2024 Grand Rapids mayoral election explained
Election Date: | November 5, 2024 |
Election Name: | 2024 Grand Rapids mayoral election |
Flag Image: | Official Flag of Grand Rapids.png |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | yes |
Previous Election: | 2019 Grand Rapids mayoral election |
Previous Year: | 2019 |
Next Election: | 2028 Grand Rapids mayoral election |
Next Year: | 2028 |
The 2024 Grand Rapids mayoral election will take place on November 5, 2024, to elect the mayor of Grand Rapids, Michigan, concurrently with other 2024 Michigan elections, including the 2024 United States presidential election, United States Senate election in Michigan, and elections to the Michigan state legislature. This is the first election for mayor to take place in an even-year after Grand Rapids voters approved Prop 1 in 2020, which moved city elections to even years.
Incumbent Rosalynn Bliss, the city's first female mayor, is term limited and unable to seek re-election.
Candidates
Declared
- David LaGrand, representative of the 75th district in the Michigan House of Representatives from 2016 to 2023.[1] LaGrand previously served on the Grand Rapids city commission between 2007 and 2010, and on the Grand Rapids school board from 2012 to 2015.
- Senita Lenear, city commissioner of the Grand Rapids' Third Ward from 2014-2022.[2] Lenear also served on the Grand Rapids Public Schools Board of Education.
- Steve Owens[3]
- Hailey Lynch-Bastion[4]
Notes and References
- Web site: Michael . Kransz . 2023-05-30 . Former state Rep. David LaGrand announces run for Grand Rapids mayor . 2023-08-10 . mlive . en.
- News: Center . Patrick . Former Grand Rapids City Commissioner enters the mayoral race . 2 February 2024 . WGVU News . WGVU News.
- News: Kent County Unofficial Candidate List August 2024 Primary Election . 15 April 2024 . Kent County . Kent County.
- Web site: הלב. 1 May 2024 . CHWC . Camel Head War Council.