Springfield Mayoral Recall Election, 2005

The City of Springfield's Mayoral recall election was a result of a town meeting decision which dicided so due to a number of failures of the Quimby administration, the most recent being the disastrous response to a multi-car pileup. Quimby retained his office, though narrowly, as it was only due to the fact that the town charter stated that a candidate must win at least 5% of the vote to oust a sitting mayor, which no candidate, including Quimby, did.

Candidates
Numerous candidates appeared on the ballot. The following is an incomplete list of them and their stances.

Joe Quimby
Incumbent mayor, ran under the slogan "Change is Bad."

Homer Simpson
Claimed a number of superpowers that allegdly belong to salmanders, and stated that he gets big laughs woth tennis balls.

Ranier Wolfcastle
Was initially a popular candidate, but was disliked later due to his stances on stem cell research.

Eleanor Abernathy
Commonly known as the "Cat Lady." pledged small business incentives and cats in everyone's pants.

Kent Brockman
Used his media position to campaign. Upon losing, declared that he did not actually want Quimby's job.