2024 Las Vegas mayoral election

The 2024 Las Vegas mayoral election took place on June 11, 2024, with a runoff scheduled for November 5 because no candidate surpassed 50% of the vote in the first round. It will elect the mayor of Las Vegas, Nevada. Incumbent independent mayor Carolyn Goodman is term-limited and cannot seek re-election to a fourth term in office. This is the first mayoral election in Las Vegas since 1995 where no candidates are from the Goodman family. On November 7, former Congresswoman Shelley Berkley became the mayor-elect of Las Vegas as Las Vegas City Councilwoman Victoria Seaman conceded the race.^[1] Berkley was sworn in on December 4, 2024.

2024 Las Vegas mayoral election

← 2019 June 11, 2024 (first round) November 5, 2024 (runoff) 2028 →

Candidate Shelley Berkley Victoria Seaman Cedric Crear First round 25,784 35.69% 20,896 28.93% 13,673 18.93% Runoff 129,977 53.21% 114,429 46.79% Eliminated

Mayor before election Carolyn Goodman Independent Elected mayor Shelley Berkley Democratic

Candidates

On ballot

• Kolawole Akingbade^[2]
• Tera Anderson, land development professional^[3]
• Lynn Baird, retired Nevada Employment Security Division official^[2]
• Shelley Berkley, former U.S. Representative for Nevada's 1st congressional district (1999–2013) and nominee for U.S. Senate in 2012 (Party affiliation: Democratic)^[4]
• Dan Chapman, cosmetics manufacturing company owner^[5]
• Cedric Crear, city councilor for the 5th ward^[6] (Party affiliation: Democratic)^[7]
• Irina Hansen, salon owner^[8]
• Kara Jenkins, administrator of the Nevada Equal Rights Commission^[9]
• Eric Medlin, IT specialist^[2]
• Donna Miller, nurse and healthcare executive^[10]
• Michael Pacino^[2]
• Deb Peck, insurance agent^[a][11]
• Victoria Seaman, city councilor for the 2nd ward and former state assemblywoman (Party affiliation: Republican)^[12]
• William Walls III, businessman and perennial candidate in both Nevada and Illinois^[2]

Disqualified

• Janiecia Fernandez^[13]

Declined

• Peter Guzman, president and CEO of the Nevada Latin Chamber of Commerce^[14]
• Michele Fiore, Nye County Justice of the Peace, former Las Vegas city councilor, former state assemblywoman, and nominee for Nevada State Treasurer in 2022 (Party affiliation: Republican)^[14]
• Steve Wolfson, Clark County District Attorney and former Las Vegas city councilor (endorsed Berkley)^[14]

Endorsements

Endorsements in bold were made after the first round.

Shelley Berkley

Local officials

• Nancy Brune, city councilwoman^[15]
• Cedric Crear, city councilman and third-place finisher in the first round^[16]
• Olivia Diaz, city councilwoman^[15]
• Brian Knudsen, city councilman^[15]

Labor unions

• Culinary Workers Union^[17]
• LiUNA Local 872^[18]
• Southern Nevada Labor Council^[19]

Newspapers

• Las Vegas Review-Journal^[20]
• Las Vegas Sun^[21]
• Las Vegas Weekly^[22]

Cedric Crear

Individuals

• Toni Braxton, singer^[23]

Victoria Seaman

Individuals

• Wayne Allyn Root, radio host^[24]

Labor unions

• Nevada Fraternal Order of Police^[25]

Organizations

• Republican Mayors Association

Forums & debates

First round

2024 Las Vegas mayoral candidate forum & debates

No.	Date	Host	Moderator	Link	Nonpartisan	Nonpartisan	Nonpartisan	Nonpartisan	Nonpartisan	Nonpartisan
Key:  P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
					Shelley Berkley	Cedric Crear	Kara Jenkins	Donna Miller	Deb Peck	Victoria Seaman
1[5][26]	Oct. 17, 2023	Battle Born News Clark County Chamber of Commerce Vote Nevada			P	I	P	P	I	P
2[27]	May 15, 2024	The Nevada Independent	Jon Ralston	The Nevada Independent[28]	P	P	N	N	N	P
3	May 23, 2024	KLAS-TV		[29]	P	P	N	N	N	P

Runoff

2024 Las Vegas mayoral runoff candidate forums & debates

No.	Date	Host	Moderator	Link	Nonpartisan	Nonpartisan
Key:  P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
					Shelley Berkley	Victoria Seaman
1	Jul. 31, 2024	Vegas Chamber		YouTube	P	P
2[30]	Sep. 25, 2024	The Nevada Independent	Jon Ralston	YouTube	P	P
3[31]	Oct. 7, 2024	KTNV-TV		KTNV-TV	P	P
4	Oct. 8, 2024	KLAS-TV		YouTube	P	P

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[b]	Margin of error	Shelley Berkley	Cedric Crear	Kara Jenkins	Victoria Seaman	Other	Undecided
Emerson College[32][A]	April 1–2, 2024	500 (LV)	± 4.3%	16%	7%	2%	12%	8%[c]	56%

Results

Results^[33]

Candidate		Votes	%
Shelley Berkley		25,784	35.69
Victoria Seaman		20,896	28.93
Cedric Crear		13,673	18.93
Tera Anderson		3,144	4.35
Kara Jenkins		1,671	2.31
Dan Chapman		1,397	1.93
Donna Miller		1,104	1.53
Lynn Baird		962	1.33
Irina Hansen		845	1.17
Williams Walls III		653	0.90
Michael Pacino		616	0.85
Deb Peck		580	0.80
Kola Akingbade		531	0.74
Eric Medlin		382	0.53
Total votes		72,238	100%

Runoff results

Candidate		Votes	%
Shelley Berkley		129,977	53.21%
Victoria Seaman		114,429	46.79%
Total votes		244,406	100%

Notes

1. Peck is a self-described conservative, but her party affiliation is unknown.
2. Key:
   A – all adults
   RV – registered voters
   LV – likely voters
   V – unclear
3. Janiecia Fernandez with 2%; Tera Anderson, Lynn Baird, Daniel Chapman, Donna Miller, Michael Pacino, and Deb Peck with 1%; Kolawole Akingbade, Irina Hansen, Eric Medlin, and William Walls with <1%

Partisan clients

1. Poll conducted for KLAS-TV and The Hill