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List of socialist mayors in the United States

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The following is a list of mayors who have declared themselves to be socialists or have been a member of a socialist party in the United States.

Statistics

In 1911, one author estimated that there were twenty-eight such mayors[1] and in 1913 another author estimated thirty-four.[2] In 1967, however, James Weinstein's table of "Cities and Towns Electing Socialist Mayors or Other Major Municipal Officers, 1911–1920" counted 74 such municipalities in 1911 and 32 in 1913, with smaller peaks in 1915 (22) and 1917 (18):[3]: 116–118 

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U.S. towns electing Socialist mayors or major officers, 1911–1920
Year No. Year No. Year No. Year No. Year No.
1911 74 1913 32 1915 22 1917 18 1919 5
1912 8 1914 5 1916 6 1918 2 1920 2
Total 82 Total 37 Total 28 Total 20 Total 7
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In 1911, the SPA won election to about 1,141 local offices in total.[4]

List of mayors

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Mayor Term
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end		 City State   Party
Katie Wilson 2026 Current Seattle Washington Democratic Party, self-described socialist [5][6]
Zohran Mamdani 2026 Current New York City New York Fusion candidate: Democratic Party and Working Families Party (DSA member and New York State Socialists in Office member, now former) [7][8]
Larry Agran 2025 Current Irvine California Democratic Party (DSA member) [9]
Emma Mulvaney-Stanak 2024 Current Burlington Vermont Vermont Progressive Party (DSA member) [10]
Sara Innamorato[a] 2024 Current Allegheny County Pennsylvania Democratic Party (DSA member, now former) [11]
Nikki Perez 2024 2025 Burbank California Democratic Party (DSA member) [12][13]
Brian Nowak[b] 2023 Current Cheektowaga New York Democratic Party (DSA member) [14]
Eduardo Martinez 2023 Current Richmond California Democratic Party (DSA member and Richmond Progressive Alliance member) [15]
Elizabeth Alcantar 2022 2022 Cudahy California Democratic Party (DSA member) [12]
khalid kamau[c] 2022 2025 South Fulton Georgia Democratic Party (DSA member) [17][18][19][20]
Marc Elrich[d] 2018 Current Montgomery County Maryland Democratic Party (DSA member) [21]
James H. Coleman 2023 2024 South San Francisco California Democratic Party (DSA member) [22]
Konstantine Anthony 2022 2023 Burbank California Democratic Party (DSA member) [23]
Anne Watson 2018 2023 Montpelier Vermont Fusion candidate: Vermont Progressive Party and Democratic Party
Chokwe Antar Lumumba[e] 2017 2025 Jackson Mississippi Democratic Party, self-described socialist [24]
Ethan Strimling 2015 2019 Portland Maine Democratic Party (DSA member) [25]
Chokwe Lumumba 2013 2014 Jackson Mississippi Democratic Party, self-described socialist [26]
Ron Dellums 2007 2011 Oakland California Democratic Party (DSA member) [27]
Bob Kiss 2006 2012 Burlington Vermont Vermont Progressive Party
Peter Clavelle 1995 2006 Burlington Vermont Vermont Progressive Party (1995-2004), then Democratic Party (2004-2006)[f]
James Scheibel 1990 1994 Saint Paul Minnesota Democratic Party (DSA member) [28]
David Dinkins 1990 1993 New York City New York Democratic Party (DSA member) [29]
Peter Clavelle 1989 1993 Burlington Vermont Vermont Progressive Party
Benjamin Nichols 1989 1995 Ithaca New York Democratic Party (DSA member) [30]
Bernie Sanders 1981 1989 Burlington Vermont Independent [31]
Gus Newport 1979 1986 Berkeley California Berkeley Citizens Action (DSA member) [32]
David Belgum 1976 1987 University Heights Iowa Socialist Party of America [33]
Frank P. Zeidler 1948 1960 Milwaukee Wisconsin Socialist Party of America
Irving Freese 1947 1951 Norwalk Connecticut Socialist Party of America [34][35]
J. Henry Stump 1943 1947 Reading Pennsylvania Socialist Party of America
J. Henry Stump 1935 1939 Reading Pennsylvania Socialist Party of America
Fiorello La Guardia 1934 1946 New York City New York Republican Party, self-described socialist [36]
C. Henry Bloom 1933 1953 Rockford Illinois Rockford Progressive Party[g] [39][38]
Jasper McLevy 1933 1957 Bridgeport Connecticut Socialist Party of America
William Swoboda 1931 1932 Racine Wisconsin Socialist Party of America [40][41]
Fred W. Suitor 1929 1931 Barre Vermont Socialist Party of America [42]
J. Henry Stump 1927 1931 Reading Pennsylvania Socialist Party of America
Robert A. Bakeman 1925 1929 Peabody Massachusetts Non-partisan election, member of the Socialist Party of America [43][44]
James B. Furber 1922 1924 Rahway New Jersey Socialist Party of America [45]
J. Herman Hallstrom 1921 1933 Rockford Illinois Rockford Labor Legion (1921–29), then Independent (1929-33)[h] [38]
C.L. Barewald 1920 1922 Davenport Iowa Socialist Party of America[i] [46]
Parkman B. Flanders 1920 1923 Haverhill Massachusetts Socialist Party of America [47]
John H. Gibbons 1920 1922 Lackawanna New York Socialist Party of America [48]
Frank B. Hamilton 1918 Piqua Ohio Socialist Party of America [49]
Major Church 1918 1921 Eureka Utah Socialist Party of America [50]
Thomas Van Lear 1917 1919 Minneapolis Minnesota Socialist Party of America (1917–18), then Public Ownership Party (1918–19)[j] [51]
David Love 1916 West Allis Wisconsin Socialist Party of America [52]
Daniel Webster Hoan 1916 1940 Milwaukee Wisconsin Socialist Party of America
Robert Gordon 1916 1917 Barre Vermont Socialist Party of America [42]
Ernst Gottfrid Strand 1916 1917 Two Harbors Minnesota Socialist Party of America [53]
George R. Lunn 1915 1917 Schenectady New York Socialist Party of America [54]
Henry M. Schutte 1915 Adamston West Virginia Socialist Party of America
Elijah Falk 1915 1919 Eureka California Socialist Party of America [55]
Eugene Bootz 1914 1915 Edgewater Colorado Socialist Party of America [55]
James Love 1914 1916 Lake Worth Florida Socialist Party of America [56]
A. W. Vincent 1914 1915 St. Johns Oregon Socialist Party of America [57]
A. Barton Cross 1913 1914 Naugatuck Connecticut Socialist Party of America [55]
Seth Wood 1913 1914 Lafayette Colorado Socialist Party of America [55]
William Towl 1912*[k] Two Harbors Minnesota Socialist Party of America [58]
William Breese 1912*[k] Talent Oregon Socialist Party of America [58]
John C. Knapp 1912*[k] Sisseton South Dakota Socialist Party of America [58]
E. S. Dale 1912*[k] Rugby North Dakota Socialist Party of America [58]
W. A. Matthews 1912*[k] Rockaway New Jersey Socialist Party of America [58]
L. S. McKinney 1912*[k] Mineral City Ohio Socialist Party of America [58]
Newton Wycoff 1912*[k] Martins Ferry Ohio Socialist Party of America [58]
N. J. Hansen 1912*[k] Mammoth Utah Socialist Party of America [58]
M. M. Jones 1912*[k] Liberal Missouri Socialist Party of America [58]
S. R. Wood 1912*[k] Lafayette Colorado Socialist Party of America [58]
Jared Herdlich 1912*[k] Hillyard Washington Socialist Party of America [58]
R. S. Dayton 1912*[k] Hendricks West Virginia Socialist Party of America [58]
William Brueckmann 1912*[k] Haledon New Jersey Socialist Party of America [58]
E. E. Wintergill 1912*[k] Gulfport Florida Socialist Party of America [58]
W. M. Ralston 1912*[k] Fostoria Ohio Socialist Party of America [58]
John A. Miller 1912*[k] Eagle Bend Minnesota Socialist Party of America [58]
Neil Monroe 1912*[k] Burlington Washington Socialist Party of America [58]
Homer J. Brown 1912*[k] Buena Vista Colorado Socialist Party of America [58]
R. A. Henning 1912*[k] Brainerd Minnesota Socialist Party of America [58]
N. L. Larson 1912 1913 Crookston Minnesota Socialist Party of America [59]
Thomas M. Fluhart 1912 Linden Heights Ohio Socialist Party of America [60]
J.M. Haley 1912 1916 Paonia Colorado Socialist Party of America [55]
George Huscher 1912 1915 Murray Utah Socialist Party of America [61][62]
J.F. Johnston 1912 1914 Fairhope Alabama Socialist Party of America [63][64]
Walter V. Tyler 1912 1915 New Castle Pennsylvania Socialist Party of America [65]
George Urie 1912 1913 Cedar City Utah Socialist Party of America [66]
Joseph Warnock 1912 Harbor Springs Michigan Socialist Party of America [67]
Scott Wilkins 1912 1913 St. Marys Ohio Socialist Party of America [68]
Thomas W. Pape 1912 Lorain Ohio Socialist Party of America [60]
Alfred A. Perrine 1912 1913 Mount Vernon Ohio Socialist Party of America [60][58]
Corbin Shook 1912 Lima Ohio Socialist Party of America [60]
Peter Stewart 1912 1914 Hartford Arkansas Socialist Party of America [69][70]
B. C. Ross 1912 1916 Daly City California Socialist Party of America
George R. Lunn 1911 1913 Schenectady New York Socialist Party of America [54]
Henry Stolze, Jr. 1911 Manitowoc Wisconsin Socialist Party of America [71]
Edward Mauck 1911 Wymore Nebraska Socialist Party of America [71]
John A. C. Menton 1911 1912 Flint Michigan Socialist Party of America [72][71]
Robert Murray 1911 1915 Toronto Ohio Socialist Party of America
Ed E. Robinson 1911 1913 Mineral Ridge Ohio Socialist Party of America
William Shay 1911 1917 Star City West Virginia Socialist Party of America
Jackson Stitt Wilson 1911 1913 Berkeley California Socialist Party of America [71]
John T. Wood 1911 1913 Coeur d'Alène Idaho Socialist Party of America [73]
James Larson 1911 Marinette Wisconsin Socialist Party of America [71]
M.E. Kirkpatrick 1911 1913 Granite City Illinois Socialist Party of America [74]
H.P. Houghton 1911 Girard Kansas Socialist Party of America [71]
W.E. Griffin 1911   Beatrice Nebraska Socialist Party of America [71]
Alexander Halliday 1911 Two Harbors Minnesota Socialist Party of America [75]
Edward Foe 1911 Red Cloud Nebraska Socialist Party of America [76]
W. H. Cook 1911 Edmonds Washington Socialist Party of America [77]
John Dobler 1912 1921 Gulfport Florida Socialist Party of America [56]
Lewis J. Duncan[l] 1911 1914 Butte Montana Socialist Party of America [71][80]
J.B. Bitterly 1911 1915 Victor Colorado Socialist Party of America [55]
Albert B. Thomas 1911 Greenville Michigan Socialist Party of America [81]
William Thum 1911 1913 Pasadena California Socialist Party of America [71][55]
Emil Seidel 1910 1912 Milwaukee Wisconsin Socialist Party of America [82]
Ewell Work 1910 1912 Ledford Illinois Socialist Party of America [83]
Arthur LeSueur 1910 1911 Minot North Dakota Socialist Party of America [84]
A. Ousdahl 1909 1910 Brainerd Minnesota Socialist Party of America [85]
Thomas M. Todd 1909 1914 Grand Junction Colorado Socialist Party of America [55]
Andrew Mitchell 1908 Eureka Utah Socialist Party of America [86]
Daniel T. Leigh 1906 1907 Cedar City Utah Socialist Party of America [66]
Brand Whitlock 1906 1912 Toledo Ohio Socialist Party of America [87]
Ray Austin 1905 1906 Red Lodge Montana Socialist Party of America [88][89]
Parkman B. Flanders 1903 1904 Haverhill Massachusetts Socialist Party of America [47][90]
John Frinke 1903 Anaconda Montana Socialist Party of America [91]
Charles A. Born 1903 1904 Sheboygan Wisconsin Socialist Party of America [92][93]
Charles H. Coulter 1900 1901 Brockton Massachusetts Socialist Party of America, then Social Democratic Party[m] [95][94]: 117 
John C. Chase 1898 1900 Haverhill Massachusetts Socialist Party of America, then Social Democratic Party[m] [94]: 90, 117 
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Notes

  1. [a]
    Innamorato is a county executive, not a mayor proper.
  2. [b]
    Nowak is a town supervisor, not a mayor proper.
  3. [c]
    kamau uses lowercase letters for his names.[16]
  4. [d]
    Elrich is a county executive, not a mayor proper.
  5. [e]
    Son of the previous socialist mayor, Chokwe Lumumba
  6. [f]
    Clavelle became a member of the Democratic Party in 2004.
  7. [g]
    Bloom ran for the Rockford Progressive Party, which was formed by dissidents of the Rockford Labor Party in 1929.[37][38]
  8. [h]
    Hallstrom ran for the Rockford Labor Legion from 1921–1927, in 1929 the Labor Party refused to nominate him on the grounds that he had moved from some of the party's principles. He ran as an independent from 1929-33.[38] The Rockford Labor Legion was a coalition of local trade unions, socialist organizations and temperance societies.[38]
  9. [i]
    Barewald resigned from the Socialist Party during the first week of January 1921 and captured national headlines by declaring radicals "insane" and instructing local police to greet unwanted members of the Industrial Workers of the World with "hot lead." See: "Wants Town Rid of IWW: Mayor Barewald Advises Use of Riot Guns," Eugene Morning Register, Jan. 9, 1921, pg. 1.
  10. [j]
    Van Lear was expelled from the Socialist Party of America in 1918.
  11. [k]
    Listed as being currently in office as of May 1913 per source.
  12. [l]
    Lewis Duncan's name is sometimes spelled Louis Duncan.[78][79]
  13. [m]
    Chase and Coulter were both elected mayor for the Social Democratic Party, but the party later merged itself with a dissident faction of the Socialist Labor Party in 1901 and founded the Socialist Party of America.[94]: 122  The Socialist Party of America was then named the Social Democratic Party of America.

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