2025 Dearborn Heights mayoral election

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2025 Dearborn Heights mayoral election
November 4, 2025
 
CandidateMo BaydounDenise Malinowski-Maxwell
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Popular vote5,9132,781
Percentage68.23%31.77%
Mayor before election

Bill Bazzi
Nonpartisan

Elected mayor

Mo Baydoun
Nonpartisan

The 2025 Dearborn Heights mayoral election took place on November 4, 2025, following a primary on August 5, 2025. Incumbent Mayor Bill Bazzi was nominated by President Donald Trump to serve as U.S. Ambassador to Tunisia, [1] and is not seeking re-election. In the primary election, City Council President Mo Baydoun placed first, winning 58 percent of the vote. He advanced to the general election with City Councilwoman Denise Malinowski-Maxwell, who placed second with 27 percent of the vote. [2]

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On October 8, 2025, Bazzi officially resigned from office after he was confirmed as U.S. Ambassador to Tunisia, and Baydoun, who was the city council president, became the acting mayor. [3] Baydoun ultimately won the election, securing 68% of the popular vote. [4] [5]

Primary election

Candidates

Advanced to general

  • Mo Baydoun, at-large (2021–present) Dearborn Heights city council president (2023–present) [6]
  • Denise Malinowski-Maxwell, at-large city councilor (2018–2021, 2023–present), former acting mayor (2020–2021), and 2021 mayoral candidate [7]

Eliminated in primary

  • Hussein Anani, businessman [8]
  • Lena Arzouni, real estate broker [8]

Declined

Endorsements

Lena Arzouni
Local officials
  • Bill Bazzi, incumbent mayor of Dearborn Heights (2021–present) [9]
Mo Baydoun
State legislators
Local officials
  • Hassan Ahmad, at-large (2021–present) city council vice president (2023–present) [6]
  • Azzam Elder, former Deputy Wayne County Executive (2006–2011) [10]
  • Danielle Elzayat, Crestwood High School trustee (2020–present) [10]
  • Phil Hall, Dearborn Heights battalion fire chief (2021–present) [10]
  • Lisa Hicks-Clayton, Dearborn Heights Treasurer (2020–present) and former city councilor (2011–2020) [10]
  • Ray Muscat, former at-large city councilor (2015–2023) [10]
  • Hassan Saab, at-large city councilor (2023–present) [6]
Labor unions
Organizations

Results

Primary election results (unofficial) [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Mo Baydoun 4,163 58.49%
Nonpartisan Denise Malinowski Maxwell 1,913 26.88%
Nonpartisan Lena Arzouni5517.74%
Nonpartisan Hussein Anani4736.65%
Write-in 170.24%
Total votes7,117 100.00%

General election

Post-primary endorsements

Mo Baydoun
Statewide officials
State legislators
Municipal officials
Individuals
Organizations

Results

2025 Dearborn Heights mayoral election results [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Mo Baydoun 5,973 68.23%
Nonpartisan Denise Malinowski Maxwell2,78131.77%
Total votes8,754 100.00%

References

  1. 1 2 Warikoo, Niraj (March 11, 2025). "Donald Trump picks Dearborn Heights Mayor Bill Bazzi as ambassador to Tunisia". Detroit Free Press . Detroit, Michigan . Retrieved July 3, 2025.
  2. ↑ Cardi, Julia (August 5, 2025). "Livonia voters reject $150M bond; Dearborn Heights mayoral hopefuls advance". The Detroit News . Retrieved August 5, 2025.
  3. ↑ Powers, Sara (October 9, 2025). "Dearborn Heights Mayor Bill Bazzi resigns". WDIV-TV . Retrieved November 6, 2025.
  4. 1 2 "Mo Baydoun wins Dearborn Heights mayoral race". WDIV-TV . November 5, 2025. Retrieved November 6, 2025.
  5. ↑ Dahlberg, Brett (November 5, 2025). "Acting Mayor Mo Baydoun Secures Full Term Leading Dearborn Heights City Government". Michigan Public .
  6. 1 2 3 4 Tareq, Adam (February 21, 2025). "Dearborn Heights City Council President Mo Baydoun announces his candidacy for mayor". The Arab American News. Retrieved February 24, 2025.
  7. ↑ Gasorski, Briana (July 2, 2025). "Denise Malinowski-Maxwell makes second bid for mayor: Dearborn Heights is the place I call home". The Arab American News. Retrieved September 5, 2025.
  8. 1 2 "Four-way showdown in August for Dearborn Heights mayoral race as Bill Bazzi prepares for diplomatic post". The Arab American News. May 2, 2025. Retrieved May 3, 2025.
  9. 1 2 Cardi, Julia (August 1, 2025). "Voters look to whittle fields for Wayne Co. races, including Dearborn Heights mayor". The Detroit News . Retrieved September 5, 2025. Lena Arzouni, a businesswoman, is running with the endorsement of Bazzi.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 Jaafar, Zeina (April 4, 2025). "Mo Baydoun kicks off Dearborn Heights mayoral campaign". The Arab American News. Retrieved September 5, 2025.
  11. ↑ "Dearborn Heights Police Associations Endorse Mo Baydoun for Mayor". Dearborn News. May 16, 2025. Retrieved September 5, 2025.
  12. ↑ Dearborn Heights Fire Fighters [@dearborn.heightsfirefighters] (May 1, 2025). "ENDORSEMENT ALERT: Dearborn Heights Professional Firefighters Union Local 1355 proudly endorses @moformayor_ in his campaign for Mayor of Dearborn Heights" . Retrieved September 5, 2025– via Facebook.
  13. ↑ "MICHIGAN: City of Dearborn Heights". United Auto Workers Endorsements. Retrieved August 3, 2025.
  14. ↑ Delos Reyes, Jessica (July 29, 2025). "NALAF Endorses 23 Candidates Across State And Local Races". New American Leaders Action Fund. Retrieved September 5, 2025.
  15. ↑ "Unofficial - City Primary & Special Election - August 5, 2025". Wayne County Clerk. August 6, 2025. Retrieved August 6, 2025.
  16. 1 2 "AAPAC endorses candidates in Dearborn and Dearborn Heights ahead of the November 4 municipal elections". The Arab American News . October 10, 2025. Retrieved November 1, 2025.
  17. 1 2 3 4 "Dearborn Heights election: Four local races to shape the city's political future". The Arab American News . October 10, 2025. Retrieved November 1, 2025.
  18. ↑ "Michigan: General Election 2025". Council on American–Islamic Relations . October 30, 2025. Archived from the original on November 1, 2025. Retrieved November 1, 2025.
  19. ↑ Dearborn Area Board of REALTORS [@dabor_realtors] (October 23, 2025). "The Dearborn Area Board of REALTORS® is announcing our endorsements for the Dearborn and Dearborn Heights City Council and Mayoral races" . Retrieved November 1, 2025– via Instagram.

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