Voter turnout in Rockford was the lowest for any mayoral election in the city in decades. About 11% of the city’s 89,320 registered voters cast ballots in Tuesday’s election, which featured incumbent Mayor Tom McNamara running unopposed. “Because we had contested aldermanic races, I think that brought people out into those wards,” Rockford Board of Elections Executive Director Stacey Bixby said. “But since the mayor’s race was uncontested, some people probably felt that there was just no reason to go vote.” In 2017, 25.6% of the city’s registered voters cast ballots when McNamara defeated independent candidate Rudy Valdez and Republican Brian Leggero.