[4][5] Masters won the election, unseating two-term incumbent mayor Michael Fougere in a nine-person race with 46.4 per cent of the vote.
[6] This made Masters the first person since Pat Fiacco to become mayor of Regina with no previous city council experience.
[10] However, by the mid-way point of her mayoral term, Masters also found herself leading a divided city council that saw in-fighting, persistent formal complaints against councillor Terina Nelson, and a fractious debate over affordability and a plan to address homelessness.
[9] Masters labelled the lawsuit as sexist and was accused of retaliating against LeBlanc by pushing for his removal as the City Council representative on the board of directors of Community and Social Impact Regina.
[14][15] In December 2022, Masters stated that her accomplishments to that point in time centred on bolstering local pride in Regina.