Bakersfield, California mayoral election, 2016
Candidate
Karen Goh
Kyle Carter
G. Alex Merrill
Party
nonpartisan
Nonpartisan
Nonpartisan
First-round vote
20,116
19,369
3,139
First-round percentage
33.03%
31.80%
5.15%
Second-round vote
59,355
53,157
Second-round percentage
52.75%
47.24%
Mayor before election
Harvey Hall
Republican
Elected Mayor
Karen Goh
Republican
The 2016 Bakersfield, California mayoral election was held on June 7, 2016 and November 8, 2016 to elect the mayor of Bakersfield, California . It saw the election of Karen Goh .
Municipal elections in California are officially non-partisan.
Results [ ]
First round [ ]
First round results[1]
Candidate
Votes
%
Karen Goh
20,116
33.03
Kyle Carter
19,369
31.80
G. Alex Merrill
3,139
5.15
Anthony "T.J" Esposito
2,470
4.06
Tony Martinez
1,983
3.26
Gregory Tatum
1,570
2.58
Gilberto De La Torre
1,567
2.57
Nannette Gonzalez
1,477
2.43
Marc DeLeon
1,364
2.24
Addison Chavez
1,250
2.05
Kevin Blanton
1,232
2.02
Tanner Thompson
865
1.42
Tyrone Smith
722
1.19
Opal Morland
554
0.91
Brett Vigil
463
0.76
Roy Charles Keenan
415
0.68
Michael Harmon
392
0.64
Valiant Robinson
379
0.62
Kenneth Whitchard
363
0.60
Scott Monroe
327
0.54
Joseph Crotwell
274
0.45
Benjamin Weigel
265
0.44
William M. Minnick
174
0.29
Kameron Kephart
119
0.20
Nathan Nemnich
58
0.10
Total votes
60,907
100%
Runoff [ ]
Runoff results[2]
Candidate
Votes
%
Karen Goh
59,355
52.75
Kyle Carter
53,157
47.24
Total votes
112,512
100%
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