Incumbent Mayor Jean Stothert won re-election to a second term in office.

The top two finishers in the primary, Jean Stothert and Heath Mello, moved on to the general election.

Pro-choice advocates also assailed Senator Bernie Sanders and Democratic Party Chairman Tom Perez[2] for their support of Mello.

[3][4] The Huffington Post reported that Mello sponsored the final version of a 20-week abortion ban approved by the governor in 2010.

Additionally, he supported a law banning insurance plans in the state from covering abortions.