Hamilton’s 2026 Mayoral Race

The 155 Interviews

Rob Cooper
Rob Cooper
Mayor
Registered May 1, 2026
The 155 Podcast
The 155 Podcast · S2026:E247
2026 Hamilton Mayoral Election: Rob Cooper

Rob Cooper is running for election as Mayor of Hamilton. In the only full-length interview of the 2026 campaign, Cooper answers questions on budgets, governance and honesty, implementing priorities, and how he will keep his promise to cap taxes.

0:00 / 38:29
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Voterobcooper.com
Keanin Loomis
Registered May 8, 2026
The 155 Podcast
The 155 Podcast · S2026:E246
2026 Hamilton Mayoral Election: Keanin Loomis

Keanin Loomis is running for election as Mayor of Hamilton. In the only full-length interview of the 2026 campaign, Loomis answers questions on budgets, governance and honesty, implementing priorities, and how he will keep his promise to cap taxes.

0:00 / 51:23
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Voteloomis.ca
Andrea Horwath
Andrea HorwathIncumbent
Mayor
Registered August 14, 2026
The 155 Podcast
The 155 Podcast · S2026:E245
2026 Hamilton Mayoral Election: Andrea Horwath

Andrea Horwath is running for re-election as Mayor of Hamilton. In the only full-length interview of the 2026 campaign, Horwath answers questions on budgets, governance and honesty, implementing priorities, and how she will keep her promise to cap taxes.

0:00 / 49:25
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Andrea4hamilton.ca
TPR defined front-runner candidates using a methodology that considered candidate experience, and reviewed mayoral elections across Canada that occurred during the past 12 years for candidate electoral outcomes to determine the candidate viability threshold. Read the Editor’s Note explanation here.

All Candidates

Candidates sorted by date and time of registration.
Rob Cooper
Voterobcooper.com
Scarlett Gillespie
Scarlettformayor.ca
Ejaz Butt
Sasha Austin
Keanin Loomis
Voteloomis.ca
Nathalie Xian Yi Yan
Pam Mitchell
Paul Fromm
Andrea Horwath
Andrea4hamilton.ca
Kevin Walker
Erin Janus
David Harrison
David Mark Cherkewski

Latest Campaign Materials

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