Detroit mayor race: Meet the 9 candidates in the 2025 August primary election
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Nine candidates are running for Detroit mayor in the 2025 election.Mayor Mike Duggan is leaving his seat after 12 years to run for Michigan governor as an independent candidate.Detroit mayoral candidates are gearing up to win a spot in the August primary election to secure the seat as the city’s next top leader.
Mayor Mike Duggan will leave the role after 12 years to run for Michigan governor as an independent candidate, leaving Detroit’s top seat open in a crowded field of candidates without an incumbent.
Here are the nine candidates vying for votes in the primary election.
MarySheffieldTheDetroitCityCouncilpresidentgotaheadstartonthefieldbyforminghercandidatecommitteeinAugust2023,givingheranearlyleadonfundraising.Sheffield,whoattendedSouthfield-LathrupHighSchool,hasbeenacouncilmembersince2013,whenshewaselectedtheyoungestmember,andlaterselectedascouncilpresidentinhercurrentterm.
Shehasamixedrecordofsupportinglargedevelopments,includingvotinginfavorofa$60milliontaxabatementforBedrock’sHudson
