Catherine Pugh won the election on November 8, 2016, with 57% of the popular vote,[2] and took office on December 6, 2016.

Notable events include the 2015 Freddie Gray Protests, Governor Hogan's rejection of the Baltimore Red Line, and an increase in crime since the Freddie Gray Protests in April 2015.

Since her announcement, Dixon had campaigned in West Baltimore about the city's increasing transportation issues.

[6] Additional candidates included Baltimore City Council members Nick Mosby[7] and Carl Stokes,[8] Baltimore Police Sergeant Gersham Cupid, writer Mack Clifton,[9] engineer Calvin Young,[10] Baltimore Sun op-ed contributor Connor Meek,[11] attorney and public servant Elizabeth Embry,[12] and Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson.

[13] On September 11, 2015, Rawlings-Blake announced that she would not seek re-election as mayor, stating, "It was a very difficult decision, but I knew I needed to spend time focused on the city's future, not my own".