2017 Detroit mayoral election

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2017 Detroit mayoral election
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Candidate Mike Duggan Coleman Young II
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Popular vote72,45028,164
Percentage72.0%28.0%

Mayor before election

Mike Duggan
Democratic

Elected mayor

Mike Duggan
Democratic

The 2017 Detroit mayoral election was held on November 7, 2017, to elect the Mayor of Detroit, Michigan. It was the first mayoral election for the city since it emerged from state control under Michigan's emergency manager law. Incumbent Mike Duggan won re-election to a second term. [1]

Contents

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 8, 2017. The top two finishers advanced to the general election on November 7, 2017. [2]

Candidates

Half of the eight candidates that were in the race as of August 2017 are ex-felons. [3]

Declared

Withdrawn

Declined

Results

Mayoral primary election, August 8

Detroit Mayoral Primary election 2017 result [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Mike Duggan(incumbent)43,53567.69
Nonpartisan Coleman A. Young II17,18026.71
Nonpartisan All write-ins1,4762.30
Nonpartisan Donna Marie Pitts5280.82
Nonpartisan Edward D. Dean4330.67
Nonpartisan Danetta L. Simpson4240.66
Nonpartisan Curtis Christopher Greene3070.48
Nonpartisan Angelo Brown2280.35
Nonpartisan Articia Bomer2010.31

Mayoral general election, November 7

Detroit Mayoral election 2017 result [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Mike Duggan (incumbent)72,45072.0
Nonpartisan Coleman A. Young II28,16428.0

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