The 2022 Tallahassee mayoral election was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2022, to elect the Mayor of Tallahassee, Florida. The vote was held subsequently along with the other statewide elections.
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| Turnout | 30.04%  2.72 pp (first round) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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 Runoff results by precinct Dailey: 50–60% 60–70% 70-80% Dozier: 50–60% 60–70% 70-80% No votes: | |||||||||||||||||||||
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As of April 2022, four candidates had filed to run for the mayoral seat including. The candidates were Kristin Dozier, Leon County Commissioner, incumbent Tallahassee mayor John E. Dailey seeking a second term, Whitfield Leland III and Michael Ibrahim.
A first-round primary took place on August 23, 2022, where no candidate received the majority of the vote, thus sparking a second-round runoff between Dailey and Dozier who both garnered most of votes in the August primary to become the main frontrunners in the runoff vote.[1]
Dailey won re-election for a second term.[2]
Background
Following the 2018 mayoral elections, Leon County Commissioner John E. Dailey was elected for the City Commission Seat 4, Mayor post.
Electoral system
All Tallahassee city commissioners, which include the Mayor of Tallahassee, Florida at Seat 4 are elected non-partisan for a four-year term through two-round system. If a candidate winning the most votes at the first round fails to garner enough to have a majority of 50% of the vote share, then a runoff election is held between two candidates who earned the most votes out of all other contestants in the first-round primary.[3]
Candidates
In order to appear on the ballot, candidates were required to file needed papers to the Leon County Supervisor of Elections with a contribution fee of $1,000 per Florida Statute or collect enough petition signatures (1% of registered constituent electorate) as an alternative, with a noon, May 16, 2022, deadline. The qualifying process took place at the Supervisor of Elections Office between noon June 13 and June 17, 2022.[3]
Declared
| Candidate | Announced | ||
|---|---|---|---|
 John E. Dailey | Incumbent Mayor of Tallahassee since 2018 Leon County Board of Commissioners, District 3 (2006–2018) | March 1, 2021 (Website) | [4] |
 Kristin Dozier | Leon County Board of Commissioners, District 5 (2010–present) | March 3, 2022 (Website) | [5] |
| Entrepreneur Owner of The Community Roundtable of Tallahassee 850 (2020–present) | February 22, 2021 (Website) | [6] | |
| Owner of Tallahassee Tireport, Inc (2015–present) Police Officer and Detective in the Ministry of Interior under the Egyptian National Police (1981–2006) | April 4, 2022 | [7] |
Endorsements
Polling
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | John E. Dailey | Kristin Dozier | Michael Ibrahim | Whitfield Leland III | Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Network of Entrepreneurs & Business Advocates | May 24, 2022 | 170 | 65.5% | 21% | 13% | 1% | — |
Results
First round
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kristin Dozier | 17,602 | 46.08 | |
| John E. Dailey | 17,449 | 45.68 | |
| Whitfield Leland III | 2,007 | 5.25 | |
| Michael Ibrahim | 1,138 | 2.98 | |
| Total votes | 38,196 | 100.00 | |
| Voter turnout | 30.04% | ||
Runoff
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| John E. Dailey | 34,492 | 53.07% | |
| Kristin Dozier | 30,499 | 46.93% | |
| Total votes | 64,991 | 100.00 | |
| Voter turnout | % | ||