The 2020 Milwaukee mayoral election was held on Tuesday, April 7, 2020, to elect the mayor for Milwaukee. Municipal elections in Wisconsin are non-partisan. The non-partisan primary was held on Tuesday, February 18, 2020, to narrow the field of candidates to two. Incumbent mayor Tom Barrett won reelection against state senator Lena Taylor in the general election. Primary election Candidates On ballot Tom Barrett, incumbent mayor Paul Rasky Lena Taylor, State Senator from the 4th District Tony Zielinski, alderman from the 14th district Write-in candidates David D. King, candidate for District 9 Milwaukee city councilor in 2016 Ramone Williams Withdrawn or rejected Daniel Crowley Theresa Garner David D. King, candidate for District 9 Milwaukee city councilor in 2016 subsequently ran as write-in Tremell Noble, applicant to fill the Milwaukee County Sheriff vacancy in 2017 Ramone Williams subsequently ran as write-in Declined Ashanti Hamilton, Milwaukee Common Council president Endorsements Polls Results General election A general election was held April 7 between Tom Barrett and Lena Taylor. Barret's campaign was largely focused on his track record. Taylor challenged his track record, arguing that people of color had not sufficiently benefited from during tenure. Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic On March 23, citing concerns of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, Mayor Barrett sent a letter to Governor Tony Evers, State Senate Majority Leader Scott L. Fitzgerald and Speaker of the State House Robin Vos, requesting that the April 7 elections (including the mayoral election, as well as Wisconsin's presidential primaries and others races) be conducted using mail-in ballots only. City officials urged voters not to vote in person and to instead vote by mail with absentee ballots. On March 31, Milwaukee Election Commission Executive Director Neil Albrecht announced that rather than the usual 180 voting sites, the election will instead have only between ten and twelve in-person voting sites. This was due to a severe lack of poll workers. By April 3, the number of in-person polling places was further reduced to only five. Ultimately, 96,712 absentee ballots were requested, and 77,729 were returned (it is not yet reported how many are valid). On April 1, Judge William M. Conley ruled that, due to the circumstances of the elections, absentee ballots would be allowed to be returned until April 13, despite the elections taking place on April 7. Days after, the Republican National Committee urged the Supreme Court of the United