Steven B. Grant (born March 7, 1983) is an attorney and an American

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who served as the mayor of

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from 2016 to 2022. He graduated in 2005 from the

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Robert H. Smith School of Business with a bachelor of science degree in

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. He then earned a J.D. from the

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in 2010, and has studied abroad at the

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in Beijing, and the

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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. Grant won re-election in 2019, winning 62% of the vote against three other candidates. Grant ran as an

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candidate in the

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against incumbent Republican

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, placing fourth behind the incumbent, Democrat

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, and Libertarian Dennis Misigoy.

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*http://www.stevenbgrant.com/ *https://grantlegal.com/ Living people 1983 births 21st-century American lawyers People from Boynton Beach, Florida University of Maryland, College Park alumni Florida lawyers Mayors of places in Florida Florida independents Florida Republicans Florida Democrats Candidates in the 2022 United States Senate elections {{US-law-bio-stub