Katherine Richardson (Michigan)

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Katherine Richardson

Nonpartisan

Prior offices:

Detroit Community Advisory Council District 5

Years in office: 2023 - 2026

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Elections and appointments

Last election

August 5, 2025

Katherine Richardson was a member of the Detroit Community Advisory Council in Michigan, representing District 5. Richardson assumed office on January 1, 2023. Richardson left office on January 1, 2026.

Richardson ran for re-election to the Detroit Community Advisory Council to represent District 5 in Michigan. Richardson was disqualified from the primary scheduled on August 5, 2025.

Elections

2025

See also: City elections in Detroit, Michigan (2025)

General election

General election for Detroit Community Advisory Council District 5 (5 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for Detroit Community Advisory Council District 5 on November 4, 2025.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Dorian Ballard (Nonpartisan) (Write-in)	2.9	200
✔	Submit photo	Robbi Sellers (Nonpartisan) (Write-in)	2.8	193
✔	Submit photo	Denise Lyles (Nonpartisan) (Write-in)	2.2	152
✔	Submit photo	Teresa Davis (Nonpartisan) (Write-in)	2.1	141
✔	Submit photo	Jacob Graham (Nonpartisan) (Write-in)	2.0	139
	Submit photo	Victoria Collier (Nonpartisan) (Write-in)	1.4	98
	Submit photo	Jessica Howell (Nonpartisan) (Write-in)	1.1	75
	Submit photo	Yvonne Purifoy (Nonpartisan) (Write-in)	1.0	69
	Submit photo	Cevone Smith (Nonpartisan) (Write-in)	1.0	68
	Submit photo	Joanne Warwick (Nonpartisan) (Write-in)	0.9	60
	Submit photo	Justin Hairston (Nonpartisan) (Write-in)	0.3	20
		Other/Write-in votes	82.3	5,654

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 6,869
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Katherine Richardson (Nonpartisan)
• Dorian Ballard (Nonpartisan)

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Richardson in this election.

2022

See also: City elections in Detroit, Michigan (2022)

General election

General election for Detroit Community Advisory Council District 5 (5 seats)

J. Gregory Love, Byron Osbern, Robbi Sellers, Katherine Richardson, and Lynn Wiggins won election in the general election for Detroit Community Advisory Council District 5 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	J. Gregory Love (Nonpartisan)	54.1	13,131
✔	Submit photo	Byron Osbern (Nonpartisan)	41.3	10,032
✔	Submit photo	Robbi Sellers (Nonpartisan) (Write-in)	0.6	152
✔	Submit photo	Katherine Richardson (Nonpartisan) (Write-in)	0.6	135
✔	Submit photo	Lynn Wiggins (Nonpartisan) (Write-in)	0.5	125
		Other/Write-in votes	2.9	708

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 24,283
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Endorsements

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Campaign themes

2025

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2022

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