Sherry J. Gay-Dagnogo[1] (born January 30,1967) is a current Detroit School Board Member elected citywide and a former Democratic member of the Michigan House of Representatives who represented the 8th District. The 8th House District includes portions of Northwest Detroit,including the Bethune,Brightmoor,Castle Rouge,College Park,and Grandmont-Rosedale communities. In January 2020,Gay-Dagnogo announced that she was forming a political committee to explore the possibility of running for Mayor of Detroit in 2021.[2]
Gay-Dagnogo is former Vice President,of the North Rosedale Park Civic Association.[3]
In 2019,a house owned by Gay-Dagnogo was professionally demolished without her permission and without planning permission. The circumstances surrounding the demolition were initially unclear.[4] Gay-Dagnogo had previously sought quotes from local contractors concerning a potential demolition,but decided to renovate it instead.[5] In October,construction debris from the house were discovered in a landfill in Wayne County,twenty-one miles away from the location of the house.[6] A few days later,the owner of a local trucking company self-identified as the responsible party.[7][8]
Political career
As of 2018,Gay-Dagnogo has not sponsored a bill that has been signed into law.[9]
Incumbent State Rep. David Nathan defeated Gay-Dagnogo in the 2012 House District 8 Primary Election for the Michigan House of Representatives. Gay-Dagnogo was re-elected in 2014 and 2016.
In 2018,Gay-Dagnogo ran for the House of Representatives after John Conyers Jr. resigned in December 2017 amid allegations of sexual harassment. She later withdrew.[2]
During a reception celebrating Black History Month in February 2020,Gay-Dagnogo lobbied President Donald Trump to grant clemency to Kwame Kilpatrick. Kilpatrick,former mayor of Detroit,was convicted of extortion,bribery,and conspiracy in 2013 and sentenced to 18 years in prison.[10]
Electoral history
2012 Michigan 8th House District Primary Election[11]
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