Democrat Stephanie Miner defeated Republican Steve Kimatian, 50%-39%, and Conservative Party of New York candidate Otis Jennings finished a distant 3rd, with 10% of the vote.

Stephanie Miner Democratic Ben Walsh Independent The 2017 mayoral election in Syracuse, New York was held on November 7, 2017, and resulted in the election of Ben Walsh, an independent, to his first term as mayor.

[17] Incumbent mayor Stephanie Miner, a member of the Democratic Party, was first elected in 2009 and was re-elected in 2013, but was term limited in 2017.

Incumbent Independent mayor Ben Walsh was seeking re-election to a second term in office.

[30][31][32] In 2017, incumbent Democratic mayor Stephanie Miner was term limited and could not seek reelection.

Ben Walsh won the race to succeed her, defeating Democrat Juanita Perez Williams.

[37][38] On May 25, 2021, Walsh submitted 2,538 signatures to create a dedicated party ballot line.

Babilon entered the race on March 1, declaring his intent to force a primary against Burman.

[39] The Syracuse Working Families Committee chose not to endorse any candidate in the mayoral election, meaning that its ballot line would go unfilled.