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2024 Grand Rapids mayoral election

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2024 Grand Rapids mayoral election

← 2019 November 5, 2024 2028 →
 
Candidate David LaGrand Senita Lenear
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Popular vote 50,145 29,201
Percentage 62.62% 36.17%

Mayor before election

Rosalynn Bliss
Democratic

Elected mayor

David LaGrand
Democratic

The 2024 Grand Rapids mayoral election took 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. Former state representative David LaGrand won the general election with 62.6 percent of the vote.[1]

Candidates

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Advanced to general

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  • David LaGrand, representative of the 75th district in the Michigan House of Representatives from 2016 to 2023.[2] 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,[3] city commissioner of the Grand Rapids' Third Ward from 2014 to 2022.[4] Lenear also served on the Grand Rapids Public Schools Board of Education.

Eliminated in primary

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  • Steve Owens[5]
  • Hailey Lynch-Bastion[6]

Steve Owens and Hailey Lynch-Bastion were eliminated in the August 6, 2024 primary. David LaGrand and Senita Lenear faced off in the general election on November 5, 2024.

References

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  1. ^ Frick, Melissa (November 6, 2024). "David LaGrand declares victory in Grand Rapids mayoral race". mlive. Retrieved November 6, 2024.
  2. ^ Kransz, Michael (May 30, 2023). "Former state Rep. David LaGrand announces run for Grand Rapids mayor". mlive. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
  3. ^ "Senita Lenear for Mayor". senitaformayor.com.
  4. ^ Center, Patrick. "Former Grand Rapids City Commissioner enters the mayoral race". WGVU News. WGVU News. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
  5. ^ "Kent County Unofficial Candidate List August 2024 Primary Election" (PDF). Kent County. Kent County. Retrieved April 15, 2024.
  6. ^ "הלב". Camel Head War Council. CHWC. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
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Official campaign websites for mayoral candidates