Overview
- Detroit City Clerk Janice Winfrey projects 18–23% participation from about 519,000 registered voters, with roughly 60,000 ballots already cast through early and absentee voting.
- Sheffield maintains a dominant resource advantage, having spent more than $1.8 million by Oct. 19 compared with about $160,000 for Kinloch, and she reported far more cash on hand.
- After winning over 50% in the August primary, Sheffield secured endorsements from outgoing Mayor Mike Duggan and former rivals Saunteel Jenkins and Fred Durhal.
- Michigan’s mandatory recount law does not cover this race, so any recount must be requested and funded by a candidate, and the Associated Press will call a winner only when no closing scenario remains.
- Residents spotlight unreliable transit, affordable housing, public safety, and neighborhood investment as top issues as the candidates make final appeals across the city.