Or was it just another one of those random Family Guy things? lol

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/images/uploads/mayor%20adam%20west.jpg

I think it was a random thing. But it would make for a neat origin type episode!

let me ask you this; if he were running for mayor in YOUR town, wouldn't you vote for him?

Yeah, I have a suspicion that it was a gag that started out as a silly non-sequitur, and has since taken on a life as its own.

I'd let Batman be Mayor, LOL.

As far as I can remember, I don't think they've made any reference to West's career as an actor. Perhaps Mayor Adam West in Family Guy isn't Adam West, former TV star.

As far as I can remember, I don't think they've made any reference to West's career as an actor. Perhaps Mayor Adam West in Family Guy isn't Adam West, former TV star.

Interesting, although they did make a reference to Batman in one episode and Adam West did voice the character.

"The character we've created is kind of this alternate-universe Adam West where he's mayor of this town, and we deliberately have not made any references to Batman, because we like keeping that separate. It's the obvious place to go. We tried it; we thought it would be funny to do something different with the mayor of this town. People like Clint Eastwood and Martin Sheen who have taken whacks at this sort of thing — there's a precedent for it, actors getting into politics. He's the mayor, but he's this guy who clearly does not have it all together.”

—Seth MacFarlane, A.V. Club interview

"The character we've created is kind of this alternate-universe Adam West where he's mayor of this town, and we deliberately have not made any references to Batman, because we like keeping that separate. It's the obvious place to go. We tried it; we thought it would be funny to do something different with the mayor of this town. People like Clint Eastwood and Martin Sheen who have taken whacks at this sort of thing — there's a precedent for it, actors getting into politics. He's the mayor, but he's this guy who clearly does not have it all together.”

—Seth MacFarlane, A.V. Club interview
Thanks Mary!