Detroit residents will elect a new mayor in this Nov. election. Current Mayor Mike Duggan is running for governor.
In the Aug. primary election the field of nine candidates was narrowed to two - Rev. Solomon Kinloch Jr. and Mary Sheffield.
Michigan Public's coverage of the race is tagged below.
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This episode included segments about SNAP recipients struggling with the pause on benefits, the economic impact of Michigan’s 12 federally recognized Indigenous tribes, vaccine research from Henry Ford Health, and the historic election of Mary Sheffield as mayor of Detroit. -
Mary Sheffield won the race for Detroit mayor on Tuesday, defeating Solomon Kinloch Jr. to become the first woman elected to lead the city. -
Detroit voters will choose a new mayor Tuesday in the city’s first open-seat mayoral race in a dozen years. -
An MSU professor joins us to discuss the stakes for Detroit in next week’s mayoral election. A woman whose boyfriend was arrested by ICE shares their experience. A northern Michigan author discusses her new spooky book set in the Upper Peninsula. And, listener responses to On Hand.
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Detroiters will elect a new mayor on November 4. City Council President Mary Sheffield is one of two candidates on the ballot. She spoke with Michigan Public's Doug Tribou. -
Detroit residents will elect a new mayor on November 4. The Rev. Solomon Kinloch Jr. is one of two candidates on the ballot. He spoke with Michigan Public's Doug Tribou. -
A recap of the Detroit mayoral debate last night, previewing a poetry event tomorrow in Hamtramck, and hearing from an MSU student born in Palestine.
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Voters can cast an absentee ballot in the November general election starting September 25. Election Day is November 4. -
Detroit's August mayoral primary drew only about 17% of the eligible voters in Detroit. -
More than 1 in 6 Detroit residents say crime and safety are their top concerns ahead of November's mayoral election — but only half say more police would make them feel safer.
