Elections are held in Riverside, California to elect the city's mayor. Currently, such elections are nonpartisan and are regularly scheduled to elect mayors to four-year terms.
The 1997 Riverside, California mayoral election was held on November 4, 1997, to elect the mayor of Riverside, California. It saw the reelection of Ronald O. Loveridge.
The 2001 Riverside, California mayoral election was held on November 6, 2001, to elect the mayor of Riverside, California. It saw the reelection of Ronald O. Loveridge to a third term.
The 2005 Riverside, California mayoral election was held on November 8, 2005, to elect the mayor of Riverside, California. It saw the reelection of Ronald O. Loveridge to a fourth term.
The 2009 Riverside, California mayoral election was held on November 3, 2009, to elect the mayor of Riverside, California. It saw the reelection of Ronald O. Loveridge to a fifth term.
The 2012 Riverside, California mayoral election was held on April 9, 2012, and June 5, 2012, and November 6, 2012, to elect the mayor of Riverside, California. It saw the election of Rusty Bailey.
Incumbent mayor Ronald Loveridge opted against running for a sixth term.
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Runoff<br />
The 2016 Riverside, California mayoral election was held on June 7, 2016, to elect the mayor of Riverside, California. It saw the reelection of Rusty Bailey.
Because Bailey won a majority in the initial round of the election, no runoff was needed.
The 2020 Riverside, California mayoral election was held on March 3, 2020, to elect the mayor of Riverside, California. It saw the election of Patricia Lock Dawson.
First round<br />
Runoff<br />
The 2024 Riverside, California mayoral election was held on March 3, 2024, to elect the mayor of Riverside, California. Incumbent mayor Patricia Lock Dawson secured a second term as mayor.
This was the first mayoral election since the election of Ronald O. Loveridge's fifth term as mayor in the 2009 mayoral election to have only two candidates on the ballot.
It was also the first election since 2016 to not progress to a runoff.