On Wednesday, February 9, 2022 at the Historic Turner Hall Ballroom, the seven candidates for Milwaukee mayor squared off in a Q&A forum hosted by the Pabst Theater Group, Milwaukee Press Club, WisPolitics.com, Listen MKE and Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service. Those included were Acting Mayor Cavalier Johnson, former Alderman Bob Donovan, State Sen. Lena Taylor, Alderwoman Marina Dimitrijevic, Milwaukee County Sheriff Earnell Lucas, business owner Michael Sampson and community activist Ieshuh Griffin. The February 15, 2022 primary election determined who will make the ballot in the April runoff election.