2015 Savannah mayoral election

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

The 2019 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. 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

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

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