Overview
- City Council President Mary Sheffield faces Triumph Church pastor Solomon Kinloch Jr. to succeed three-term Mayor Mike Duggan.
- Sheffield led the August primary with more than 50% and entered Election Day with a large fundraising edge and key endorsements, and she is seeking to become Detroit's first female mayor.
- Kinloch ran on neighborhood-focused anti-poverty plans, including a proposed $1,000 baby-bonds seed for Detroit children funded through coordinated philanthropy.
- Turnout was projected at 18–23% of about 519,000 registered voters, with roughly 60,000 early or absentee ballots already cast, according to City Clerk Janice Winfrey.
- Michigan’s mandatory recount law does not cover this race, so candidates may request and pay for recounts, and the AP will call the contest only when a trailing candidate cannot mathematically close the gap.