2025 Stamford mayoral election

Stamford, Connecticut experienced significant population growth and economic development since the 1990s, in contrast to most other cities in Connecticut during this time.^[2] Since its growth, Stamford has played a major role in the state's economy, with one 2022 article in the Stamford Advocate calling it "the economic engine of the state".^[2]

In the city's 2021 mayoral election, Caroline Simmons defeated incumbent mayor David Martin in a Democratic primary and went on to defeat former Major League Baseball manager Bobby Valentine.^[3] During Simmons' term, she came into conflict with a faction of Stamford's Democratic Party known as "Reform Stamford", who argued special interests such as real estate developers and construction companies had outsized influence on city government.^[3] This faction suffered numerous political defeats throughout Simmons' term, losing efforts to re-write the city's charter in 2023,^[4] and significant losses in the 2024 Democratic City Committee elections.^[5]

Every challenger to Simmons' second term claimed the city had too much development. ^{[6][7][8][9][10]}

• Caroline Simmons, incumbent mayor^[11]

• Fritz Chery, former Stamford Board of Education member^[12]

• Michael Loughran Jr., retired police sergeant^[13]

• Nicola Tarzia, former member of the Stamford Board of Education^[14]

• Arthur Augustyn, former staffer of former mayor David Martin^[15]
• Peter Slavin^[16]

• Caroline Simmons, incumbent mayor^[11]