Election Name: | 2015 Grand Rapids mayoral election |
Flag Image: | Official Flag of Grand Rapids.png |
Type: | Mayoral |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2011 Grand Rapids mayoral election |
Previous Year: | 2011 |
Next Election: | 2019 Grand Rapids mayoral election |
Next Year: | 2019 |
Election Date: | August 4, 2015 |
Turnout: | 15.76% |
Candidate1: | Rosalynn Bliss |
Party1: | nonpartisan candidate |
Popular Vote1: | 13,294 |
Percentage1: | 65.87% |
Candidate2: | Robert Dean |
Party2: | nonpartisan candidate |
Popular Vote2: | 6,053 |
Percentage2: | 29.99% |
Map Size: | 300px |
Mayor | |
Before Election: | George Heartwell |
After Election: | 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.[1]
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.