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.
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| Turnout | 15.76% | |||||||||||||||
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 Precinct results Bliss: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% Dean: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% No votes | ||||||||||||||||
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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
edit| 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
edit- ^ a b "August-2015-Election-Results.pdf" (PDF). Grand Rapids, Michigan. August 4, 2015. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
- ^ Bunte, Matt Vande (November 17, 2015). "3 Michigan cities elect first female mayors; here are 9 more with women in charge". MLive. Retrieved November 15, 2019.