Arizona Seventh Congressional District Special Election General
OCTOBER 2025
October 7: Durham, North Carolina Mayoral Primary
October 7: Greensboro, North Carolina Mayoral Primary
October 7: Tennessee's 7th Congressional District Special Election Primary
October 11: New Orleans, Louisiana Mayoral Primary
NOVEMBER 2025
November 4: General Elections Nationwide
November 4: Pennsylvania Supreme Court Election
November 11: Hialeah, Florida Mayoral General
November 15: New Orleans, Louisiana, Mayoral General
November 18: Miami, Florida Mayoral General Runoff
| Remaining US House Special General Elections: September 9, Virginia 11th Congressional District (Connolly/D); September 23: Arizona 7th Congressional District (Grijalva/D); and November 4 (all party): Texas 18th Congressional District (Turner/D). All three are considered safe Democratic seats. A Special Primary Election for Tennessee's 7th Congressional District (Green/R) will be held on October 7, and the general election on December 2, 2025 |
DECEMBER 2025
December 2: Atlanta, Georgia Mayoral General Runoff
December 2: Jersey City, New Jersey Mayoral General Runoff
December 2: Tennessee's 7th Congressional District Special Election General
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