2020 Stockton, California mayoral election

The 2020 Stockton, California mayoral election took place on March 3, 2020 with a runoff election held on November 3, 2020 to elect the mayor of Stockton, California. Despite a strong performance in the primary, incumbent Democrat Michael Tubbs was defeated by Republican Kevin Lincoln in the general election.

2020 Stockton mayoral election

March 3, 2020 (primary) November 3, 2020 (runoff)
Turnout	42.38% (primary) 75.13% (runoff)
Candidate Kevin Lincoln II Michael Tubbs Bill Smith Party Republican Democratic Nonpartisan 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 Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Popular vote 5,523 (primary) 2,773 (primary) Percentage 10.5% (primary) 5.3% (primary)
Mayor before election Michael Tubbs Democratic Elected Mayor Kevin Lincoln II Republican

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 II, 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]

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

Runoff

2020 Stockton mayoral runoff election[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Kevin Lincoln II	57,276	56.44%
	Nonpartisan	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.