The 2024 Fort Lauderdale mayoral election took place on November 5, 2024. Incumbent Mayor Dean Trantalis ran for re-election to a third term. He faced a crowded field of challengers, including attorney Barbra Stern and Kenneth Cooper, his 2020 opponent. Trantalis won re-election, but with a plurality of the vote, receiving 38 percent of the vote to Stern's 33 percent and Cooper's 14 percent.
General election Candidates Dean Trantalis, incumbent Mayor Barbra Stern, attorney, 2010 Democratic nominee for the State House Kenneth Cooper, attorney, 2020 candidate for Mayor Jim Lewis, attorney, perennial candidate Chris Nelson, activist, conspiracy theorist, conservative writer (dropped out)
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