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]
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![]() Precinct results Mahoney: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% 90–100% Dabar: 40–50% Tie: 50% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results
editCandidate | Votes | %OB | %OAV | |
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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
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ "Fargo, ND Mayor". approval.vote. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
- ^ Gunderson, Dan (June 6, 2022). "Vote for everyone you like — Fargo tests approval voting". MPR News. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
- ^ Hamlin, Aaron. "The case for approval voting". Springer Link. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
- ^ "2022 Primary Election Abstract". Cass County, ND. Retrieved June 19, 2024.