Flag Image: | File:Bridgeport flag.png |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Year: | 2011 |
Next Year: | 2019 |
Election Date: | November 3, 2015[1] |
Candidate1: | Joseph Ganim |
Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 11,198 |
Percentage1: | 55.38% |
Candidate2: | Mary Jane Foster |
Party2: | Independent politician |
Popular Vote2: | 6,029 |
Percentage2: | 29.81% |
Candidate3: | Enrique "Rick" Torres |
Party3: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote3: | 2,838 |
Percentage3: | 14.03% |
Mayor | |
Before Election: | Bill Finch |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
After Election: | Joseph Ganim |
After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Bridgeport, Connecticut, held an election for mayor on November 3, 2015. It saw former mayor Joseph Ganim return to the office. Ganim defeated incumbent mayor Bill Finch in the Democratic primary.
See also: 2015 Bridgeport, Connecticut, Democratic mayoral primary. The Democratic primary was held on September 16.
Heading into the election Ganim, a former mayor who had served jail time related to federal corruption charges, was seen as an underdog.[2]