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The Mayor of Detroit is elected on a non-partisan basis, where the candidates are not listed by political party. A non-partisan primary election was held on August 3, 2021. The top two finishers (incumbent mayor Mike Duggan and former deputy mayor Anthony Adams) advanced to the general election on November 2, 2021. Duggan won re-election with a ...
This included a brief stint in 1806–1809 with a largely ceremonial mayor. Detroit's current strong mayor system dates from the city's 1824 charter. From 1824 to 1857, mayors were elected to terms of one year; from 1858 to 1953 the term was increased to two years, and after 1953 mayoral terms were four years.
The Detroit mayoral election of 2009 took place on November 3, 2009. It saw the reelection of incumbent mayor Dave Bing . The election followed a special election held earlier that year to fill the vacancy created when Kwame Kilpatrick resigned as mayor.
Apr. 20—DETROIT — Perennial mayoral candidate Tom Barrow has decided to join the 2021 race, saying "it's time for a real Detroiter." Barrow, 71, filed petitions Tuesday morning with the city ...
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan will run for Michigan governor in the 2026 election as an independent. Here's what to know about his background.
On October 16, 2008, Bing announced that he would be a candidate for mayor of Detroit in the 2009 Detroit mayoral special election to finish the term of Kwame Kilpatrick, who had resigned as part of a plea bargain agreement after being charged with the crime of perjury. Bing finished first in a 15 candidate non-partisan primary on February 24 ...
After Benson refused to intervene, the Detroit Election Commission voted 2–1 on May 23, 2013, to keep Duggan on the ballot. [29] On May 31, 2013, Barrow filed a complaint against the Detroit Election Commission in Wayne County Circuit Court asking the Court to order the Election Commission to remove Duggan from the Mayoral Ballot.
“Hit 8 Mile Road!” Young said, addressing criminals in Detroit. The mayor, who died in 1997, long maintained he was ordering lawbreakers to get out of town. But many suburbanites reacted with ...