2022 Milwaukee mayoral special election

The 2022 Milwaukee mayoral special election was held on April 5, 2022, concurrent with Wisconsin's spring general election, to elect a new mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, following the resignation of mayor Tom Barrett in December 2021.^[1] Acting mayor Cavalier Johnson, who had been president of the common council when Barrett resigned, won the election, receiving 71% of the vote and defeating alderman Bob Donovan. Johnson became the first African American elected mayor of Milwaukee.^[2]

Municipal elections in Wisconsin are nonpartisan. A nonpartisan primary election was held on February 15, 2022,^[1] in which the top two vote-getters advanced to the April general election. This special election was the first open race for mayor of Milwaukee since 2004.

^ ^a ^b Jordan, Gerron (December 23, 2021). "Milwaukee special mayoral election to be held April 5". WISN-TV. Archived from the original on December 24, 2021. Retrieved December 27, 2021.
^ Durr, Alison; Glauber, Bill; Spicuzza, Mary (April 5, 2022). "Cavalier Johnson becomes first African American elected mayor of Milwaukee, defeats Bob Donovan in the spring general election". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved April 5, 2022.

[electiondate-1] Jordan, Gerron (December 23, 2021). "Milwaukee special mayoral election to be held April 5". WISN-TV. Archived from the original on December 24, 2021. Retrieved December 27, 2021.

[2] Durr, Alison; Glauber, Bill; Spicuzza, Mary (April 5, 2022). "Cavalier Johnson becomes first African American elected mayor of Milwaukee, defeats Bob Donovan in the spring general election". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved April 5, 2022.

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