2015 Savannah mayoral election

The 2015 Savannah mayoral election took place on November 5 and December 1, 2015. It saw the election of Eddie DeLoach, who unseated incumbent mayor Edna Jackson.

Savannah mayoral election, 2015

November 3, 2015 (first round)
December 1, 2015 (runoff)
 
Candidate Eddie DeLoach Edna B. Jackson Murray Silver
First-round vote 9,332 9,802 2,681
First-round percentage 41.89% 44.00% 12.04%
Second-round vote 12,472 11,049
Second-round percentage 53.02% 46.98%

Mayor before election

Edna Jackson
Democratic

Elected Mayor

Eddie DeLoach
Republican

This was the first time in over 20 years that an incumbent mayor of Savannah lost reelection. Eddie DeLoach became the first person elected mayor of Savannah to identify as a Republican since Susan Weiner was in 1991.

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