2020 Denton mayoral election

Municipal election in Texas

2020 Denton mayoral election
← 2018 November 3, 2020 2022 →
Turnout15,913
 
Candidate Gerard Hudspeth Keely Briggs
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Percentage 53.2% 46.8%

General election precinct results
Runoff election precinct results
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

Mayor before election

Chris Watts

Elected Mayor

Gerard Hudspeth

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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.

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

Declared

  • Keely Briggs
  • Gerard Hudspeth
  • Michael Mitchell

Advanced to Runoff

  • Keely Briggs
  • Gerard Hudspeth

References

  1. ^ "Briggs, Hudspeth headed to runoff in mayor's race". dentonrc.com. November 3, 2020. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
  2. ^ "Hudspeth elected to be Denton's next mayor". crosstimbersgazette.com. December 9, 2020. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
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