List of members of the Mayors Against Illegal Guns Coalition
Encyclopedia

Listing as of October 2009

The listing from the coalition's website as of October 29, 2009. Former mayors are listed in bold type.
NameCityState
Larry P. Langford Birmingham AL
Thomas Henderson Center Point AL
Carroll L. 'Lew' Watson Lincoln AL
Samuel L. Jones Mobile AL
Ron Davis Prichard AL
Omar Neal Tuskegee AL
Carolyn Floyd Kodiak AK
Patrick Hays North Little Rock AR
Carl A. Redus Pine Bluff AR
Jane P. Kennedy Campbell
Campbell, California
Campbell is a city in Santa Clara County, California, a suburb of San Jose, and part of Silicon Valley, in the San Francisco Bay Area. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, Campbell's population is 39,349...

CA
Cheryl Cox Chula Vista
Chula Vista, California
Chula Vista is the second largest city in the San Diego metropolitan area, the seventh largest city in Southern California, the fourteenth largest city in the State of California, and the seventy seventh largest city in the U.S....

CA
Robert Wasserman Fremont
Fremont, California
Fremont is a city in Alameda County, California. It was incorporated on January 23, 1956, from the merger of five smaller communities: Centerville, Niles, Irvington, Mission San Jose, and Warm Springs...

CA
Ashley Swearengin Fresno CA
Roosevelt F. Dorn
Roosevelt F. Dorn
Roosevelt F. Dorn, the former mayor of Inglewood, California, was born October 29, 1935, in Checotah, Oklahoma.Dorn was elected mayor in 1997 to fill the unexpired term of Edward Vincent, who had become a member of the state Assembly. He was elected to a full term on November 3, 1998, and again in...

Inglewood CA
Sukhee Kang Irvine CA
Larry Burrola Irwindale
Irwindale, California
Irwindale is a city in the San Gabriel Valley, in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 1,422 at the 2010 census, down from 1,446 at the 2000 census....

CA
Antonio Villaraigosa
Antonio Villaraigosa
Antonio Ramón Villaraigosa , born Antonio Ramón Villar, Jr., is the 41st and current Mayor of Los Angeles, California, the third Mexican American to have ever held office in the city of Los Angeles and the first in over 130 years. He is also the current president of the United States Conference of...

Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...

CA
Rob Schroder Martinez
Martinez, California
Martinez is a city and the county seat of Contra Costa County, California, United States. The population was 35,824 at the 2010 census. The downtown is notable for its large number of preserved old buildings...

CA
Paul Eaton Montclair
Montclair, California
Montclair is a city in San Bernardino County, California, United States. The population was 36,664 at the 2010 United States Census.The current mayor is Paul M. Eaton.-Description:...

CA
Ron Dellums
Ron Dellums
Ronald Vernie "Ron" Dellums served as Oakland's forty-fifth mayor. From 1971 to 1998, he was elected to thirteen terms as a Member of the U.S...

Oakland CA
Sue Severson Orinda
Orinda, California
-2010:The 2010 United States Census reported that Orinda had a population of 17,643. The population density was 1,389.5 people per square mile . The racial makeup of Orinda was 14,533 White, 149 African American, 22 Native American, 2,016 Asian, 24 Pacific Islander, 122 from other races, and...

CA
Pamela Torliatt Petaluma
Petaluma, California
Petaluma is a city in Sonoma County, California, in the United States. In the 2010 Census the population was 57,941.Located in Petaluma is the Rancho Petaluma Adobe, a National Historic Landmark. It was built beginning in 1836 by General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo, then Commandant of the San...

CA
Jennifer Hosterman Pleasanton
Pleasanton, California
Pleasanton is a city in Alameda County, California, incorporated in 1894. It is a suburb in the San Francisco Bay Area located about east of Oakland, and west of Livermore. The population was 70,285 at the 2010 census. In 2005 and 2007, Pleasanton was ranked the wealthiest middle-sized city in...

CA
Gayle McLaughlin Richmond
Richmond, California
Richmond is a city in western Contra Costa County, California, United States. The city was incorporated on August 7, 1905. It is located in the East Bay, part of the San Francisco Bay Area. It is a residential inner suburb of San Francisco, as well as the site of heavy industry, which has been...

CA
Dennis Donohue Salinas
Salinas, California
Salinas is the county seat and the largest municipality of Monterey County, California. Salinas is located east-southeast of the mouth of the Salinas River, at an elevation of about 52 feet above sea level. The population was 150,441 at the 2010 census...

CA
Patrick J. Morris San Bernardino CA
Jerry Sanders
Jerry Sanders (politician)
Gerald Robert "Jerry" Sanders is an American politician, Mayor of San Diego, California, and former Chief of Police.-Personal life:...

San Diego CA
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Christopher Newsom is an American politician who is the 49th and current Lieutenant Governor of California. Previously, he was the 42nd Mayor of San Francisco, and was elected in 2003 to succeed Willie Brown, becoming San Francisco's youngest mayor in 100 years. Newsom was re-elected in 2007...

San Francisco CA
Chuck Reed
Chuck Reed
Charles Rufus "Chuck" Reed is the current Mayor of San Jose, California.-Biography:Reed was born in Garden City, Kansas. Reed's high school basketball team became Kansas State Champions despite being from a very small, rural school. He joined the United States Air Force in 1970 after attending the...

San Jose CA
Miguel Pulido Santa Ana
Santa Ana, California
Santa Ana is the county seat and second most populous city in Orange County, California, and with a population of 324,528 at the 2010 census, Santa Ana is the 57th-most populous city in the United States....

CA
Marty Blum Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, California
Santa Barbara is the county seat of Santa Barbara County, California, United States. Situated on an east-west trending section of coastline, the longest such section on the West Coast of the United States, the city lies between the steeply-rising Santa Ynez Mountains and the Pacific Ocean...

CA
Ken Genser Santa Monica
Santa Mônica
Santa Mônica is a town and municipality in the state of Paraná in the Southern Region of Brazil.-References:...

CA
Susan Gorin Santa Rosa
Santa Rosa, California
Santa Rosa is the county seat of Sonoma County, California, United States. The 2010 census reported a population of 167,815. Santa Rosa is the largest city in California's Wine Country and fifth largest city in the San Francisco Bay Area, after San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland, and Fremont and 26th...

CA
Ann Johnston Stockton CA
Morris Vance Vista
Vista, California
Vista is a city in north San Diego County, California. It was incorporated January 28, 1963 and became a charter city on June 13, 2007. Located just seven miles inland from the Pacific Ocean in northern San Diego County, the City of Vista has a Mediterranean climate...

CA
Abbe Land West Hollywood CA
Christopher Cabaldon West Sacramento CA
John Hickenlooper
John Hickenlooper
John Wright Hickenlooper is an American politician and current Governor of Colorado. A Democrat, he was previously the Mayor of Denver, Colorado from 2003 to 2011.-Early life, education and career:...

Denver CO
Bill Finch Bridgeport CT
April Capone-Almon East Haven CT
Eddie Perez Hartford CT
John DeStefano, Jr.
John DeStefano, Jr.
John DeStefano, Jr. is the current mayor of New Haven, Connecticut. He was the Democratic candidate in 2006 for Governor of Connecticut, unsuccessfully challenging incumbent Republican Governor M. Jodi Rell. He was also the named defendant in the landmark 2009 U.S. Supreme Court case of Ricci v...

New Haven CT
Richard Moccia Norwalk CT
Dannel Malloy Stamford CT
Scott Slifka West Hartford CT
James M. Baker Wilmington DE
Adrian Fenty
Adrian Fenty
Adrian Malik Fenty was the sixth, and at age 36, the youngest, mayor of the District of Columbia. He served one term—from 2007 to 2011—losing his bid for reelection at the primary level to Democrat Vincent C. Gray...

Washington DC
Manny Fernandez Atlantis FL
Susan Gottlieb Aventura FL
Perry Knight Bowling Green FL
Debby Eisinger Cooper City FL
Scott J. Brook Coral Springs FL
Juan Carlos Bermudez Doral FL
Joyce A. Davis El Portal FL
Bruce Malcolm' Fernandina Beach FL
Jim Humphrey Fort Myers FL
Charles Sanders Greenwood FL
Joy Cooper Hallandale Beach FL
Peter Bober Hollywood FL
Kenneth Schultz Hypoluxo FL
John Peyton Jacksonville FL
Muriel H. Whitman Kenneth City FL
Mary Lou Hildreth Keystone Heights FL
Patricia Gerard Largo FL
Barrington Russell Lauderdale Lakes FL
Roseann Minnet Lauderdale-By-The-Sea FL
Richard J. Kaplan Lauderhill FL
Manuel Diaz Miami FL
Matti Herrera Bower
Matti Herrera Bower
Matti Herrera Bower is a Cuban-born American politician and retired dental assistant. Bower has been elected to three two-year terms as the Mayor of Miami Beach, Florida, beginning in 2007. Most recently, Bower won re-election to her third and final term on November 1, 2011. She is the first woman,...

Miami Beach FL
Carlos Alvarez Miami-Dade County FL
Bill Barnett Naples FL
Harriet Pruette Neptune Beach FL
Andre Pierre North Miami FL
Raymond Marin North Miami Beach FL
David B. Norris North Palm Beach FL
Darla Lauer Oak Hill FL
Joseph L. Kelley Opa Locka FL
Buddy Dyer
Buddy Dyer
John Hugh "Buddy" Dyer is mayor of Orlando, Florida, first elected in 2003. He is a member of the United States Democratic Party. Previously he represented Orlando in the Florida State Senate for ten years, including three years when he was the Senate Democratic leader.-Early life:Dyer was born in...

Orlando FL
Fred Costello Ormond Beach FL
Emma Shoaff Pembroke Park FL
Frank C. Ortis Pembroke Pines FL
Patricia Christensen Port St Lucie FL
John Marks III Tallahassee FL
Beth Talabisco Tamarac FL
Pam Iorio
Pam Iorio
Pam Iorio is an American politician and author, who served as mayor of Tampa, Florida from 2003 to 2011.Her first book, Straightforward, is expected to be released in November 2011...

Tampa FL
Lois Frankel
Lois Frankel
Lois J. Frankel is an American politician and lawyer. A former member of the Florida House of Representatives for fourteen years, Frankel became the first woman to serve as Minority Leader of the State House in Florida's history...

West Palm Beach FL
Heidi Davison Athens-Clarke County GA
Shirley Franklin
Shirley Franklin
Shirley Clarke Franklin is an American politician, a member of the Democratic Party, and served as mayor of Atlanta, Georgia from 2002 to 2010...

Atlanta GA
Jere Wood Roswell GA
Otis S. Johnson Savannah GA
John Fretti Valdosta GA
Donnie Henriques Woodstock GA
Mufi Hannemann
Mufi Hannemann
Muliufi Francis "Mufi" Hannemann is an American politician. He is the former Mayor of Honolulu. Hannemann has served as a special assistant in Washington, D.C., with the Department of the Interior, where he was selected for a White House fellowship in the Reagan administration under Vice President...

Honolulu HI
Richard M. Daley
Richard M. Daley
Richard Michael Daley is a United States politician, member of the national and local Democratic Party, and former Mayor of Chicago, Illinois. He was elected mayor in 1989 and reelected in 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, and 2007. He was the longest serving Chicago mayor, surpassing the tenure of his...

Chicago IL
Elizabeth Tisdahl Evanston IL
Henderson Yarbrough Sr. Maywood IL
Christopher Koos Normal IL
John A. Spring Quincy IL
Lawrence Morrissey Rockford IL
Richard Hickman Angola IN
Fred Armstrong Columbus IN
Thomas C. Henry Fort Wayne IN
Allan Kauffman Goshen IN
Tom Jones Linton IN
Stephen Luecke South Bend IN
Kay Halloran Cedar Rapids IA
T.M. Franklin Cownie Des Moines IA
Clausie W. Smith Bonner Springs City KS
Joe Reardon Kansas City KS
Larry G. Meeker Lake Quivira KS
Kenneth W. Bernard Lansing KS
Elaine Walker Bowling Green KY
Jerry Abramson Louisville KY
Melvin 'Kip' Holden Baton Rouge LA
Ray Nagin
Ray Nagin
Clarence Ray Nagin, Jr. is a former mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Nagin gained international note in 2005 in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, which devastated the New Orleans area....

New Orleans LA
Cedric B. Glover Shreveport LA
Laurent F. Gilbert Sr. Lewiston ME
Jill C Duson Portland ME
Ellen Moyer Annapolis MD
Sheila Dixon
Sheila Dixon
Sheila Ann Dixon served as the forty-eighth Mayor of Baltimore, Maryland. When former Mayor Martin O'Malley was sworn in as Governor on January 17, 2007, Dixon, a Democrat, became mayor and served out the remaining year of O'Malley's term. In November 2007, she was elected mayor...

Baltimore MD
Thatcher W. Kezer III Amesbury MA
Tom Menino (Co-Chair) Boston MA
James E. Harrington Brockton MA
E. Denise Simmons Cambridge MA
Jim Fiorentini Haverhill MA
Michael J. Sullivan Holyoke MA
Michael Sullivan Lawrence MA
Edward C. Caulfield Lowell MA
Richard C. Howard Malden MA
Scott Lang New Bedford MA
John F. Moak Newburyport MA
Clare Higgins Northampton MA
Thomas G. Ambrosino Revere MA
Kimberley Driscoll Salem MA
Joseph A. Curtatone Somerville MA
Domenic Sarno Springfield MA
Susan M. Kay Weymouth MA
Brenda L. Lawrence Southfield MI
Steve Lampi Brooklyn Park MN
Elizabeth B. Kautz Burnsville MN
Don Ness Duluth MN
R.T. Rybak Minneapolis MN
Chris Coleman
Chris Coleman (politician)
Christopher "Chris" B. Coleman is a Minnesota politician and the mayor of St. Paul. He defeated incumbent mayor Randy Kelly in 2005 and took office on January 3, 2006.- Family and early career :...

St. Paul MN
Johnny DuPree Hattiesburg MS
Mark Funkhouser
Mark Funkhouser
Mark Funkhouser is a former mayor of Kansas City, Missouri, serving one four-year term from May 1, 2007 until May 2, 2011. Prior to serving as the city's mayor, Funkhouser served as Kansas City's city auditor.-Early life and education:...

Kansas City MO
Francis Slay St. Louis MO
Chris Beutler Lincoln NE
Jim Suttle
Jim Suttle
James H. "Jim" Suttle is the 50th and current mayor of Omaha, Nebraska.-Earlier career:Suttle held the position of vice chairman of the Board of Directors for the Omaha-based engineering and design firm HDR, Inc. He also served as executive vice president and director of corporate development for...

Omaha NE
Donald Groesser Ralston NE
Kevin G. Sanders Asbury Park NJ
Ronald Jones Beachwood NJ
Jason J. Varano Berkeley Township NJ
Sophie Heymann Borough of Closter NJ
James A. Gallos Borough of Milford NJ
Pasquale Menna Borough of Red Bank NJ
Emilia M. Siciliano Borough of Shrewsbury NJ
Betty Simmons Borough of Victory Gardens NJ
Gwendolyn Faison Camden NJ
Carol Foster Corbin City NJ
James Carroll Demarest NJ
Joseph R. Smith East Newark NJ
Robert L. Bowser East Orange NJ
Jun Choi Edison NJ
J. Christian Bollwage Elizabeth NJ
Steven Weinstein Fair Lawn NJ
John Bencivengo Hamilton NJ
Meryl Frank Highland Park NJ
Wayne Smith Irvington NJ
Jerramiah Healy Jersey City NJ
Frank W. Minor Logan Township NJ
Nicholas Russo Longport NJ
Michael Fressola Manchester Township NJ
Frank M. North Merchantville NJ
Donald Cresitello
Donald Cresitello
-Policies:He has been active in reducing the presence of illegal immigrants in Morristown. He has attempted to have his police officers deputized as immigration officers. He has asked federal authorities to assist local police in cracking down on illegal immigration in the town and employers that...

Morristown NJ
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
Cory Anthony Booker is the Mayor of Newark, New Jersey. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Booker is a former Newark City Councilman...

Newark NJ
Peter C. Massa North Arlington NJ
Francis M. Womack III North Brunswick NJ
Randy George North Haledon NJ
Eldridge Hawkins Jr. Orange NJ
Michael Luther Parsipanny-Troy Hills NJ
Jose Torres Paterson NJ
Harry L. Wyant Phillipsburg NJ
Gary Giberson Port Republic NJ
Earl Gage Salem NJ
Douglas Palmer
Douglas Palmer
Douglas Harold Palmer was the first African American mayor of Trenton, New Jersey.- Biography :He was born in Trenton and attended Trenton public schools. He then graduated from the Bordentown Military Institute in Bordentown, New Jersey...

Trenton NJ
Robert Romano Vineland NJ
Shing-Fu Hsueh West Windsor NJ
John E. McCormac Woodbridge NJ
David Coss Santa Fe NM
Gerald Jennings Albany NY
Ann M. Thane Amsterdam NY
Steve Gold Beacon NY
Matthew T. Ryan Binghamton NY
Byron Brown
Byron Brown
Byron William Brown II is the 58th and current mayor of Buffalo, New York, elected on November 8, 2005 and is the city's first African-American mayor. He previously served Western New York as a member of the New York State Senate and Buffalo Common Council...

Buffalo NY
Robert Goering Clinton NY
Charles Weiss Flower Hill NY
Martin Natoli Hagaman NY
Wayne J. Hall Sr. Hempstead NY
Bernard Jackson Hillburn NY
Rick Scalera Hudson NY
Elizabeth Feld Larchmont NY
Carl Luft Lima NY
Marlinda Duncanson Middletown NY
Clinton Young Mount Vernon NY
Noam Bramson New Rochelle NY
Michael R. Bloomberg (Co-Chair) New York NY
Robert M. Maciol New York Mills NY
Nicholas Valentine Newburgh NY
Mary Foster Peekskill NY
John Tkazyik Poughkeepsie NY
Daniel J. Dwyer Rensselaer NY
Robert Duffy Rochester NY
Brian U. Stratton Schenectady NY
Carl Wright Sloatsburg NY
Matthew Driscoll
Matthew Driscoll
For the basketball coach, see Matthew Driscoll .Matthew John "Matt" Driscoll is an American Democratic Party politician, who served as the 52nd Mayor of Syracuse, New York from July 10, 2001 until December 31, 2009....

Syracuse NY
David R. Roefaro Utica NY
Michael Manning Watervliet NY
Adam Bradley White Plains NY
Philip Amicone Yonkers NY
Terry Bellamy Asheville NC
Kevin Foy Chapel Hill NC
John R. Bost Clemmons NC
Bill Bell Durham NC
Yvonne Johnson Greensboro NC
Patricia C. Dunn Greenville NC
Charles Meeker Raleigh NC
Dennis Walaker Fargo ND
Dan Pillow Addyston OH
Donald Plusquellic Akron OH
Merle Gorden Beachwood OH
Daniel Pocek Bedford OH
Fletcher Berger Bedford Heights OH
John Licastro Bratenahl OH
Samuel Alai Broadview Heights OH
Mark Mallory Cincinnati OH
Frank Jackson
Frank G. Jackson
Frank George Jackson is an American attorney and politician. He is currently the Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio. He was elected on November 8, 2005, unseating incumbent Jane Campbell and re-elected in 2009...

Cleveland OH
Edward Kelley Cleveland Heights OH
Michael Coleman
Michael B. Coleman
Michael B. Coleman is an American politician of the Democratic Party, the 52nd and current mayor of Columbus, Ohio. He is the first African-American mayor of Ohio's capital....

Columbus OH
Rhine McLin Dayton OH
Marilee Chinnici-Zuercher Dublin OH
Bill Cervenik Euclid OH
Theodore Shannon Fairfax OH
Thomas J. Longo Garfield Heights OH
Joseph C. Hubbard Glendale OH
Alan Zaffiro Golf Manor OH
Deborah Neale Lakeline OH
Michael Kolomichuk Lakemore OH
Jo Ann Toczek Linndale OH
Donald Kuchta Macedonia OH
Bruce Rinker Mayfield Village OH
Gary Starr Middleburg Heights OH
Susan Renda Moreland Hills OH
Thomas E. O'Grady North Olmsted OH
Kathy Mulcahy Orange Village OH
Martin Zanotti Parma Heights OH
Bruce Akers Pepper Pike OH
Daniel Ursu Richmond Heights OH
Earl M. Leiken Shaker Heights OH
John Smith Silverton OH
Kevin Patton Solon OH
Georgine Welo South Euclid OH
Matthew Brett South Russell OH
Carleton S. Finkbeiner Toledo OH
Darreyl D. Davis Trotwood OH
Beryl Rothschild University Heights OH
Michael J. O'Brien Warren OH
Barry Porter Wyoming OH
Jay Williams Youngstown OH
Denny Doyle Beaverton OR
Kitty Piercy Eugene OR
Anthony Battalini Aliquippa PA
Ed Pawlowski Allentown PA
Charles T. Bud Wahl Ambler PA
Bernard Killian Aspinwall PA
Alexander Bennett Baldwin PA
Cloyd W. Wagner Beavertown PA
John Callahan
John B. Callahan
John B. Callahan is the mayor of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He was the Democratic nominee in an unsuccessful 2010 bid for United States Representative for Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district.-Early life, education and career:...

Bethlehem PA
Robert Myers Birdsboro PA
Marianne V. Deery Boyertown PA
Kenneth Lockhart Brentwood PA
Margaret Stock Butler PA
Justin M. Taylor Carbondale PA
Kirk R. Wilson Carlisle PA
Donald Baumgarten Castle Shannon PA
Barbara Schlegel Catasauqua PA
Ronald Lockwood Cherry Valley PA
Wendell N. Butler Chester PA
Brian P. Fox Christiana PA
Paul McKenna Churchill PA
Jonathan J. Mack Coopersburg PA
Helen Thomas Darby PA
Mary Ann Fichthorn Denver PA
Thomas Lloyd Dormont PA
Heather Ann Bruno Downingtown PA
Libby White Doylestown PA
Betty M. Hays Eagles Mere PA
Salvatore J. Panto Jr. Easton PA
Wayne T. Murphy Edgeworth Borough PA
Robert H. Brain Elizabethtown PA
Joseph J. Cisco Ellport City PA
Winfield Iobst Emmaus PA
Joseph Sinnott Erie PA
Harry W. McLaughlin Fox Chapel PA
Robert E. Heller Franklin PA
Fred C. Moyer Jr. Freeburg PA
Gerald C. Yob Freemansburg PA
Karl Eisaman Greensburg PA
Stephen R. Reed
Stephen R. Reed
Stephen Russell Reed is the former and longest-serving mayor of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He moved to Harrisburg with his parents as a boy.- Biography :...

Harrisburg PA
Norm Hawkes Hatboro PA
Joseph R. Dodson Hollidaysburg PA
Betty Esper Homestead PA
Nicholas Yanosich Industry PA
Sandra Green Kutztown PA
Rick Gray Lancaster PA
Jayne C. Young Lansdowne PA
Robert P. Carpenter Laporte PA
Fred Feltenberger Laureldale PA
Trish Ward Lebanon PA
John L. Mark Liverpool PA
Gerard McGlone Malvern PA
Russell LaRew Marianna PA
Oliver Overlander Marietta PA
Richard Friedberg Meadville PA
Angela Adkins Midland PA
Richard Trostle Mohnton PA
John P. Antoline Monaca PA
Jeffrey L. Repasky Mount Oliver PA
James F. Kinder Mount Wolf PA
Joyce K. Somers Murrysville PA
Betty Cain New Alexandria PA
Frank Link New Kensington PA
Raymond L. McDonough North Braddock PA
Thomas Reenock Northampton PA
Michele Petrini Avvisato Old Forge PA
Geoffrey L. Henry Oxford PA
Ardele R. Gordon Parkside PA
Michael Nutter Philadelphia PA
Morris S. Williams Pine Grove PA
Luke Ravenstahl
Luke Ravenstahl
Luke Robert Ravenstahl is the current Mayor of Pittsburgh. In September 2006, he became the youngest mayor in Pittsburgh's history at the age of 26. He is among the youngest mayors of a major city in American history....

Pittsburgh PA
John D. Reiley Pottsville PA
Tom McMahon Reading PA
James Kennedy South Coatesville PA
Charles Baugham Stroudsburg PA
Paul R. McArdle Summit Hill PA
Luke Duignam Tatamy PA
Jay Stover Telford PA
Pamela Murphy Thompsontown PA
Regina T. Beck Trainer PA
Adam Forgie Turtle Creek PA
Thomas N. Micozzie Upper Darby PA
Emerson Fazekas Versailles PA
Tina Hagenbuch Weissport PA
John Andzelik West Mifflin PA
Thomas M. Leighton Wilkes-Barre PA
John Thompson Wilkinsburg PA
Mitchell D. Mogilski Wind Gap PA
Larry Markel Windsor PA
Jacqueline B. Mosley Yeadon PA
John S. Brenner York PA
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
David Nicola Cicilline is the U.S. Representative for . He is a member of the Democratic Party. He is formerly the Mayor of Providence, Rhode Island, and was the first openly gay mayor of a U.S. state capital.-Early life, education, and career:...

Providence RI
Joseph Riley Charleston SC
Robert D. Coble Columbia SC
Joseph T. McElveen Jr. Sumter SC
Tom Beehan Oak Ridge TN
A C Wharton Shelby County TN
Richard Ward Hurst TX
Bob Kiss
Bob Kiss
Bob Kiss is a Vermont politician and Mayor of Burlington, Vermont. Kiss was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives from January 2001 until he stepped down to assume office as mayor of Burlington, following his election to that office on March 7, 2006...

Burlington VT
Christopher C. Louras Rutland VT
William Euille Alexandria
Alexandria, Virginia
Alexandria is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of 2009, the city had a total population of 139,966. Located along the Western bank of the Potomac River, Alexandria is approximately six miles south of downtown Washington, D.C.Like the rest of northern Virginia, as well as...

VA
Robin Gardner Falls Church
Falls Church, Virginia
The City of Falls Church is an independent city in Virginia, United States, in the Washington Metropolitan Area. The city population was 12,332 in 2010, up from 10,377 in 2000. Taking its name from The Falls Church, an 18th-century Anglican parish, Falls Church gained township status within...

VA
Brenda Pelham Hopewell
Hopewell, Virginia
Hopewell is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The population was 22,591 at the 2010 Census . It is in Tri-Cities area of the Richmond-Petersburg region and is a portion of the Richmond Metropolitan Statistical Area...

VA
Paul D. Fraim Norfolk
Norfolk, Virginia
Norfolk is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. With a population of 242,803 as of the 2010 Census, it is Virginia's second-largest city behind neighboring Virginia Beach....

VA
Annie M. Mickens Petersburg
Petersburg, Virginia
Petersburg is an independent city in Virginia, United States located on the Appomattox River and south of the state capital city of Richmond. The city's population was 32,420 as of 2010, predominantly of African-American ethnicity...

VA
James W. Holley III Portsmouth
Portsmouth, Virginia
Portsmouth is located in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area of the U.S. Commonwealth of Virginia. As of 2010, the city had a total population of 95,535.The Norfolk Naval Shipyard, often called the Norfolk Navy Yard, is a historic and active U.S...

VA
Dwight C. Jones Richmond
Richmond, Virginia
Richmond is the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia, in the United States. It is an independent city and not part of any county. Richmond is the center of the Richmond Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Greater Richmond area...

VA
Peter B. Lewis Auburn WA
Greg Nickels
Greg Nickels
Gregory J. "Greg" Nickels was the 51st mayor of Seattle, Washington. He took office on January 1, 2002 and was reelected to a second term in 2005. In August 2009, Nickels finished third in the primary election for Seattle mayor, failing to qualify for the November 2009 general election, and...

Seattle WA
Bill Baarsma Tacoma WA
David Edler Yakima WA
Edward Monroe Ashland WI
Dave Cieslewicz Madison WI
Tom Barrett
Tom Barrett (politician)
Thomas Mark "Tom" Barrett is the Democratic Mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, serving since 2004. He ran for Governor of Wisconsin in November 2010, losing by a margin of 52 percent to 47 percent to Republican Scott Walker. Previously, Barrett served in the United States House of Representatives...

Milwaukee WI
Thomas Ratzlaff Park Falls WI
Richard Johns Rhinelander WI
Al Richards Saint Francis WI
Larry Nelson Waukesha WI
Kristine M. Deiss West Bend WI

People on the list who were not currently acting mayors

One criticism of the coalition is that it has inflated its membership roster, claiming members that never joined the organization, or individuals that are no longer in office, although in many cases their successors have also joined.

The following 28 individuals, listed on the Mayors Against Illegal Guns web site's member roster in September 2009 were not at the time the current mayors of the towns, cities, and boroughs listed:
  • Matthew J. Avara – Pascagoula, Mississippi
  • Jean M. Benson – Palm Desert, California
  • Cary Bozeman – Bremerton, Washington
  • Jim Brown – Lockland, Ohio
  • Joseph J. Cisco – Ellwood City, Pennsylvania—Still listed on MAIG site, as of Jan. 16, 2009
  • James C. DiNardo – Hazlet, New Jersey
  • Joseph V. Doria, Jr. – Bayonne, New Jersey
  • John Glanzer – Newberry, Florida
  • Andrew G. Humphrey – Wayzata, Minnesota
  • Richard H. Hyde – Waukegan, Illinois
  • Jack Killion – Pennsauken, New Jersey
  • Joseph S. Kroll – Haverhill, Florida
  • Eugene Kulick – Little Falls, New Jersey
  • Raymond Marin – North Miami Beach, Florida—Still listed on MAIG site, as of Jan. 16, 2009
  • Bruce Malcolm – Fernandina Beach, Florida—Still listed on MAIG site, as of Jan. 16, 2009
  • Lorraine H. Morton – Evanston, Illinois
  • Rita L. Mullins – Palatine, Illinois
  • Mark Roberts – Douglass, Kansas
  • Heinz Rodgers – Edwardsville, Kansas
  • Marc Searl – Hemet, California
  • Joseph D. Serrano, Sr. – Santa Fe Springs, California
  • David Shumaker – Bristol, Tennessee
  • Emilia M. Siciliano – Shrewsbury, New Jersey—Still listed on MAIG site, as of Jan. 16, 2009
  • David C. Strong – Winter Park, Florida
  • Gary Van Eyll – Chaska, Minnesota
  • Bill Welch – State College, Pennsylvania (died)
  • Carl Wilkes – Merriam, Kansas
  • William P. “Will” Wynn – Austin, Texas

Publicly announced resignations, misidentification, roster removals, disavowals

Largely in response to a recent NRA organized letter writing campaign, dozens of mayors have resigned from or distanced themselves from the MAIG while still in office. The NRA 's web site lists 73 mayors that have quit the MAIG, including 15 in Pennsylvania, alone. Responses have been varied, including, announced resignations, requests to be removed from the MAIG's roster, or disavowals of ever joining the coalition. In one case, Mayor Orlando Ortega Jr. of Portales, New Mexico complained that the NRA listing of member mayors had incorrectly identified the mayor as being a member. Ortega was indeed listed as a MAIG member in a July 2009 MAIG-produced letter to congress. One mayor mentioned that her reason for resigning was "...because she thought [MAIG] was attempting to erode all gun ownership, not just illegal guns." In some other cases, mayors have claimed that MAIG has used their name without permission.
  • Mayor Mark Begich
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    (now Alaska Senator) - Anchorage, Alaska
  • Mayor James Brainard - Carmel, Indiana
  • Mayor Gary Bruhn - Windermere, Florida
  • Mayor John F. Bush - Winter Springs, Florida
  • Mayor Dale Deiter - Tower City, Pennsylvania
  • Mayor Jared Fuhriman - Idaho Falls, Idaho
  • Mayor Bill Haslam - Knoxville, Tennessee
  • Mayor Keith Hoffman - East Berlin, Ohio
  • Mayor Kevin Jackson - Rio Rancho, New Mexico
  • Mayor John D. Link - Edgewood, Kentucky
  • Mayor Paul McArdle - Summit Hill, Pennsylvania
  • Mayor John McBeth - Akron, Pennsylvania
  • Mayor Dave Munson - Sioux Falls, South Dakota
  • Mayor Orlando Ortega Jr. - Portales, New Mexico
  • Mayor Walter Niedermeyer - Slatington, Pennsylvania
  • Mayor Jim Ridenour - Modesto, California
  • Mayor Robert Shiner - Mentor, Ohio
  • Mayor Dale Strasser - Brunswick, Ohio (It was actually City Manager Robert Zienkowski that signed up, not Mayor Strasser.)
  • Mayor Michael A. Tautznik - Easthampton, Massachusetts
  • Mayor Bill White - Houston, Texas
  • Mayor Randall Wise - Niceville, Florida
  • Mayor Ernest B. Wiggins - Warsaw, Indiana
  • Mayor Mary Wolf - Williamsport, Pennsylvania

Publicly announced reaffirmations

At least four mayors have issued public statements in reaffirmation of their membership and praise of the coalition, in response to the NRA's letter-writing campaign. One mayor reaffirmed her membership while stating "Nothing that this organization has lobbied for has been to get rid of guns altogether or to take away people’s Second Amendment rights".
  • Former Mayor Patricia Christensen - Port St. Lucie, Florida (Resigned after being charged with theft of campaign funds.)
  • Mayor Rick Gray - Lancaster, Pennsylvania
  • Mayor Dave Elder - Yakima, Washington
  • Mayor Michael J. Sullivan - Holyoke, Massachusetts
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