2015 Grand Rapids mayoral election
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The 2015 Grand Rapids mayoral election took place on August 4, 2015 to elect the Mayor of Grand Rapids, Michigan. It saw the election of Rosalynn Bliss.
Bliss became the first female mayor of Grand Rapids.[2]
Incumbent mayor George Heartwell was term-limited.
The election was officially nonpartisan.
If no candidate had received a majority of the vote in the initial round, a runoff election was held between the top-two finishers.
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Nonpartisan | Rosalynn Bliss | 13,284 | 65.87 | |
Nonpartisan | Robert Dean | 6,053 | 29.99 | |
Nonpartisan | John George | 568 | 2.81 | |
Nonpartisan | Willard Lee | 232 | 1.15 | |
Write-in | Write-in | 36 | 0.18 | |
Turnout | 20,218 | 15.76 |
References
- ^ a b "August-2015-Election-Results.pdf" (PDF). Grand Rapids, Michigan. 4 August 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
- ^ Bunte, Matt Vande (17 November 2015). "3 Michigan cities elect first female mayors; here are 9 more with women in charge". MLive. Retrieved 15 November 2019.