2019 Akron mayoral election

2019 Akron mayoral election

November 5, 2019
 
Nominee Dan Horrigan Josh Sines
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 20,254 5,921
Percentage 77.38% 22.62%

Mayor before election

Dan Horrigan
Democratic

Elected Mayor

Dan Horrigan
Democratic

The 2019 Akron mayoral election was held on November 3, 2019. Incumbent Democratic Mayor Dan Horrigan ran for re-election to a second term. He defeated pastor Greg Harrison in the Democratic primary, and faced Republican nominee Josh Sines, a perennial candidate, in the general election. Though former mayor Don Plusquellic considered running against Horrigan as an independent, he ultimately declined to do so. Horrigan defeated Sines in a landslide, receiving 77 percent of the vote.