The 2020 Denton mayoral election were held on November 8, 2020 to elect the mayor of Denton, Texas, United States. All city of Denton municipal elections are nonpartisan.
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| Turnout | 15,913 | ||||||||||||
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  Hudspeth: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% Briggs: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% Tie: 40–50% 50% No votes | |||||||||||||
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The election was originally scheduled for early May, but was pushed back to the 2020 November general election due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Keely Briggs, Gerard Hudspeth, and Michael Mitchell all appeared on the November 3 ballot. Briggs received the most votes with 49%, Hudspeth second-most with 42%, and Mitchell last with 10% of the votes. Since no candidate received more than 50% of the total vote, Briggs and Hudspeth advanced to a December runoff election.[1]
In the December runoff election, Hudspeth defeated Briggs with 53.2% of the vote.[2]
Candidates
editDeclared
edit- Keely Briggs
- Gerard Hudspeth
- Michael Mitchell
Advanced to Runoff
edit- Keely Briggs
- Gerard Hudspeth
References
edit- ^ "Briggs, Hudspeth headed to runoff in mayor's race". dentonrc.com. November 3, 2020. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
- ^ "Hudspeth elected to be Denton's next mayor". crosstimbersgazette.com. December 9, 2020. Retrieved March 18, 2022.