2015 Flint mayoral election

none January 2025 January 2025 2015 Flint mayoral election presidential no 2015 8 4 (first round)2015 11 5 (Runoff) 150x150px First round Runoff File:Karen Weaver, July 2018.jpg Karen Weaver c0c0c0 2,36429.66% 7,82555.96% File:Dayne Walling 2010.jpg Dayne Walling c0c0c0 3,53044.29% 6,06143.35% File:Eric Mays 2014 01.png Eric Mays c0c0c0 1,19414.98% Eliminated File:3x4.svg Wantwaz Diaz c0c0c0 7639.57% Eliminated 2011 Flint mayoral election 2011 2017 Flint mayoral recall election 2017 (recall) Mayor Dayne Walling Nonpartisan 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. Primary election Candidates Dayne Walling, incumbent Mayor Karen Weaver, businesswomanFonger Ron Five seek to challenge Walling in mayoral race The Flint Journal May 1, 2015 Flint, Michigan A6 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-flint-journal/175230126/ June 24, 2025 Eric Mays, City Councilman Wantwaz Diaz, City Councilman Results 2015 Flint mayoral primary electionGenesee County, Michigan 2015 Flint Primary August 4, 2015 Genesee County Clerk August 5, 2015 https://www.geneseecountymi.gov/Document_Center/Department/County%20Clerk/Election%20Division/2015/15FLTAUG_SUMMARY.pdf June 24, 2025 Dayne Walling (inc.) Nonpartisan candidate 3,530 44.29% Karen Weaver Nonpartisan candidate 2,364 29.66% Eric Mays Nonpartisan candidate 1,194 14.98% Wantwaz Diaz Nonpartisan candidate 763 9.57% write-ins 120 1.51% 7,971 100.00% General election Results 2015 Flint mayoral general electionGenesee County, Michigan 2015 November General Election November 3, 2015 Genesee County Clerk November 5, 2015 https://www.geneseecountymi.gov/Document_Center/Department/County%20Clerk/Election%20Division/2015/15NOVGEN_SUMMARY.pdf June 24, 2025 Karen Weaver Nonpartisan candidate 7,825 55.96% Dayne Walling (inc.) Nonpartisan candidate 6,061 43.35% write-ins 96 0.69% 13,982 100.00% References Flint Category:Mayoral elections in Flint, Michigan