2015 Savannah mayoral election

Savannah mayoral election, 2015

November 3, 2015 (first round)^[1]
December 1, 2015 (runoff)^[2]


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

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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.

This was the first time in over 20 years that an incumbent mayor of Savannah lost reelection.^[3] Eddie DeLoach became the first person elected mayor of Savannah to identify as a Republican since Susan Weiner was in 1991.

First round

First round results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Edna B. Jackson (incumbent)	9,802	44.00
	Nonpartisan	Eddie DeLoach	9,332	41.89
	Nonpartisan	Murray Silver	2,681	12.04
	Nonpartisan	Louis E. Wilson Sr.	442	1.98
	Write-in	Write-in	18	0.08
Total votes			22,275

Runoff

Runoff results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Eddie DeLoach	12,472	53.02
	Nonpartisan	Edna B. Jackson (incumbent)	11,049	46.98
Total votes			23,521

References

^ ^a ^b "Municipal Elections November 3, 2015 Chatham County". Chatham County. November 6, 2019. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Savannah Runoff Election December 1, 2015". Chatham County. December 4, 2015. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
^ Bluestein, Greg (December 30, 2015). "Change sweeps into Savannah, toppling Democratic stronghold". AJC. Retrieved November 11, 2019.

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