2020 Stockton, California, mayoral election

Stockton, California,held an election for mayor on March 3, 2020, with a runoff election held on November 3, 2020. Despite a strong performance in the primary, incumbent Democrat Michael Tubbs was defeated by Republican Kevin Lincoln in the general election.

2020 Stockton, California, mayoral election

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Turnout	42.38% (primary) 75.13% (runoff)
Candidate Kevin Lincoln Michael Tubbs Bill Smith Popular vote 10,927 (primary) 57,276 (runoff) 21,016 (primary) 44,206 (runoff) 5,679 (primary) Percentage 20.7% (primary) 56.4% (runoff) 39.9% (primary) 43.6% (runoff) 10.8% (primary)   Candidate Motec P. Sanchez Shoua Lo Popular vote 5,523 (primary) 2,773 (primary) Percentage 10.5% (primary) 5.3% (primary)
Mayor before election Michael Tubbs Elected mayor Kevin Lincoln

Municipal elections in California are officially nonpartisan; candidates' party affiliations do not appear on the ballot.

Candidates

Declared

• Shelly Hollis, business owner and filmmaker^[1]
• Andrew Lee Johnson, business owner^[1]
• Kevin Lincoln, candidate for State Assembly in 2016^[2] (party preference: Republican)
• Shoua Lo, environmentalist and chemical engineer^[3]
• Motec Patrick Sanchez, community advocate and USMC veteran^[4]
• Bill Smith, project manager^[5]
• Michael Tubbs, incumbent mayor and former city council member^[2] (party preference: Democratic)
• Ralph Lee White, former city council member and candidate for mayor in 2012^[6]

Results

First round

2020 Stockton mayoral election^[7]

Candidate		Votes	%
Michael Tubbs (incumbent)		21,016	39.90%
Kevin Lincoln		10,927	20.74%
Bill Smith		5,679	10.78%
Motec Patrick Sanchez		5,523	10.49%
Shoua Lo		2,773	5.26%
Ralph Lee White		2,179	4.14%
Shelly Hollis		1,698	3.22%
Andrew Lee Johnson		674	1.28%
Total votes		52,674	100.00%

Runoff

2020 Stockton mayoral runoff election^[8]

Candidate		Votes	%
Kevin Lincoln		57,276	56.44%
Michael Tubbs (incumbent)		44,206	43.56%
Total votes		101,482	100.00%

References

1. Dickman, Cassie (March 4, 2020). "Tubbs and Lincoln to face off in general election for Stockton mayor". Recordnet.com.
2. Ibarra, Rich (October 26, 2020). "Stockton Mayor Micheal Tubbs Faces Political Newcomer Kevin Lincoln In Runoff".
3. "Primary answers: Shoua Lo, Mayor of Stockton". Recordnet.com. March 1, 2020.
4. "Primary answers: Motec Patrick Sanchez, mayor of Stockton". Recordnet.com. February 25, 2020.
5. "Primary answers: Bill Smith, mayor of Stockton". Recordnet.com. February 25, 2020.
6. Phillips, Roger (June 4, 2019). "Ralph Lee White, who is planning town hall on violence, says he's running for mayor". Recordnet.com.
7. "Statement of Votes Cast". San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors. April 5, 2020.
8. "Final Official Results Cumulative Report". County of San Joaquin. December 3, 2020.