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Patrick Hogan, a 2nd district councilor for the Syracuse City Common Council, has registered to run in the city’s 2025 mayoral race, syracuse.com first reported Wednesday afternoon.

Hogan, who has been a member of the council for almost 13 years, filed his registration with the state Board of Elections this week. He told syracuse.com he would not publicly launch his candidacy until the end of the 2024 United States general election season.

Current Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh has reached his two-term limit and is not eligible for re-election in 2025. Hogan is now the third Democrat to take steps toward vying for the spot in the November 2025 mayoral election. Others include Sharon Owens, the Syracuse deputy mayor, and Jimmy Oliver, the community engagement director for the Syracuse Police Department.

Hogan, a Syracuse native, has worked in city government for around 50 years — previously serving in the Parks and Recreation department, the Syracuse Base Intervention Team and most recently on the Common Council.

In 2013, Hogan challenged former Mayor Stephanie Miner and Alfonso Davis in the mayoral Democratic primary election. Hogan lost the race to Miner, the incumbent, who then began her second term.

In July 2023, Hogan told syracuse.com that he was considering running for mayor in 2025.

When Hogan was re-elected to the council in 2020, he emphasized focusing on improving the city’s workforce. Hogan also expressed enthusiasm regarding Micron Technology’s multi-billion-dollar investment into the central New York region as they prepare to construct a semiconductor manufacturing facility in Clay, New York.

Hogan has also previously backed the city’s efforts to address its housing crisis, including Walsh’s Syracuse Housing Strategy.

“After all these years of working for the city and the community, I still look at every day as an opportunity to do something better for the city of Syracuse and the central New York area,” Hogan told The Daily Orange in 2020.

Along with his role in the council, Hogan also serves as chairman of the Onondaga County Industrial Agency. He was also appointed to the Board of Directors for the Greater Syracuse Land Bank.

The general mayoral election will be in November 2025. Party primaries will be held in June of that year.

Published on October 24, 2024 at 2:58 am

Contact Julia: jmboehni@syr.edu