John Evans Dailey (born December 7, 1972) is an American politician from the state of Florida.

[2] On November 6, 2018, he defeated his challenger Dustin Daniels in a second-round runoff of the 2018 Tallahassee mayoral election with 51.47% of the vote to 48.53%.

[4] During John Dailey's re-election campaign in the 2022 mayoral race, he accepted approximately $20,000 in campaign contributions from Seminole Booster and FSU related entities weeks before a critical vote awarding $20 million dollars in public funds for stadium improvements.

[6] Dailey was re-elected in November 2022, defeating his General Election opponent Kristin Dozier by 6 points, 53.16% to 46.84% On November 19, 2018, Dailey succeeded Andrew Gillum as the mayor of Tallahassee after assuming office, where he outlined in writing "a next chapter for the city of Tallahassee.

"[7] During his first term as mayor, Dailey in early 2021 made Election Day a paid holiday for Tallahassee city employees, claiming the use of voter suppression in other states in which he insisted the move as chance for Tallahassee "to lead an effort to expand rights".