2020 Bakersfield, California, mayoral election

2020 Bakersfield, California, mayoral election

March 3, 2020 (2020-03-03)

Candidate Karen Goh Gregory Tatum Joseph Caporali Popular vote 60,579 7,336 4,519 Percentage 83.53% 10.12% 6.23%

Mayor before election Karen Goh Elected Mayor Karen Goh

Bakersfield, California, held a general election for mayor on March 3, 2020. It saw the re-election of incumbent Karen Goh.

Municipal elections in California are officially non-partisan.

Candidates

Declared

• Joseph Caporali, military veteran and filmmaker; candidate for mayor in 2008
• Karen Goh, incumbent mayor and former Kern County supervisor (party preference: Republican)
• Joey Harrington (write-in), business owner
• Mark Hudson (write-in), business owner
• Gregory Tatum, military veteran and pastor; candidate for mayor in 2016 and State Senate in 2018 (party preference: Republican)

Results

2020 Bakersfield mayoral election

Candidate		Votes	%
Karen Goh (incumbent)		60,579	83.53%
Gregory Tatum		7,336	10.12%
Joseph Caporali		4,519	6.23%
Mark Hudson (write-in)		74	0.10%
Joey Harrington (write-in)		15	0.02%
Total votes		72,523	100.00%