{"id":61775,"date":"2025-08-06T04:24:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T04:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/61775\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T04:24:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T04:24:09","slug":"detroit-city-council-president-mary-sheffield-advances-to-november-election-in-mayoral-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/61775\/","title":{"rendered":"Detroit City Council president Mary Sheffield advances to November election in mayoral race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Mary Sheffield, Detroit City Council president, will advance to the November general election in the race for mayor, the AP projects.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Sheffield was considered the front-runner heading into the August primary on Tuesday. She\u2019ll face the second-highest vote getter in November.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Nine candidates put their names on the ballot to be Detroit\u2019s next mayor. On Aug. 5, 2025, the city voted on the top two candidates who will run head-to-head.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan announced in December 2024 that he will not be running for reelection. Instead, he is running as an Independent candidate for Michigan\u2019s governor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">&#8212;&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clickondetroit.com\/news\/politics\/2025\/08\/05\/track-live-results-detroit-mayoral-primary-election-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.clickondetroit.com\/news\/politics\/2025\/08\/05\/track-live-results-detroit-mayoral-primary-election-2025\/\">Track live results: Detroit mayoral primary election 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Solomon Kinloch <\/p>\n<p>12,81318%<\/p>\n<p>Saunteel Jenkins <\/p>\n<p>11,12015%<\/p>\n<p>0% of Precincts Reporting <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 iFMQmC\">(0 \/ 430)<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 nALdY copyright\">Copyright 2025 by WDIV ClickOnDetroit &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p>About the Author<img alt=\"Ken Haddad headshot\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/37c7d832-ecd4-46c6-bc8f-9278a2567e3b.jpg\" width=\"86\" height=\"86\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"object-fit:cover\"\/><a class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__LinkBase-sc-1fnzlkn-9 eUojqd gMnWPT\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clickondetroit.com\/team\/PWJVP4UD3JG6HDAISUJCHCJXXA\/\" title=\"View Ken Haddad&#039;s full profile\" itemprop=\"url\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ken Haddad<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 gnunoy bOlrXa\">Ken Haddad has been with Local 4\/ClickOnDetroit since 2013. He helps lead news coverage and content across broadcast and digital platforms. He&#8217;s from the Metro Detroit area, and loves covering important news (and sports) in his hometown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mary Sheffield, Detroit City Council president, will advance to the November general election in the race for mayor,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":61776,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,13315,2120,45874,45875,3,21,19,22,20,25,24],"class_list":["post-61775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","tag-america","tag-decision-2025","tag-detroit","tag-mary-sheffield","tag-michigan-primary-election-2025","tag-news","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61775\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}