A citywide election refers to an election that involves all the residents of a particular city, where they get to vote for their preferred candidates or issues that affect the entire city. Full definition
According to one Democratic source, when a candidate uses faith as a talking point in citywide elections for Mayor, Comptroller, or Public Advocate it's the equivalent of developing political leprosy. (queens-politics.com)
In 2009 he won a bruising citywide election for Gotham's second - ranked public official (after the mayor), the public advocate, which Manhattan Institute fellow Sol Stern says, «is a campaign office» for mayor. (educationnext.org)
In cities where school - board members are elected from subdistricts, people think citywide election of all board members would decrease factionalism and ethnic tension. (educationnext.org)