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| Turnout | 20.58% | |||||||||||||||
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 Precinct results Bliss: 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% No votes | ||||||||||||||||
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The2019 Grand Rapids mayoral election took place on November 5, 2019. Incumbent MayorRosalynn Bliss ran for re-election to a second term.[1] She was challenged by pastor Daniel Schutte, a 2018 Republican candidate for theState House. Because only two candidates filed, the August primary election was cancelled.[2] Bliss defeated Schutte in a landslide, winning 84 percent of the vote to Schotte's 16 percent.
This was the last mayoral election to take place in an odd-numbered year following the passage of a 2020 charter amendment that moved mayoral elections to presidential election years. As a result, Bliss's term was extended by a year.[3]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Nonpartisan | Rosalynn Bliss (inc.) | 23,717 | 83.88% | |
| Nonpartisan | Daniel Schutte | 4,476 | 15.83% | |
| Write-in | 82 | 0.29% | ||
| Total votes | 28,275 | 100.00% | ||
