Voters have until August 5 to cast their ballots in this summer's primary election. The hottest election is the Detroit mayoral primary. But plenty of other Michigan cities have these nonpartisan mayor races to narrow down the field of candidates for November's general election, including Lansing, Southfield, Taylor, Dearborn Heights, Pontiac, and Milan.
For many communities it's not the candidates but the ballot proposals that'll be most important. Voters in the both Romulus and Holland school districts will see bond proposals. Livonia, Novi and Meridian Township will see other types of bonds for things like a senior center, a new police station and fire station upgrades, to name a few.
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A losing candidate wants federal and state investigations of last week's Flint city council electionVoters in Flint’s Third Ward were voting in a special election to fill a city council seat that has been vacant since September, causing a deadlock in city business. -
Detroit voters chose City Council President Mary Sheffield and Pastor Solomon Kinloch Jr. to move forward to November’s general election in the race to become the city’s next mayor. Plus, a majority of local Michigan officials think the state is on the wrong track. -
The top four vote getters running for the city's two at-large seats will advance to the general election. The top two vote getters will be on the November ballot. -
Lansing Mayor Andy Schor will be on the November ballot as he seeks a third term leading the capital city. He will face Kelsea Hector, who leads a Lansing nonprofit. -
44% of the ballots cast in Tuesday’s Flint City Council election were for write-in candidates — more votes than for either of the two candidates named on the ballot. -
The race for Detroit’s next mayor will pit City Council President Mary Sheffield and megachurch leader Solomon Kinloch, the top two vote-getters in Tuesday’s nonpartisan primary. -
If Ann Arbor proposals A and B pass, they would transfer development rights to a downtown lot from the city to the library, and terminate a city charter amendment that set aside the area as a public park. -
Current mayor, Kenson Siver is running against former longtime city council member and entrepreneur Sylvia Jordan as well as Ryan Foster, who previously worked in various fields including for the Michigan Department of Corrections. -
All five mayoral candidates spoke to Michigan Public about their priorities for the state's sixth largest city. The top two vote getters in the nonpartisan race will advance to the general election. -
Outlier Media's Briana Rice asked all eleven Detroit mayoral candidates where they stand on key issues. She joins Michigan Public to talk about what she learned.
