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The 2025 Detroit mayoral election will be held on November 4, 2025, to elect the next mayor of Detroit, Michigan. It was preceded by a primary election which was held on August 5, in which the two highest-placing candidates would advance to the general election. Municipal elections in Michigan are officially nonpartisan.
Incumbent mayor Mike Duggan was eligible to run for re-election to a fourth term, but is instead running for governor of Michigan in 2026. [1]
The deadline for candidates to file their paperwork to appear on the ballot was April 22, 2025. The following candidates filed by that deadline: [2]
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size [a] | Margin of error | James Craig | Fred Durhal | Saunteel Jenkins | Solomon Kinloch | Todd Perkins | Mary Sheffield | Other | Undecided |
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Glengariff Group [17] [A] | May 27–29, 2025 | 500 (LV) | ± 4.4% | 9% | 2% | 8% | 14% | 4% | 38% | 3% [b] | 22% |
Target Insyght [18] | May 4–7, 2025 | 400 (RV) | ± 5.0% | 19% | 2% | 7% | 25% | 5% | 32% | 1% [c] | 10% |
Douglas Fulmer & Associates [19] | February 16–20, 2025 | 400 (RV) | ± 5% | 20% | 2% | 12% | 5% | 4% | 34% | 2% [d] | 21% |
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No. | Date | Host | Moderator | Link | Participants | ||||||||
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Key: P Participant A Absent N Non-invitee I Invitee W Withdrawn | |||||||||||||
Craig | Durhal | Jenkins | Kinloch | Perkins | Sheffield | ||||||||
1 | May 29, 2025 | Detroit Regional Chamber | Stephen Henderson Nolan Finley | P | P | P | P | N | P | ||||
2 | June 16, 2025 | WDIV-TV AARP Michigan | Jason Colthorp | P | N | P | P | N | P | ||||
3 | June 21, 2025 | Daily Detroit Eastside Community Network Outlier Media | Orlando Bailey Donna Givens Davidson Jer Staes | A | P | P | A | P | P |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Mary Sheffield | 43,572 | 50.8 | |
Solomon Kinloch | 14,893 | 17.4 | |
Saunteel Jenkins | 13,732 | 16.0 | |
Todd Perkins | 4,597 | 5.4 | |
James Craig | 4,453 | 5.4 | |
Fred Durhal III | 2,902 | 3.4 | |
Jonathan Barlow | 706 | 0.8 | |
DaNetta Simpson | 538 | 0.6 | |
Joel Hashiim | 349 | 0.4 | |
Write-in | |||
Total votes | 85,742 | 100.00 |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Mary Sheffield | |||
Solomon Kinloch Jr. | |||
Write-in | |||
Total votes | 100.00 |
City Council member Mary Waters, for her part, told Aguilar that she has 'not considered [running for mayor] at all'
(CONTINUED) Kinloch, who has earned endorsements from AFSCME 925, the UAW, and former Congresswoman Brenda Lawrence [. . .]
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