Detroit residents will elect a new mayor this year. There's a large field of candidates and it's shaping up to be a competitive race.
Current Mayor Mike Duggan will not seek a fourth term because he's running for governor. Duggan hasn't had serious challenger to lead Detroit since he was first elected in 2013.
Nine Detroiters are running to replace Duggan in the primary election on August 5. It's a nonpartisan race and the top two vote getters will move on to the general election on November 4.
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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. -
South Haven is restarting its lifeguard program following 19 drownings in Lake Michigan so far this summer. Also, a beloved Ann Arbor garden center is closing after more than 100 years of business. Then, a look back at Detroit's mayoral runs. -
Guest host Stephen Henderson covers a proposed cell phone ban in Michigan schools, voter turnout in the Detroit mayoral primary, and the Michigan Economic Development Corporation’s future.
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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. -
Nine people are running to become Detroit’s next mayor — the first new person to hold the office in over a decade. -
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan is not seeking a fourth term. Outlier Media's Briana Rice joins Michigan Public to discuss the nine candidates running to replace him. -
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan delivers his 12th and final state of the city address as he prepares for his 2026 independent bid for Michigan Governor. Duggan joins It’s Just Politics; plus, the politics surrounding an open Michigan Senate seat. -
2025 will be a monumental year in Detroit politics as Mayor Mike Duggan seeks to run for governor, leaving an open seat for the highest office in the state’s largest city next year. Stephen Henderson, host of American Black Journal, and Nancy Kaffer, editorial page editor of the Detroit Free Press join this week to discuss Duggan’s legacy, Detroit’s political landscape and the ten-year anniversary of the city emergency from bankruptcy.
