George Heartwell Rosalynn Bliss The 2015 Grand Rapids mayoral election took place on August 4, 2015, to elect the Mayor of Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Bliss became the first female mayor of Grand Rapids.

[2] Incumbent mayor George Heartwell was term limited.

The election was officially nonpartisan.

If no candidate had received a majority of the vote in the initial round, a runoff election was held between the top-two finishers.