Columbus, Ohio mayoral election, 2015

Columbus, Ohio mayoral election, 2015
November 3, 2015
 
Candidate Andrew Ginther Zach Scott
Party Democratic Democratic
Mayor before election

Michael B. Coleman
Democratic

 Elected Mayor

Andrew Ginther
Democratic

The 2015 Columbus mayoral election took place on November 3, 2015, to elect the Mayor of Columbus, Ohio. The election was officially nonpartisan, with the top two candidates from the May 5 primary advancing to the general election, regardless of party.[1]

Incumbent Democratic Mayor Michael B. Coleman was not running for re-election to a fifth term in office.[2]

Candidates

Democratic Party

Declared

Potential

Declined

Republican Party

Declared

Declined

Primary results

The Columbus Mayoral primary was nonpartisan, but candidates were endorsed by their parties. The two candidates who received the most votes advanced to the general election in November regardless of party.

Primary election result[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Andrew Ginther 24,227 51.8
Democratic Zach Scott 8,560 18.3
Republican Terry Boyd 8,461 18.1
Democratic James Ragland 5,552 11.9

General election results

General election result[13][14]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Andrew Ginther 88,822 59
Democratic Zach Scott 60,686 41

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Gary Seman, Jr. (December 2, 2014). "Jockeying starts for nonpartisan primary in 2015". This Week. Retrieved December 9, 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Lucas Sullivan; Doug Caruso (November 25, 2014). "Mayor Coleman Announces He Won't Run Next Year". The Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved November 26, 2014.
  3. ↑ Josh Jarman (December 10, 2014). "Ginther launches campaign for mayor of Columbus". The Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved December 10, 2014.
  4. ↑ Walker Evans (January 19, 2015). "James Ragland Enters Race for Columbus Mayor". Columbus Underground. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
  5. ↑ Josh Jarman (November 27, 2014). "Sheriff Zach Scott says he's running for mayor". The Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 Lucas Sullivan (December 7, 2014). "Columbus mayor's race might draw several prominent politicians". The Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved December 9, 2014.
  7. ↑ Lucas Sullivan (January 22, 2015). "Strickland, Boyce among Democrats backing Ginther for Columbus mayor". The Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
  8. ↑ Elizabeth Faugl (December 17, 2014). "Coleman Endorses Ginther to Take over Mayor's Office". ABC6. Retrieved December 19, 2014.
  9. ↑ Lucas Sullivan (December 18, 2014). "Coleman endorses Ginther for mayor". The Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved December 24, 2014.
  10. ↑ Lucas Sullivan (January 16, 2015). "Republicans tap Boyd for Columbus mayor, former Ohio State player Dimitrious Stanley for council". The Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
  11. 1 2 Kurtzman, Lori; Zachariah, Holly (January 8, 2015). "Local Government Insider: GOP still looking for Columbus mayoral candidate". The Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Franklin County BOE election results | Franklin County BOE" (PDF). freep.com. Retrieved 2015-09-11.
  13. ↑ http://www.dispatch.com/content/sections/news/government-politics/elections/index.html
  14. ↑ http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/public/2015/election/columbus-mayor.html

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