Overview
- Polls close at 8 p.m. ET on Tuesday, and the Associated Press says it will declare a winner only when no mathematical path remains for the trailing candidate.
- Nearly 45,000 ballots had been cast before Election Day as of Monday, signaling significant early participation.
- Sheffield has far outraised and outspent Kinloch in the general election, reporting more than $1.8 million in spending to his roughly $160,000 as of Oct. 19.
- After winning over 50% in the August primary, Sheffield secured endorsements from outgoing Mayor Mike Duggan and former rivals Saunteel Jenkins and Fred Durhal.
- Kinloch, the Triumph Church pastor, is pressing a neighborhood-focused anti-poverty agenda, including a proposed baby-bonds program, and spent the weekend engaging voters at community stops such as UAW Local 51.