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Steven B. Grant

Steven B. Grant
Grant in 2021
55th Mayor of Boynton Beach
In office
April 2016 – March 2022
Preceded byJerry Taylor
Succeeded byTy Penserga[1]
Personal details
Born (1983-03-07) March 7, 1983 (age 41)
Political partyDemocratic (until 2016, 2023-present)
Independent (2020-2023)
Republican (2016-2020)
Alma materRobert H. Smith School of Business
Florida Coastal School of Law

Steven B. Grant (born March 7, 1983) is an attorney and an American politician who served as the mayor of Boynton Beach, Florida from 2016 to 2022.[2] He graduated in 2005 from the University of Maryland Robert H. Smith School of Business with a bachelor of science degree in Finance. He then earned a J.D. from the Florida Coastal School of Law in 2010, and has studied abroad at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, China University of Political Science and Law in Beijing, and the University of the Netherlands Antilles.

Political career

Grant ran for mayor of Boynton Beach in 2016, alongside incumbent mayor Jerry Taylor, and three other candidates. Taylor and Grant placed first and second respectively in the first round and advanced to the runoff. Grant earned 57% in the runoff, defeating the incumbent.[3][4] Grant won re-election in 2019, winning 62% of the vote against three other candidates. Grant ran as an independent candidate in the 2022 United States Senate election in Florida against incumbent Republican Marco Rubio, placing fourth behind the incumbent, Democrat Val Demings, and Libertarian Dennis Misigoy.[5]

References

  1. ^ Milian, Jorge. "Boynton Beach election: Ty Penserga trounces 3 mayoral challengers, including anti-mask advocate". The Palm Beach Post. Retrieved 2022-08-04.
  2. ^ "Mayor Steven B. Grant - City of Boynton Beach". boynton-beach.org. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  3. ^ "Newcomer, 33, beats 80-year-old incumbent in Boynton Beach race". mypalmbeachpost. Retrieved 2018-08-12.
  4. ^ Mazor, Mort. "Boynton's mayor seeks opportunities to keep residents involved". Sun-Sentinel.com. Retrieved 2018-08-12.
  5. ^ Swisher, Skyler (2 March 2021). "Boynton Beach Mayor Steven Grant files to challenge Sen. Marco Rubio in 2022 election". sun-sentinel.com. Retrieved 2021-04-06.


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