Mayoral elections in Riverside, California

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.

1997
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.

Candidates

 * Terry Frizzel, businesswoman and former mayor of Riverside (1990–1994)
 * Ronald O. Loveridge, incumbent mayor and college teacher
 * Gary R. Supek, quality analyst
 * Steven Portillo Torres, "politicalist", speaker, and collegiate

2001
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.

Candidates

 * Sam Cardelucci, owner of National Environmental Waste Co.
 * Ronald O. Loveridge, incumbent mayor and college teacher
 * Letitia Pepper, attorney and teacher
 * Peter G. Weber, manufacturing manager

2005
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.

Candidates

 * Terry Frizzel, former mayor of Riverside (1990–1994)
 * Ronald O. Loveridge, incumbent mayor and college teacher
 * Ameal Moore

2009
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.

2012
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.

Results

 * First round


 * Runoff

2016
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.

2020
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.

Results

 * First round


 * Runoff

2024
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 not only have only two candidates on the ballot.

It was also the first election since 2016 to not progress to a runoff.

Candidates

 * Patricia Lock Dawson, incumbent mayor
 * Jessica Qattawi, small business owner