2019 Grand Rapids mayoral election

2019 Grand Rapids mayoral election

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Turnout20.58%
 
Candidate Rosalynn Bliss Daniel Allen Schutte
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Popular vote 23,717 4,476
Percentage 83.88% 15.83%

Precinct results
Bliss:      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
     No votes

Mayor before election

Rosalynn Bliss

Elected mayor

Rosalynn Bliss

The 2019 Grand Rapids mayoral election took place on November 5, 2019, to elect the mayor of Grand Rapids, Michigan. This was the last election for mayor to take place in an odd-year after Grand Rapids voters approved Prop 1 in 2020, which moved city elections to even years, 57% to 43%.[1]

Incumbent Rosalynn Bliss faced a challenge from Daniel Allen Schutte, a local pastor and candidate for the 75th District of Michigan House of Representatives.[2] Bliss defeated Schutte in a landslide, securing a second term as mayor.[3]

  1. ^ "Grand Rapids voters approve even-year schedule for city elections". mlive. November 4, 2020. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
  2. ^ "Grand Rapids Mayor Rosalynn Bliss has a challenger in 2019 re-election bid". mlive. April 23, 2019. Retrieved June 9, 2021.
  3. ^ "Grand Rapids Mayor Rosalynn Bliss wins re-election in landslide". mlive. November 6, 2019. Retrieved June 9, 2021.