Election Name: | Savannah mayoral election, 2015 |
Flag Image: | Flag of Savannah, Georgia.svgborder |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2011 Savannah mayoral election |
Previous Year: | 2011 |
Next Election: | 2019 Savannah mayoral election |
Next Year: | 2019 |
1Blank: | First-round vote |
2Blank: | First-round percentage |
3Blank: | Second-round vote |
4Blank: | Second-round percentage |
Election Date: | November 3, 2015 (first round) December 1, 2015 (runoff) |
Candidate1: | Eddie DeLoach |
Colour1: | c0c0c0 |
1Data1: | 9,332 |
2Data1: | 41.89% |
3Data1: | 12,472 |
4Data1: | 53.02% |
Candidate2: | Edna B. Jackson |
Colour2: | c0c0c0 |
1Data2: | 9,802 |
2Data2: | 44.00% |
3Data2: | 11,049 |
4Data2: | 46.98% |
Candidate3: | Murray Silver |
Colour3: | c0c0c0 |
1Data3: | 2,681 |
2Data3: | 12.04% |
Map Size: | 300px |
Mayor | |
Before Election: | Edna Jackson |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
After Election: | Eddie DeLoach |
After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
The 2015 Savannah mayoral election took place on November 5 and December 1, 2015. It saw the election of Eddie DeLoach, who unseated incumbent mayor Edna Jackson.
This was the first time in over 20 years that an incumbent mayor of Savannah lost reelection.[1] Eddie DeLoach became the first person elected mayor of Savannah to identify as a Republican since Susan Weiner was in 1991.