Municipal elections

Karen Bass, Spencer Pratt head to November run-off in Los Angeles mayoral race

Karen Bass leads 37% in the LA mayoral race, facing Republican Spencer Pratt in the November run-off after a crowded first round marked by wildfires, homelessness, and political clashes.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass dances near supporters while attending her election night watch party as she runs for reelection in the Los Angeles mayoral race during the California primary election in Los Angeles, June 2, 2026.
Displaced Palestinians, who fled their houses due to Israeli strikes, shelter at a tent camp, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Deir Al-Balah in central Gaza Strip May 11, 2024.

Palestinians in Gaza to vote in municipal elections, offering view into support for Hamas

It will be Gaza's first vote of any kind since 2006, when Hamas won the PA's legislative elections and later seized control of Gaza following a brief civil war with PA President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah.

|ByREUTERS
Bloomberg-Sagol Center opens third class to train Israel’s mayors

Third cohort of Bloomberg-Sagol leadership program launches at TAU

The yearlong track will train 20 mayors and 40 senior officials in data-driven management, crisis leadership, and urban innovation, with a formal launch event on Tuesday in Tel Aviv.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israelis in Jerusalem are seen protesting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to fire defense minister Yoav Gallant, near the Prime Minister’s Residence, Nov. 6, 2024.

Year in review: What were the biggest events, stories in Jerusalem of 2024?

From the Iran attack and the Paraguayan embassy move to the waves of protests and the taking down of UNRWA, these are the biggest events and stories in Jerusalem of 2024.

|ByAARON REICH

Reflecting on the municipal elections through a Talmudic lens - opinion

In the aftermath of the elections, as elected officials assume their roles and communities come together to chart their future, let us commit to upholding the values of dignity, respect, and honesty.

MARCH 1, 2024ByJONATHAN LIEBERMAN
Campaign posters at a voting station on the morning of the Municipal Elections, in Jerusalem, on February 27, 2024

IDF reservists could be the key to Israel's political future

The Jerusalem Post Podcast with Tamar Uriel-Beeri and Zvika Klein.

FEBRUARY 29, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Tamar Uriel-Beeri, Zvika Klein and former communications minister Yoaz Hendel

Tuesday's election was a reminder of what clean politics could look like - comment

Election campaigns can indeed be divisive and often nasty. But they do not have to be, and the municipal election this week was a reminder of this.

FEBRUARY 28, 2024ByELIAV BREUER
An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Israeli selects his ballot paper on the day of Israel's general election in a polling station in Jerusalem November 1, 2022.

Israel's municipal elections: The big victories, shocking defeats and hottest races

Haifa heads to runoff race, Beersheba mayor runs unopposed • Incumbents win big, from Eilat to Tiberias through the West Bank

FEBRUARY 28, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Supporters seen during the municipal elections in Tel Aviv, February 27, 2024

Lion victorious in Jerusalem in landslide victory; Huldai wins in Tel Aviv

With the majority of ballots counted, the incumbents of Israel's two largest cities cling to victory and are set to serve for another five years.

FEBRUARY 28, 2024ByELIAV BREUER, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Moshe Lion in a speech on February 27, 2024.

Holon Mayor Moti Sasson ousted after 30 years in office

Holon Mayor Moti Sasson's tenure ends after 30 years that saw him carve out a legacy as a champion of the central city.

FEBRUARY 27, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
From right to left: Prof. Adir Pridor, Chairman of HITS’s Executive Committee, Pinchas (Pini) Cohen, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of HIT, Moti Sasson, Mayor of Holon, HIT President Professor Eduard Yakubov, and Shmuel Goldberg, HIT CEO.

American olim in Beit Shemesh may tip the scales in the mayoral election

The race for the mayorship of Beit Shemesh is shaping up to be one of the most dramatic in the current round of local authority elections.

FEBRUARY 27, 2024ByYINON SHALOM YITACH, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Beit Shemesh mayor and Mayoral candidate Aliza Bloch casts her ballot at a voting station on the morning of the Municipal Elections, in Beit Shemesh, February 27, 2024.

Ashdod Mayor will try to overcome a surprising duo, Ramat Gan Mayor fights for second term

Facing Ashdod's incumbent mayor, Yechiel Lasri, are the duo Shimon Katznelson and Barak Seri.

FEBRUARY 27, 2024ByYANIR YAGNA, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Ashdod Mayoral candidate Yehiel Lasri casts his ballot at a voting station on the morning of the Municipal Elections, in Ashdod, on February 27, 2024.

Low voting numbers in wartime municipal election

according to an update by the unit in the interior ministry responsible for the election, at 7:00 p.m. approximately 2.9 million Israelis, 41% of eligible voters, had cast their votes.

FEBRUARY 27, 2024ByELIAV BREUER, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israelis cast their votes at a voting station on the morning of the Municipal Elections, in Jerusalem, on February 27, 2024.

Bnei Brak, Ashkelon lead cities with highest municipal election voter turnout

Mayoral candidates Hanoch Zeibert, Yaakov Vider, and  Uriel Menachem Buso made their last pitches to the city's residents on Tuesday.

FEBRUARY 27, 2024ByMICHAEL STARR
An ultra-orthodox Jewish man casts his ballot at a voting station, in Bnei Brak, on February 27, 2024.