2009 Toledo, Ohio mayoral election

2009 Toledo, Ohio mayoral election
November 3, 2009
 
Candidate Mike Bell Keith Wilkowski
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Popular vote 36,108 32,737
Percentage 52.45% 47.55%
Mayor before election

Carty Finkbeiner
Nonpartisan

Elected mayor

Mike Bell
Nonpartisan

The 2009 Toledo, Ohio mayoral election took place on November 3, 2009, to elect the mayor of Toledo, Ohio. Incumbent Mayor Carty Finkbeiner declined to run for re-election to a second consecutive term and fourth term overall. A crowded field emerged to succeed him, including former city fire chief Mike Bell, City Councilman D. Michael Collins, County commissioners Ben Konop, former County Commissioner and 2005 mayoral candidate Keith Wilkowski, and businessman James Moody.

In the primary election, Wilkowski narrowly defeated Bell for first place, winning 31 percent of the vote to Bell's 29 percent. Bell ultimately defeated Wilkowski by a narrow margin, receiving 52 percent of the vote to Wilkowski's 48 percent.

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