Jasahn Larsosa
Jasahn Larsosa ran for election for Mayor of Detroit in Michigan. He lost in the primary on August 3, 2021.
Larsosa completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Jasahn Larsosa was born in Detroit, Michigan. He earned a bachelor's degree from Ball State University in 2006. His professional experience includes working as a nonprofit executive.[1]
2021 battleground election
Incumbent Mike Duggan and Anthony Adams ran in the general election for mayor of Detroit, Michigan, on November 2, 2021. Major issues in the race were economic development, affordable housing, and police-community relations.[2][3]
Before becoming mayor, Duggan was president and CEO of Detroit Medical Center from 2004 to 2012.[4] He was assistant corporation counsel for Wayne County from 1985 to 1986, deputy Wayne County executive from 1987 to 2000, and Wayne County prosecutor from 2001 to 2003. Duggan was first elected mayor in 2013 when he defeated opponent Benny Napoleon (D) with 55% of the vote to Napoleon’s 45%. In 2017, he was re-elected by a margin of nearly 44 points, defeating Coleman Young II (D) with 71.6% of the vote to Young’s 27.8%. Duggan said that, if re-elected in 2021, he would "work every day to continue to make sure every neighborhood has a future and every Detroiter has a true opportunity to achieve your dreams."[5] He also said he would work with the city council and manufacturers to bring more high-paying jobs into the city.[6]
Adams was an attorney as of the primary and served as deputy mayor of Detroit under former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick (D).[7] He was also an executive assistant to Mayor Coleman Young, was a board member and general counsel for Detroit Public Schools, and was interim director of the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department. Adams said his "extensive leadership experience, unwavering commitment, and enlightened skill-set uniquely position him to move the city of Detroit forward" and that he was "committed to serving the ordinary people of Detroit and not Special Interest Groups.”[8] Adams also said he would support a universal basic income plan and an income-based water billing system and emphasized early intervention as a means to reduce crime.
The city of Detroit uses a strong mayor and city council system. In this form of municipal government, the city council serves as the city's primary legislative body and the mayor serves as the city's chief executive.
Elections
2021
See also: Mayoral election in Detroit, Michigan (2021)
General election
General election for Mayor of Detroit
Incumbent Mike Duggan defeated Anthony Adams and Cheryl Webb in the general election for Mayor of Detroit on November 2, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Mike Duggan (Nonpartisan) | 75.3 | 69,353 |
 | Anthony Adams (Nonpartisan) | 24.3 | 22,384 | |
 | Cheryl Webb (Nonpartisan) (Write-in)  | 0.0 | 24 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 384 | ||
| Total votes: 92,145 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Mayor of Detroit
The following candidates ran in the primary for Mayor of Detroit on August 3, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mike Duggan (Nonpartisan) | 72.4 | 50,853 |
| ✔ | | Anthony Adams (Nonpartisan) | 10.0 | 7,014 |
 | Tom Barrow (Nonpartisan) | 6.0 | 4,237 | |
 | Myya Jones (Nonpartisan) | 5.0 | 3,536 | |
| Kiawana Brown (Nonpartisan) | 1.9 | 1,303 | ||
 | D. Etta Wilcoxon (Nonpartisan) | 1.3 | 894 | |
 | Jasahn Larsosa (Nonpartisan) | 1.1 | 797 | |
| Art Tyus (Nonpartisan) | 0.9 | 600 | ||
| Danetta Simpson (Nonpartisan) | 0.7 | 476 | ||
| Charleta McInnis (Nonpartisan) | 0.6 | 389 | ||
 | Joel Haashiim (Nonpartisan) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 3 | |
| Winnie Imbuchi (Nonpartisan) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 2 | ||
| Cheryl Webb (Nonpartisan) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 2 | |
| Tyrone Perry (Nonpartisan) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 1 | ||
| Jacob Johnson (Nonpartisan) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 1 | ||
 | Articia Bomer (Nonpartisan) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Stefany Washington (Nonpartisan) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| Doris Anderson (Nonpartisan) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| William Watson (Nonpartisan) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| Jerome Cobb Jr. (Nonpartisan) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| Carolyn Huff (Nonpartisan) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Harris (Nonpartisan) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 124 | ||
| Total votes: 70,232 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Curtis Greene (Nonpartisan)
- Emanuel Shaw (Nonpartisan)
Candidate profile
Campaign finance
Candidates in this election submitted campaign finance reports to the Wayne County Clerk's office. Click here to access those reports.
Endorsements
This section includes noteworthy endorsements issued in the primary, added as we learn about them. Click here to read how we define noteworthy primary endorsements. If you are aware of endorsements that should be included, please email us.
| Primary endorsements | ||||||
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| Endorsement | Duggan | Adams | ||||
| Newspapers and editorials | ||||||
| Detroit Free Press[9] | ✔ | |||||
| Elected officials | ||||||
| Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D)[10] | ✔ | |||||
| Individuals | ||||||
| Former gubernatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D)[11] | ✔ | |||||
| Organizations | ||||||
| 13th Congressional District Democratic Party Organization[12] | ✔ | |||||
| Wayne County Black Democratic Caucus[13] | ✔ | |||||
| The Original East Side Slate[14] | ✔ | |||||
| Fannie Lou Hamer PAC[15] | ✔ | |||||
| Detroit Regional Chamber PAC[16] | ✔ | |||||
Campaign themes
2021
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Jasahn Larsosa completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Larsosa's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Detroit deserves an equity-informed, residents’-driven agenda for promoting clean, safe and prosperous neighborhoods.
- Detroit deserves action to elevate the least heard voices, and to see those ignored and oppressed by political processes positively engaged by them.
- Black and Brown people, especially youth, deserve to be inspired, to see ourselves reflected in positions of power and encouraged to lead with our lived experience.
2. Trauma-informed, community-based public safety models
3. Water affordability
4. Housing affordability
5. Student-and-community-centered education
Note: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.
Campaign website
Campaign advertisements
See also
2021 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on April 28, 2021
- ↑ Detroit Free Press, "Duggan 3.0: In a time of crisis, Detroit's mayor has earned a third term," July 4, 2021
- ↑ U.S. News & World Report, "A Tale of Two Motor Cities," January 20, 2020
- ↑ Money Inc., "10 Things You Didn't Know About Mike Duggan," May 26, 2020
- ↑ Duggan for Detroit, "Home," accessed May 26, 2021
- ↑ Duggan for Detroit, "Home," accessed May 26, 2021
- ↑ Detroit Free Press, "The campaign for Detroit's next mayor is underway. Here are the issues to watch.," May 25, 2021
- ↑ Anthony Adams for Mayor, "His Story," accessed May 26, 2021
- ↑ Deadline Detroit, "Mayor Duggan 'Has Always Been At His Best In A Five-Alarm Crisis,' Says Detroit Free Press Endorsement," July 4, 2021
- ↑ Detroit Metro Times, "Duggan seeks third term in 2021 with an endorsement from an unlikely place," December 10, 2020
- ↑ Detroit Metro Times, "Duggan seeks third term in 2021 with an endorsement from an unlikely place," December 10, 2020
- ↑ Duggan for Detroit, "13th Congressional District, Wayne County Black Dems, The Original East Side Slate Endorse Mayor Mike Duggan," June 24, 2021
- ↑ Duggan for Detroit, "13th Congressional District, Wayne County Black Dems, The Original East Side Slate Endorse Mayor Mike Duggan," June 24, 2021
- ↑ Duggan for Detroit, "13th Congressional District, Wayne County Black Dems, The Original East Side Slate Endorse Mayor Mike Duggan," June 24, 2021
- ↑ Duggan for Detroit, "Fannie Lou Hamer Political Action Committee Endorse Mayor Mike Duggan," June 22, 2021
- ↑ Crain's Detroit Business, "Detroit Regional Chamber PAC endorses Duggan for third term," January 19, 2021
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