Mayors of America's 100 Largest Cities
Rank City Mayor Took office Term ends Government type
1 New York, New York Bill de Blasio (D) 2014 2022 Strong mayor
2 Los Angeles, California Eric Garcetti (D) 2013 2022 Strong mayor
3 Chicago, Illinois Rahm Emanuel (D) 2011 2019 Strong mayor
4 Houston, Texas Sylvester Turner (D) 2016 2020 Strong mayor
5 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania James Kenney (D) 2016 2020 Strong mayor
6 Phoenix, Arizona Thelda Williams (D) 2018 2019 Council-manager
7 San Antonio, Texas Ron Nirenberg (I) 2017 2019 Council-manager
8 San Diego, California Kevin Faulconer (R) 2014 2020 Strong mayor
9 Dallas, Texas Mike Rawlings (D) 2011 2019 Council-manager
10 San Jose, California Sam Liccardo (D) 2007 2019 Council-manager
11 Austin, Texas Stephen Adler (D) 2015 2019 Council-manager
12 Indianapolis, Indiana Joseph Hogsett (D) 2016 2020 Strong mayor
13 Jacksonville, Florida Lenny Curry (R) 2015 2019 Strong mayor
14 San Francisco, California London Breed (I) 2018 2020 Strong mayor
15 Columbus, Ohio Andrew J. Ginther (D) 2015 2019 Strong mayor
16 Charlotte, North Carolina Vi Lyles (D) 2017 2019 Council-manager
17 Fort Worth, Texas Betsy Price (R) 2011 2019 Council-manager
18 Detroit, Michigan Mike Duggan (D) 2014 2022 Strong mayor
19 El Paso, Texas Dee Margo (R) 2017 2021 Council-manager
20 Memphis, Tennessee Jim Strickland (D) 2016 2020 Strong mayor
21 Seattle, Washington Jenny Durkan (D) 2017 2021 Strong mayor
22 Denver, Colorado Michael B. Hancock (D) 2011 2019 Strong mayor
23 Boston, Massachusetts Martin Walsh (D) 2014 2022 Strong mayor
24 Nashville, Tennessee David Briley 2015 2019 Strong mayor
25 Baltimore, Maryland Catherine Pugh (D) 2016 2020 Strong mayor
26 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma David Holt (R) 2018 2022 Council-manager
27 Louisville, Kentucky Greg Fischer (D) 2010 2022 Strong mayor
28 Portland, Oregon Ted Wheeler (D) 2017 2021 City commission
29 Las Vegas, Nevada Carolyn Goodman (I) 2011 2019 Council-manager
30 Milwaukee, Wisconsin Tom Barrett (D) 2004 2020 Strong mayor
31 Albuquerque, New Mexico Tim Keller (D) 2017 2021 Strong mayor
32 Tucson, Arizona Jonathan Rothschild (D) 2011 2019 Council-manager
33 Fresno, California Lee Brand (R) 2017 2021 Hybrid
34 Sacramento, California Darrell Steinberg (D) 2016 2020 Council-manager
35 Long Beach, California Robert Garcia (D) 2014 2022 Council-manager
36 Kansas City, Missouri Sly James (D) 2011 2019 Council-manager
37 Mesa, Arizona John Giles (R) 2014 2020 Council-manager
38 Virginia Beach, Virginia Bob Dyer (I) 2018 2020 Council-manager
39 Atlanta, Georgia Keisha Bottoms (D) 2018 2021 Strong mayor
40 Colorado Springs, Colorado John W. Suthers (R) 2015 2019 Strong mayor
41 Omaha, Nebraska Jean Stothert (R) 2013 2021 Strong mayor
42 Raleigh, North Carolina Nancy McFarlane (I) 2011 2019 Council-manager
43 Miami, Florida Francis Suarez (R) 2017 2021 Hybrid
44 Oakland, California Elizabeth "Libby" Schaaf (D) 2015 2019 Hybrid
45 Minneapolis, Minnesota Jacob Frey (D) 2018 2021 Strong mayor*
46 Tulsa, Oklahoma G. T. Bynum (R) 2016 2020 Strong mayor
47 Cleveland, Ohio Frank Jackson (D) 2006 2021 Strong mayor
48 Wichita, Kansas Jeff Longwell (R) 2015 2019 Council-manager
49 Arlington, Texas Jeff Williams (R) 2015 2019 Council-manager
50 New Orleans, Louisiana LaToya Cantrell (D) 2018 2022 Strong mayor
51 Bakersfield, California Karen Goh (R) 2017 2020 Council-manager
52 Tampa, Florida Bob Buckhorn (D) 2011 2019 Strong mayor
53 Honolulu, Hawaii Kirk Caldwell (D) 2013 2021 Strong mayor
54 Aurora, Colorado Bob LeGare (I) 2018 2019 Council-manager
55 Anaheim, California Harry Sidhu (R) 2018 2022 Council-manager
56 Santa Ana, California Miguel Pulido (D) 1994 2020 Council-manager
57 St. Louis, Missouri Lyda Krewson (D) 2017 2021 Strong mayor
58 Riverside, California Rusty Bailey (I) 2012 2020 Council-manager
59 Corpus Christi, Texas Joe McComb (R) 2017 2020 Council-manager
60 Lexington, Kentucky Linda Gorton (I) 2019 2022 Strong mayor
61 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Bill Peduto (D) 2014 2022 Strong mayor
62 Anchorage, Alaska Ethan Berkowitz (D) 2015 2021 Hybrid
63 Stockton, California Michael Tubbs (D) 2017 2020 Council-manager
64 Cincinnati, Ohio John Cranley (D) 2013 2021 Hybrid
65 St. Paul, Minnesota Melvin Carter III (D) 2018 2022 Strong mayor
66 Toledo, Ohio Wade Kapszukiewicz (D) 2018 2022 Strong mayor
67 Greensboro, North Carolina Nancy B. Vaughan (D) 2013 2021 Council-manager
68 Newark, New Jersey Ras J. Baraka (D) 2014 2022 Strong mayor
69 Plano, Texas Harry LaRosiliere 2013 2021 Council-manager
70 Henderson, Nevada Debra March (D) 2017 2021 Council-manager
71 Lincoln, Nebraska Chris Beutler (D) 2007 2019 Strong mayor
72 Buffalo, New York Byron Brown (D) 2005 2021 Strong mayor
73 Jersey City, New Jersey Steven Fulop (D) 2013 2021 Strong mayor
74 Chula Vista, California Mary Salas (D) 2014 2022 Council-manager
75 Fort Wayne, Indiana Tom Henry (D) 2008 2020 Strong mayor
76 Orlando, Florida Buddy Dyer (D) 2003 2020 Strong mayor
77 St. Petersburg, Florida Rick Kriseman (D) 2014 2022 Strong mayor
78 Chandler, Arizona Kevin Hartke (I) 2019 2023 Council-manager
79 Laredo, Texas Pete Saenz (I) 2014 2022 Council-manager
80 Norfolk, Virginia Kenneth Alexander (D) 2016 2020 Council-manager
81 Durham, North Carolina Steve Schewel (D) 2017 2019 Council-manager
82 Madison, Wisconsin Paul Soglin (D) 2011 2019 Strong mayor
83 Lubbock, Texas Dan Pope (R) 2016 2020 Council-manager
84 Irvine, California Donald P. Wagner (R) 2016 2020 Council-manager
85 Winston-Salem, North Carolina Allen Joines (D) 2001 2020 Council-manager
86 Glendale, Arizona Jerry Weiers (R) 2013 2021 Council-manager
87 Garland, Texas Lori Barnett Dodson (R) 2018 2019 Council-manager
88 Hialeah, Florida Carlos Hernandez (R) 2011 2021 Strong mayor
89 Reno, Nevada Hillary Schieve (I) 2014 2022 Council-manager
90 Chesapeake, Virginia Alan P. Krasnoff (R) 2008 2020 Council-manager
91 Gilbert, Arizona Jenn Daniels 2016 2020 Council-manager
92 Baton Rouge, Louisiana Sharon Weston Broome (D) 2017 2021 Strong mayor
93 Irving, Texas Rick Stopfer (R) 2017 2020 Council-manager
94 Scottsdale, Arizona Jim Lane (R) 2009 2021 Council-manager
95 North Las Vegas, Nevada John J. Lee (D) 2013 2021 Council-manager
96 Fremont, California Lily Mei (I) 2016 2020 Council-manager
97 Boise, Idaho David Bieter (D) 2004 2019 Strong mayor
99 San Bernardino, California John Valdivia (I) 2018 2022 Hybrid
99 Birmingham, Alabama Randall L. Woodfin (D) 2017 2021 Strong mayor
100 Richmond, Virginia Levar Stoney (D) 2016 2020 Strong mayor
https://ballotpedia.org/List_of_current_mayors_of_the_top_100_cities_in_the_United_StatesThe following table describes the types of government used by America's largest cities. Each type has a different distribution of power and responsibilities between the mayor and the city council. The types of government are:
Strong mayor: The city council serves as the city's primary legislative body, and the mayor serves as the city's chief executive.
Council-manager: An elected city council—which includes the mayor and serves as the city's primary legislative body—appoints a chief executive called a city manager to oversee day-to-day municipal operations and to implement the council's policy and legislative initiatives.
City commission: A city council, composed of an elected mayor and a board of elected commissioners, serves as the city's primary legislative and administrative body.
Hybrid: The city council serves as the city's primary legislative body, and the mayor serves as the city's chief executive. The mayor, however, appoints a city manager to oversee the city's day-to-day operations and to implement city policies.