Election Date: | November 5, 2024 |
Election Name: | 2024 Grand Rapids mayoral election |
Flag Image: | Official Flag of Grand Rapids.png |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2019 Grand Rapids mayoral election |
Previous Year: | 2019 |
Next Election: | 2028 Grand Rapids mayoral election |
Next Year: | 2028 |
Party1: | Nonpartisan / Democratic |
Image1: | Headshot of David (cropped).jpg |
Candidate1: | David LaGrand |
Popular Vote1: | 50,145 |
Percentage1: | 62.62% |
Candidate2: | Senita Lenear |
Popular Vote2: | 29,201 |
Percentage2: | 36.17% |
Party2: | Nonpartisan election |
Before Election: | Rosalynn Bliss |
Before Party: | Democratic |
After Election: | David LaGrand |
After Party: | Democratic |
Mayor |
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]
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.