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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 432

Tel Aviv municipal elections

Yesh Atid lawmaker Orna Barbivai announces her run for Tel Aviv mayor, from an event space overlooking the Tel Aviv Municipality, June 21, 2023. (Credit: Elad Gutman)
June 21, 2023, 11:57 pm
Calling for fresh blood and liberalism, MK Barbivai launches Tel Aviv mayor campaign
Yesh Atid lawmaker fronts party’s most prominent effort to establish deeper foothold in local authorities, vying with four others to challenge 25-year incumbent Ron Huldai
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
MK Orna Barbivai arrives at judicial reform negotiations at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, March 28, 2023. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
June 20, 2023, 2:29 pm
Yesh Atid MK Orna Barbivai to challenge veteran mayor Ron Huldai in Tel Aviv race
Backed by opposition leader Yair Lapid and planning to quit Knesset in August, Barbivai is the most high-profile challenger to the 25-year incumbent in the October election
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
Supporters of Jerusalem mayoral candidate Moshe Lion (center) react as the preliminary results of the mayoral race are announced, November 13, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90)
November 14, 2018, 2:55 am
Lion declares he’s won Jerusalem mayoral race, but rival says it’s not over
Ofer Berkovitch vows not to give up, says his legal team will be checking into ‘irregularities’ at polling stations; 8,500 outstanding votes will only be tallied Wednesday
By Marissa Newman
Supporters of Jerusalem mayoral candidate Moshe Lion react as the preliminary results of the mayoral race are announced on November 13, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90)
November 14, 2018, 1:35 am
Interior minister says Lion is Jerusalem mayor, though soldiers’ votes uncounted
Ultra-Orthodox favorite declares victory after securing 6,000-vote lead over Ofer Berkovitch; 8,500 outstanding votes will only be tallied Wednesday
By Marissa Newman
Jerusalem mayoral candidates Ofer Berkovich (L) and Moshe Lion during an October 21, 2018 debate ahead of the Jerusalem Municipality elections on October 30, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 13, 2018, 11:57 pm
Jerusalem’s Lion gains lead over Berkovitch after 90% of mayoral vote tallied
After leading for most of the night, secular candidate Berkovitch now trails ultra-Orthodox-backed Lion by several thousand votes
By Marissa Newman
Jerusalem Mayoral candidate Moshe Leon and his wife cast their ballots at a voting station for the Jerusalem municipal elections on November 13, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 13, 2018, 10:27 pm
Polls close in tense Jerusalem mayoral race; under 1/3 of voters show up
With over 30% of votes counted, secular Berkovitch takes lead over ultra-Orthodox-backed Lion, but race still too close to call
By Marissa Newman
Local elections campaign posters can be seen as smoke rises behind from a building that was set ablaze by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip, in the southern Israeli city of Sderot on November 12, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
November 13, 2018, 1:15 pm
Jerusalem, other towns return to mayoral polls, as Gaza attacks stymie 1 runoff
Candidates who failed to reach 40% in first round face tense runoffs; race in capital too close to call as voters chose between ultra-Orthodox-backed Lion and secular Berkovitch
By Raoul Wootliff
An Israeli man hangs campaign posters for local elections in the center of Jerusalem on October 30, 2018. (THOMAS COEX / AFP)
October 31, 2018, 3:54 pm
Runoffs, revolutions and rage: 9 things to know for October 31
Jerusalem heads to a second round, Haifa becomes first major city to elect a female head and Tel Aviv sticks with a ‘dictator’; plus Trump’s Israeli in Pittsburgh sparks questions
By Joshua Davidovich
Tel Aviv mayoral candidate Ron Huldai casts his ballot on October 30, 2018. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
October 31, 2018, 2:32 am
Tel Aviv mayor fends off deputy, cruises to fifth term
Despite strong poll numbers, Asaf Zamir fails to force runoff with Ron Huldai, who has been at helm of city since 1998
By Raoul Wootliff and ToI Staff
Campaign posters outside a voting station on the morning of the municipal elections, on October 30, 2018, in Tel Aviv. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
October 30, 2018, 9:44 pm
In Tel Aviv, upstart deputy gives mayor first real scare in decades
Voters are split between Ron Huldai, who has regularly cruised to victory over the last 20 years, and Assaf Zamir, who is riding a recent swell of support
By Raoul Wootliff and Melanie Lidman
A Jewish man walks in a street littered with election campaign posters for the upcoming Jerusalem municipal elections, in Jerusalem on October 28, 2018. (MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP)
October 30, 2018, 6:39 am
Israelis head to the polls, and the beach, as local elections kick off
Jerusalem contest appears wide open; Tel Aviv deputy mayor challenges city’s longtime leader; and Haifa could elect its first-ever female mayor
By Marissa Newman
Asaf Zamir, running for mayor in Tel Aviv, speaks to young voters at his campaign headquarters, on October 14, 2018. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
October 25, 2018, 6:38 am
After 10 years in his shadow, Asaf Zamir wants to replace Tel Aviv Mayor Huldai
Deputy mayor, 38, running in long-shot campaign, promises to breathe new life into the city that never sleeps
By Melanie Lidman
Swastikas discovered daubed on campaign office of Tel Aviv mayoral candidate Asaf Zamir on October 14, 2018. (Rov Hair campaign, courtesy)
October 13, 2018, 8:44 pm
Office of Tel Aviv mayoral candidate vandalized with swastikas
Police open investigation after Nazi symbols found scrawled on Asaf Zamir’s election HQ; campaign links incident to deputy mayor’s rising popularity
By ToI Staff
Lara Alqasem, sitting, at Tel Aviv District court on October 11, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
October 11, 2018, 3:47 pm
Who’s really hurting Israel? 9 things to know for October 11
The barring of alleged activist Lara Alqasem is seen doing more harm than good for the anti-BDS movement, and why is the envoy to the UN slamming a text Israel signed off on
By Joshua Davidovich
A bus station poster that is part of the "It's Us or Them" campaign mounted by the Likud in Tel Aviv-Jaffa ahead of local elections in October 2018 (ToI staff)
October 10, 2018, 6:20 pm
Likud party says it won’t halt ‘hateful’ Tel Aviv election campaign
Controversial ‘It’s us or them’ posters to come down, but only because ad purchase has ended; spokesman says, ‘If you don’t like it, don’t vote for us’
By Melanie Lidman
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