2015 Grand Rapids mayoral election

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2015 Grand Rapids mayoral election
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← 2011 August 4, 2015[1] 2019 →
Turnout15.76%
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Candidate Rosalynn Bliss Robert Dean
Party nonpartisan nonpartisan
Popular vote 13,294 6,053
Percentage 65.87% 29.99%

Mayor before election

George Heartwell

Elected Mayor

Rosalynn Bliss

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[]

Results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
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[]

  1. ^ a b "August-2015-Election-Results.pdf" (PDF). Grand Rapids, Michigan. 4 August 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  2. ^ 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.
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