Regina Romero (D)
Mayor · Mayor and Council, Tucson
- How
- Elected
- Party
- Democrat
- Since
- December 2019
- Term ends
- Dec. 6, 2027
- Next election
- Nov. 2, 2027
- Pay
- $120,750 a year, by statute since Dec. 1, 2025: Tucson Charter Ch. V § 8 (Prop 413, 2023): 1.25 times a Pima County supervisor's pay under A.R.S. § 11-419(A); statutory raises reach Tucson on the first Monday of December of the next odd year.
What the office does
The mayor is the city's chief executive officer and the chair of the council: the mayor presides at council meetings, is responsible for seeing that city ordinances are enforced, reports to the council on the state of the city and recommends action, and represents the city before the governor and state officials. Every ordinance and resolution must be signed by the mayor and attested by the clerk.
The mayor is one of the seven votes on the council; four affirmative votes pass any ordinance, resolution or motion. In "times of great danger" the charter lets the mayor take command of the police and govern the city by proclamation.
Source: Tucson Charter, Chapter VI, §§ 1–5; Chapter IX, § 5.
In our reporting
- Tucson council lowers water-use trigger for big users in 4-3 vote, orders tougher rules in 120 days
- Tucson Council Freezes All Park Namings Rather Than Vote on Baldenegro Park; Accepts $390K Police Grant With a Caveat
- Tucson Council Passes Data Center Zoning Rules 6-1, Directs Staff to Explore Ban
- Police Were Already Stationed Downtown When Sunday's Shooting Erupted, Tucson Council Told
- Tucson Council Approves Property Tax Levy, Splits on Police Review Board Term Limits
- Tucson Council Adopts Tentative Budget and Fee Hikes; Cunningham Pushes to Defer Development Fees
- Tucson Council Unanimously Opposes Marana ICE Detention Center, Copper World Mine
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Official portrait via the City of Tucson (tucsonaz.gov)
Who They Are was researched and written by Nicholas De Leon with Claude Fable 5.1 from the official pages, election canvasses, statutes and contracts linked on each chart; the reports naming each person are matched by code from What They Decided, and no model wrote any of it. Last updated 10:31 AM MST on October 5, 2026. Read more about how this is made.