2020 Macon mayoral election

2020 Macon County mayoral election
May 19, 2020 (primary)
August 11, 2020 (runoff)
 
Candidate Lester Miller Cliffard Whitby Blake Sullivan
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
First round 17,011
42.36%
11,015
27.43%
5,457
13.59%
Runoff 22,846
59.18%
15,756
40.82%
Eliminated

 
Candidate Larry Schlesinger Marc B. Whitfield
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
First round 4,769
11.88%
1,868
4.65%
Runoff Eliminated Eliminated

Mayor before election

Robert Reichert

Elected mayor

Lester Miller

The 2020 Macon mayoral election took place on Tuesday, May 19, 2020, with a runoff election held on Tuesday, August 11, 2020. Incumbent Mayor Robert Reichert, the first mayor following the consolidation of Macon and Bibb County, was term-limited and could not run for re-election. After no candidate received a majority of the vote in the election, a runoff election was held, and County School Board President Lester Miller defeated Clifford Whitby, the former Chairman of the Macon-Bibb County Industrial Authority.

General election

Candidates

  • Lester Miller, President of the Bibb County School Board[1]
  • Larry Schlesinger, Bibb County Commissioner[2]
  • Blake Sullivan, businessman[3]
  • Clifford Whitby, former Chairman of the Macon-Bibb County Industrial Authority[4]
  • Marc B. Whitfield, retired banker[5]

Results

2020 Macon mayoral primary election results[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Lester Miller 17,011 42.36%
Nonpartisan Cliffard Whitby 11,015 27.43%
Nonpartisan Blake Sullivan 5,457 13.59%
Nonpartisan Larry Schlesinger 4,769 11.88%
Nonpartisan Marc B. Whitfield 1,868 4.65%
Write-in 34 0.08%
Total votes 40,154 100.00%

Runoff election

Results

2020 Macon mayoral election runoff[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Lester Miller 22,846 59.18%
Nonpartisan Cliffard Whitby 15,716 40.82%
Total votes 38,602 100.00%

References

  1. ^ Eason, Jenna (August 12, 2020). "Lester Miller defeats Cliffard Whitby, elected next Macon-Bibb County mayor". Macon Telegraph. Macon, Georgia. Retrieved June 11, 2025.
  2. ^ Savage, Randall (May 13, 2020). "Larry Schlesinger: Meet the Macon mayoral candidate who wants to bring the city's 'family' together". WMAZ-TV. Macon, Georgia. Retrieved June 11, 2025.
  3. ^ Savage, Randall (May 13, 2020). "Blake Sullivan: Meet the Macon mayoral candidate who wants to stop county infighting". WMAZ-TV. Macon, Georgia. Retrieved June 11, 2025.
  4. ^ Savage, Randall (May 13, 2020). "Cliffard Whitby: Meet the Macon mayoral candidate who wants to fight causes of crime and blight". WMAZ-TV. Macon, Georgia. Retrieved June 11, 2025.
  5. ^ Savage, Randall (April 5, 2020). "Cliffard Whitby: Meet the Macon mayoral candidate who wants to fight causes of crime and blight". Macon Telegraph. Macon, Georgia. Retrieved June 11, 2025.
  6. ^ Eason, Jenna (July 20, 2020). "State releases official election results. Here are final vote counts for Bibb County". Macon Telegraph. Macon, Georgia. Retrieved July 4, 2025.
  7. ^ Macon-Bibb County Board of Elections (August 14, 2020). "Election Summary Report - Closed Primary - BIBB - August 11, 2020" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 30, 2020. Retrieved July 4, 2025.