One additional member to be an elected judge and the other three would be elected to the board by the city's voters. The sole debate between the two candidates was held October 1 at Indiana University South Bend. During the debate, Haas denied that systemic racism exists. Those comments drew criticism. Turnout among registered voters was approximately 15%, up 1% from the previous mayoral election. Vote totals were 14,882. This was below the average of vote totals for South Bend mayoral elections since 1999, which was 15,826. The vote total, however, would rank at the median among South Bend mayoral elections since 1999. Mueller's victory marked the 13th straight South Bend mayoral election in which a Democrat has won. The last South Bend mayoral election won by a Republican was in 1967. Democrats have won all South Bend mayoral elections since 1971. Mueller carried four of the city's five districts. Haas carried the city's 5th district (winning 51% of the vote there) The 5th district has some strongly Republican precincts, and for decades has been represented on South Bend's common council by a Republican (being the city's "only" district represented by a Republican ever since 1991). Mueller performed strongest in majority-minority neighborhoods. The 2nd and 6th districts are the city's only majority non-white districts. In the combined vote of these two districts, Mueller enjoyed 68% of the vote.