2019 Des Moines mayoral election

The 2019 Des Moines mayoral election had an initial round held on November 5, 2019, with a runoff scheduled for December 3 to elect the mayor of Des Moines, Iowa. It saw the reelection of incumbent mayor Frank Cownie.

Cownie's margin of victory in the runoff was narrower than the margin of victory in any of his previous mayoral elections.

Candidates

 * Frank Cownie, incumbent mayor of Des Moines since 2004 (Party affiliation: Democratic)
 * Jack Hatch, Iowa state senator (Party affiliation: Democratic)
 * Chase E. Holm, U.S Army veteran (Party affiliation: Republican)
 * Joe Grandanette, Independent candidate for Iowa's 3rd Congressional District in 2016 and 2018, Republican candidate for Iowa's 3rd Congressional District in 2014 and 2016 (Party affiliation: Republican)