2022 Milwaukee mayoral special election

The 2022 Milwaukee mayoral special election was held on April 5, 2022, concurrent with Wisconsin's Spring general election, to elect a new mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, following the resignation of mayor Tom Barrett in December 2021. Acting mayor Cavalier Johnson, who had been president of the common council when Barrett resigned, won the election, receiving 71% of the vote and defeating alderman Bob Donovan. Johnson became the first African American elected mayor of Milwaukee.

Municipal elections in Wisconsin are nonpartisan. A nonpartisan primary election was held on February 15, 2022, in which the top two vote-getters advanced to the April general election. This special election was the first open race for mayor of Milwaukee since 2004.