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Elections are held in Syracuse, New York, to election the city's mayor. Currently, these elections are regularly scheduled to be held once every four years, with the elections taking place in the off-year immediately after United States presidential election years.

## 2009

The 2009 Syracuse mayoral election was held on November 3, 2009. The incumbent mayor, Democrat Matt Driscoll, was term limited. Democrat Stephanie Miner defeated Republican Steve Kimatian, 50%-39%, and Conservative Party of New York candidate Otis Jennings finished a distant 3rd, with 10% of the vote. Miner became the city's first female leader.

### Democratic primary
#### Candidates

* Alfonso Davis – Democratic political consultant
* Carmen Harlow – former Syracuse Department of Public Works deputy commissioner
* Stephanie Miner, Syracuse Common Councilor-at-Large
* Joe Nicoletti – business development consultant, former New York State Assemblyman and Syracuse Common Councilor

##### Withdrew

* Bethaida González, Syracuse Common Council President. Dropped out of race prior to primary.

#### Results

2009 Syracuse Democratic mayoral primary :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Stephanie Miner | 4,040 | 44.4 |
| | Democratic | Joe Nicoletti | 3,240 | 35.6 |
| | Democratic | Alfonso Davis | 1,021 | 11.2 |
| | Democratic | Carmen Harlow | 793 | 8.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 800 | 8.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,094 | 100 |

### Republican primary
#### Candidates

* Otis Jennings
* Steve Kimatian, former general counsel to Newport Television, former regional vice-president of Clear Channel Television, former television personality with Syracuse ABC-affiliate WSYR-TV

#### Results

Steve Kiatian defeated Otis Jennings. Jennings had carried the endorsement of the local Republican Party organization.
2009 Syracuse Republican mayoral primary :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Steve Kimatian | 1,645 | 56.4 |
| | Republican | Otis Jennings | 1,271 | 43.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 374 | 12.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,916 | 100 |

### Conservative nomination

* Otis Jennings, after receiving an overwhelming endorsement from the Syracuse Republican Party, Jennings lost in the September primary for the Republican nomination. Days after the primary, he decided to continue campaigning, and received the nomination from the Conservative Party of New York.

### General election

The general election took place on November 3, 2009.
2009 Syracuse mayoral election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Stephanie Miner | 10,904 | 46.3% |
| | Working Families | Stephanie Miner | 916 | 3.9% |
| | Total | Stephanie Miner | 11,820 | 50.2% |
| | Republican | Steve Kimatian | 7,860 | 33.4% |
| | Independence | Steve Kimatian | 1,377 | 5.8% |
| | Total | Steve Kimatian | 9,237 | 39.2% |
| | Conservative | Otis Jennings | 2,448 | 10.4% |
| | | Write-ins | 55 | 0.2% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,583 | 11% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 23,560 | 100% |

## 2013

The 2013 Syracuse mayoral election was held on November 5, 2013, in Syracuse, New York. The incumbent mayor, Democrat Stephanie Miner, ran for re-election. She defeated Conservative candidate Ian Hunter and Green Party candidate Kevin Bott, winning 68% of the vote. The Republican Party did not field a candidate in this election, the first time in over a century that a Syracuse mayor ran unopposed by a major party candidate.

### Democratic primary
#### Candidates

* Stephanie Miner – incumbent mayor
* Alfonso Davis – political consultant and candidate in the 2009 mayoral election
* Patrick Hogan – common councilor

#### Results

2013 Syracuse Democratic mayoral primary :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Stephanie Miner (incumbent) | 3,860 | 54.04% |
| | Democratic | Patrick Hogan | 2,047 | 28.66% |
| | Democratic | Alfonso Davis | 1,221 | 17.09% |
| | | Write-ins | 15 | 0.21% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,813 | 25.38% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,143 | 100% |

### Other nominations
#### Conservative

* Ian Hunter – project manager
Hunter collected signatures to run on the Republican line but was kept off of the ballot by the efforts of the Onondaga Republican Party chairman.

#### Green

* Kevin Bott – non-profit director

### General election results

The general election took place on November 5, 2013.
2013 Syracuse mayoral election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Stephanie Miner (incumbent) | 9,805 | 60.73% |
| | Independence | Stephanie Miner (incumbent) | 617 | 3.82% |
| | Working Families | Stephanie Miner (incumbent) | 578 | 3.58% |
| | Total | Stephanie Miner (incumbent) | 11,000 | 68.13% |
| | Conservative | Ian Hunter | 2,489 | 15.42% |
| | Green | Kevin Bott | 2,405 | 14.90% |
| | | Write-ins | 252 | 1.56% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,511 | 52.71% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 16,146 | 100% |

## 2017

The 2017 mayoral election in Syracuse, New York was held on November 7, 2017, and resulted in the election of Ben Walsh, an independent, to his first term as mayor.

### Background

Incumbent mayor Stephanie Miner, a member of the Democratic Party, was first elected in 2009 and was re-elected in 2013, but was term limited in 2017. Syracuse last elected a Republican Party mayor in 1997, and in the 2013 election Republicans did not field a candidate.

### Democratic primary

2017 Syracuse Democratic mayoral primary :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Juanita Perez Williams | 4,421 | 51.72% |
| | Democratic | Joe Nicoletti | 2,958 | 34.60% |
| | Democratic | Martin Masterpole | 828 | 9.69% |
| | | Write-ins | 341 | 3.99% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 8,548 | 100% |

### General election

Five candidates appeared on the general election ballot: Green Party nominee Howie Hawkins, who had run for office 20 times since 1991; Democratic Party nominee Juanita Perez Williams, the city's former corporation counsel; Independence Party, Reform Party and Upstate Jobs Party nominee Ben Walsh, a business development director and the son of U.S. Representative James T. Walsh; Republican nominee Laura Lavine, a former Lafayette School District superintendent; and Working Families Party nominee Joe Nicoletti, who remained on the Working Families party line after unsuccessfully seeking the Democratic nomination and did not campaign. City auditor Martin Masterpole also sought the Democratic nomination.
2017 Syracuse mayoral election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independence | Ben Walsh | 12,351 | 48.38% |
| | Reform/Upstate Jobs | Ben Walsh | 1,233 | 4.83% |
| | Total | Ben Walsh | 13,584 | 53.21% |
| | Democratic | Juanita Perez Williams | 9,701 | 38.00% |
| | Green | Howie Hawkins | 1,017 | 4.02% |
| | Republican | Laura B. Lavine | 673 | 2.64% |
| | Working Families | Joe Nicoletti | 305 | 1.19% |
| | | Write-ins | 25 | 0.10% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 25,555 | 100% |
| | Independent gain from Democratic | Independent gain from Democratic | Independent gain from Democratic | Independent gain from Democratic |

## 2021

The Syracuse mayoral election of 2021 was held November 2, 2021. Incumbent Independent mayor Ben Walsh was seeking re-election to a second term in office. The local committees of the Democratic, Republican, Conservative, and Working Families parties each endorsed a candidate, however the candidates who did not receive their party's endorsement could force a primary if they wished.

### Background

In 2017, incumbent Democratic mayor Stephanie Miner was term limited and could not seek reelection. Ben Walsh won the race to succeed her, defeating Democrat Juanita Perez Williams. Walsh comes from a family of Republican politicians. He is the son of Jim Walsh, former U.S. Representative from New York's 25th congressional district, and the grandson of William Walsh, former U.S. representative from New York's 33rd congressional district and former Mayor of Syracuse. However, Walsh himself is registered as an Independent, and was the first Independent elected mayor of Syracuse in 104 years. Walsh ran on three ballot lines: Independence, Reform, and a new line that he created for himself, Upstate Jobs. When Walsh confirmed that he would seek re-election, he did not clarify which lines he would campaign under.
Walsh sought the endorsement of the Working Families Party, one of four parties that surpassed the threshold for automatic ballot access in the 2020 presidential election (the other three are the Democratic Party, the Republican Party, and the Conservative Party), but did not receive it. He has received the nomination of the Independence Party, but will need to collect 1,500 signatures in order to ensure that the Independence line will be on the 2021 ballot. On May 25, 2021, Walsh submitted 2,538 signatures to create a dedicated party ballot line.

### Democratic primary

The Onondaga County Democratic Committee endorsed Greene on February 17, 2021. 58% of the committee's members voted for Greene, while 42% voted for Bey. However, Bey chose to continue his candidacy and force a primary.

#### Candidates
##### Declared

* Khalid Bey, President pro tempore of the Syracuse common council
* Michael Greene, at-large common councilor (endorsed by committee)

##### Declined

* Yusuf Abdul-Qadir, director of the New York Civil Liberties Union
* Latoya Allen, common councillor (endorsed Bey)
* Patrick Hogan, common councillor (endorsed Bey)
* Marty Masterpole, Onondaga County Comptroller, former Syracuse City Auditor, and candidate for mayor in 2017
* Tim Rudd, director of the Syracuse Office of Management and Budget and former at-large common councillor

#### Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of May 21, 2021 :
| Candidate | Total raised |
| Khalid Bey | $25,716 |
| Michael Greene | $87,470 |

#### Results

Democratic primary :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Khalid Bey | 2,720 | 49.9% |
| | Democratic | Michael Greene | 2,674 | 49.0% |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 62 | 1.1% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 5,456 | 100.0% |

### Republican primary

The Syracuse Republican Committee endorsed Burman as its mayoral candidate on January 21. However, despite receiving her party's endorsement, Burman did not officially declare her candidacy until March 10. Babilon entered the race on March 1, declaring his intent to force a primary against Burman. The primary will be held on June 22.

#### Candidates
##### Declared

* Thomas Babilon, attorney, former member of the Syracuse corporation counsel, and Libertarian candidate for the Syracuse common council in 2019
* Janet Burman, economist, former chair of the Syracuse Republican Committee and the Onondaga County Republican Party, and nominee for District 53 of the New York Senate in 2018 (endorsed by committee)

##### Declined

* Ben Walsh, incumbent mayor

#### Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of May 21, 2021 :
| Candidate | Total raised |
| Thomas Babilon | $7,555 |
| Janet Burman | $6,903 |

#### Results

Republican primary :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Janet Burman | 499 | 66.6% |
| | Republican | Thomas Babilon | 235 | 31.4% |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 15 | 2.0% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 749 | 100.0% |

### Conservative endorsement

The Conservative Party endorsed Burman as its mayoral candidate.

#### Endorsed candidate

* Janet Burman, economist, former chair of the Syracuse Republican Committee and the Onondaga County Republican Party, and nominee for District 53 of the New York Senate in 2018

### Nominees/endorsements of parties without automatic ballot access
#### Independence Party

The Independence Party endorsed Walsh as its mayoral candidate on February 24. Because the party lost automatic ballot access in the 2020 presidential election, On May 25, 2021, Walsh submitted 2,538 signatures to create a dedicated party ballot line.

##### Endorsed candidate

* Ben Walsh, incumbent mayor

### Working Families endorsement

The Syracuse Working Families Committee chose not to endorse any candidate in the mayoral election, meaning that its ballot line would go unfilled.

#### Endorsed candidate

* None

#### Not endorsed

* Khalid Bey, President pro tempore of the Syracuse common council
* Michael Greene, at-large common councillor
* Ben Walsh, incumbent mayor

### General election
#### Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of July 19, 2021 :
| Candidate (party) | Total raised |
| Ben Walsh (I) | $277,108 |
| Khalid Bey (D) | $36,379 |
| Janet Burman (R) | $8,657 |

#### Results

2021 Syracuse Mayoral Election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independence | Ben Walsh (incumbent) | 12,013 | 59.6% |
| | Democratic | Khalid Bey | 5,520 | 27.4% |
| | Republican | Janet Burman | 1,786 | 8.9% |
| | Conservative | Janet Burman | 567 | 2.8% |
| | Total | Janet Burman | 2,353 | 11.7% |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 57 | 0.3% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 20,163 | 100% |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold |

### Campaign websites

* Michael Greene (D) for Mayor
* Ben Walsh (I) for Mayor

## 2025

The 2025 Syracuse mayoral election will be held on November 4, 2025, to elect the mayor of Syracuse, New York. Incumbent mayor Ben Walsh is term limited and cannot run for re-election to a third term in office.

### Democratic primary
#### Declared

* Alfonso Davis, political consultant and perennial candidate
* Patrick Hogan, common councilor and candidate for mayor in 2013
* Chol Mojak, common councilor
* Jimmy Oliver, Syracuse Police Engagement Officer
* Sharon Owens, deputy mayor

#### Endorsements
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* Onondaga County Democratic Committee

### Republican primary
#### Declared

* Thomas Babilon, attorney and candidate for mayor in 2021

#### Withdrew

* Tim Rudd, former Democratic at-large common councilor (running as an independent)

#### Endorsements
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* Onondaga County Republican Committee

### Independents
#### Declared

* Tim Rudd, former Democratic at-large common councilor