2015 Flint mayoral election

2015 Flint mayoral election
August 4, 2015 (2015-08-04) (first round)
November 5, 2015 (2015-11-05) (Runoff)
 
Candidate Karen Weaver Dayne Walling
First round 2,364
29.66% 		3,530
44.29%
Runoff 7,825
55.96% 		6,061
43.35%
 
Candidate Eric Mays Wantwaz Diaz
First round 1,194
14.98% 		763
9.57%
Runoff Eliminated Eliminated
Mayor before election

Dayne Walling
Nonpartisan

Elected mayor

Karen Weaver
Nonpartisan

The 2015 Flint mayoral election took place on November 5, 2015, following the primary election that took place on August 4, 2015. Incumbent Mayor Dayne Walling ran for re-election to a third term. He was challenged by two members of the City Council, Eric Mays and Wantwaz Diaz, as well as businesswoman Karen Weaver. Walling placed first in the primary, winning 44 percent of the vote. Weaver won 30 percent of the vote, beating out Mays, who won 15 percent, and Diaz, who won 10 percent. In the general election, Weaver ultimately defeated Walling by a wide margin, leading him 56–43 percent, a reversal of Walling's margin of victory in 2011.

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