PHOENIX (AZFamille) — Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego won re-election, defeating Republican opponent Matt Evans in the 2024 election.

Minutes after the results of the first round of voting were counted, his campaign claimed victory.

“Over the past five years, we have created jobs that support families, invested in our long-term water supply and made our city even safer,” Gallego said in a written statement. “I am incredibly grateful that Phoenix voters elected me to one final term as mayor, and I look forward to continuing to build a future that works for everyone.”

This will be his third term. She will be sworn in for her final four-year term in April and will serve until spring 2029.

She is the second woman elected mayor in Phoenix history and one of the youngest major city mayors in the country.

Before being elected in 2019, Gallego served on the Phoenix City Council from 2014 to 2018.

During his tenure as mayor, Gallego brought a $65 billion semiconductor manufacturing plant to the Valley that will create thousands of new jobs. She also created the Office of Heat Response and Mitigation, launched a cool pavement pilot project, and helped Phoenix become the nation’s most sustainable desert city.

Gallego has improved the city’s parks, public safety and infrastructure and is working with Arizona State University to build a new medical school in downtown Phoenix.

She is a Harvard graduate and holds an MBA from the Wharton School of Business in Pennsylvania.

See a spelling or grammar error in our story? Please click here to report it.

Do you have a photo or video of a news report? Send it’s ours here with a brief description.

Copyright 2024 KTVK/KPHO. All rights reserved.