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2021 Detroit elections
Election dates
Filing deadline: April 20, 2021
Primary election: August 3, 2021 General election: November 2, 2021
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Offices up: Mayor
Total seats up: 1 (click here for other city elections)
Election type: Nonpartisan
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Incumbent Mike Duggan and Anthony Adams advanced from the primary to the general election for mayor of Detroit, Michigan, on August 3, 2021, and advanced to the general election on November 2, 2021. Duggan received 72.4% of the vote and Adams received 10% followed by Tom Barrow with 6% and Myya Jones with 5%. No other candidate received more than 2%.

Leading up to the primary election, media coverage focused on Duggan, Adams, and Tom Barrow. Kiawana Brown, Myya Jones, Jasahn Larsosa, Charleta McInnis, Danetta Simpson, Art Tyus, and D. Etta Wilcoxon also ran.

Detroit Free Press reporter Clara Hendrickson wrote that the race would likely "focus on long-standing challenges to broaden the reach of economic development, ensure affordable housing and neighborhood stability, and improve community-police relations, among other issues." Candidates were expected to address these issues against the backdrop of the "two Detroits"—separated, in part, by income disparities, generational differences, and race.

Before becoming mayor, Duggan was president and CEO of Detroit Medical Center from 2004 to 2012. 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."

Adams was an attorney as of the primary and served as deputy mayor of Detroit under former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick (D). 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.”

Barrow worked as a practicing certified public accountant, led the civic group Citizens for Detroit's Future, and was an advocate for changes to the municipal election system. This was Barrow's fifth mayoral run and the second time he competed against Duggan. In his four previous campaigns, Barrow advanced from the primary to the general election three times: in 1985, 1989, and 2009. Barrow said he would run a campaign based on local pride: "Detroit is in my DNA. Detroit is a city I love and respect deeply. People know that I care, that I will look out for them and will protect them and not allow them to be misused."

Economic development and public safety were major issues in the race. Duggan said he would work with the city council and manufacturers to bring more high-paying jobs into the city. Adams 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. Barrow also supported a water affordability program for Detroit residents and said neighborhood revitalization projects should focus on a broader area and not just downtown.

Click on candidate names below to view their key messages:

Duggan					Adams					Barrow

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.

Candidates and election results

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

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	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
	Submit photo	Kiawana Brown (Nonpartisan)	1.9	1,303
		D. Etta Wilcoxon (Nonpartisan)	1.3	894
		Jasahn Larsosa (Nonpartisan)	1.1	797
	Submit photo	Art Tyus (Nonpartisan)	0.9	600
	Submit photo	Danetta Simpson (Nonpartisan)	0.7	476
	Submit photo	Charleta McInnis (Nonpartisan)	0.6	389
		Joel Haashiim (Nonpartisan) (Write-in)	0.0	3
	Submit photo	Winnie Imbuchi (Nonpartisan) (Write-in)	0.0	2
		Cheryl Webb (Nonpartisan) (Write-in)	0.0	2
	Submit photo	Tyrone Perry (Nonpartisan) (Write-in)	0.0	1
	Submit photo	Jacob Johnson (Nonpartisan) (Write-in)	0.0	1
		Articia Bomer (Nonpartisan) (Write-in)	0.0	0
	Submit photo	Stefany Washington (Nonpartisan) (Write-in)	0.0	0
	Submit photo	Doris Anderson (Nonpartisan) (Write-in)	0.0	0
	Submit photo	William Watson (Nonpartisan) (Write-in)	0.0	0
	Submit photo	Jerome Cobb Jr. (Nonpartisan) (Write-in)	0.0	0
	Submit photo	Carolyn Huff (Nonpartisan) (Write-in)	0.0	0
	Submit photo	Michael Harris (Nonpartisan) (Write-in)	0.0	0
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	124

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2 Source 3	Total votes: 70,232
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Curtis Greene (Nonpartisan)
• Emanuel Shaw (Nonpartisan)

Candidate profiles

This section includes candidate profiles created in one of two ways: either the candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey, or Ballotpedia staff compiled a profile based on campaign websites, advertisements, and public statements after identifying the candidate as noteworthy.

Mike Duggan

Mike Duggan

Incumbent: Yes

Political Office: 

Mayor of Detroit (Assumed office: 2014)

Biography:  Duggan received a B.A. from the University of Michigan in 1980 and a J.D. from the university's law school in 1983. He was assistant corporation counsel for Wayne County from 1985 to 1986 and deputy Wayne County executive from 1987 to 2000. He also served as Wayne County prosecutor from 2001 to 2003 and worked as president and CEO of Detroit Medical Center from 2004 to 2012.

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Key Messages

The following key messages were curated by Ballotpedia staff. For more on how we identify key messages, click here.

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Duggan said that 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."

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Duggan said that he would work with the city council and manufacturers to bring more high-paying jobs to the city.  

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Duggan said that his campaign would be focused on working with people he may disagree with instead of attacking them. 

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Sources: Duggan for Detroit, "Home," accessed May 26, 2021; Money Inc., "10 Things You Didn't Know About Mike Duggan," May 26, 2020

This information was current as of the candidate's run for Mayor of Detroit in 2021.

Anthony Adams

Anthony Adams

Incumbent: No

Biography:  Adams completed a B.S. in Urban Management and Planning from the University of Cincinnati and a J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C. He worked as an attorney and served as deputy mayor of Detroit under former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick.

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Key Messages

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Adams said he would not rely on donations from interest groups in his campaign and that “I am committed to serving the ordinary people of Detroit and not Special Interest Groups.”

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Adams said that his "extensive leadership experience, unwavering commitment, and enlightened skill-set uniquely position him to move the city of Detroit forward."

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Adams said that more must be done to protect seniors in Detroit and that he would focus on securing grants and developing additional programs to support them. 

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Sources: Anthony Adams for Mayor, "Priorities," accessed May 26, 2021; Detroit Free Press, "The campaign for Detroit's next mayor is underway. Here are the issues to watch.," May 26, 2021Anthony Adams for Mayor, "Priorities," accessed May 26, 2021

This information was current as of the candidate's run for Mayor of Detroit in 2021.

Tom Barrow

Tom Barrow

Incumbent: No

Political Office: None

Biography:  Barrow graduated from Wayne State University with an accounting degree. He worked as a practicing certified public accountant, led the civic group Citizens for Detroit's Future, and was an advocate for changes to the municipal election system.

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Key Messages

The following key messages were curated by Ballotpedia staff. For more on how we identify key messages, click here.

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Barrow said he would run a campaign based on local pride: "Detroit is in my DNA. Detroit is a city I love and respect deeply. People know that I care, that I will look out for them and will protect them and not allow them to be misused."

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Barrow said that, if elected, he would support a moratorium on city tax auctions and dismantle Detroit's Land Bank Authority.

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Barrow said that he would restore pensions, put an end to water shutoffs, and create a water affordability program for Detroit residents.

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Sources: Yahoo, "Perennial candidate Tom Barrow files petitions to join 2021 race for Detroit mayor," April 20, 2021; Yahoo, "Perennial candidate Tom Barrow files petitions to join 2021 race for Detroit mayor," April 20, 2021

This information was current as of the candidate's run for Mayor of Detroit in 2021.

Myya Jones

Myya Jones

Incumbent: No

Submitted Biography:  "Born and raised in Detroit, MI, Myya Jones is a proud product of the Detroit Public School system by way of Lewis Cass Technical High School, alumna of Michigan State University, and 2021 graduate of Wayne State University’s Mike Ilitch School of Business. In her years of activism, she has used her many platforms and music to spark dialogue concerning marginalized groups, and how they can acquire resources to advance their communities. In doing so she has given people of color, women, and Millennials the inspiration to impact change. Currently, she works for Google and leads many initiatives that have given Detroiters and Black businesses access to free resources provided by Google. This includes over $1 million dollars in ad grants to nonprofits that progress Black and brown people. "

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Key Messages

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Government Accountability and Transparency

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Jobs and Housing

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Affordable and Sustainable Neighborhood Development

This information was current as of the candidate's run for Mayor of Detroit in 2021.

Jasahn Larsosa

Jasahn Larsosa

Incumbent: No

Submitted Biography:  "Jasahn Larsosa is a Detroit-based community organizer and non profit executive serving as founding director of advocacy, equity & community empowerment for the civil rights and human services organization Focus: HOPE. He, his wife and three daughters are proud Home owners and active block leaders in the Greenfield-Grandriver corridor on Detroit’s west side."

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Key Messages

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Detroit deserves an equity-informed, residents’-driven agenda for promoting clean, safe and prosperous neighborhoods.

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Detroit deserves action to elevate the least heard voices, and to see those ignored and oppressed by political processes positively engaged by them.

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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.

This information was current as of the candidate's run for Mayor of Detroit in 2021.

D. Etta Wilcoxon

D. Etta Wilcoxon

Incumbent: No

Submitted Biography:  "Having spent more than 40 years of my life fighting on behalf of Detroiters and realizing that the residents are not being adequately represented, I decided, with a great deal of urging from others, that Detroiters Need a voice. Being dubbed "The People's Advocate", is a designation that I wear as a badge of honor. I am responsible for fighting to open 36th District Court for the "People's Access". The Court now allows cellular phones, computers, tablets and writing instruments into the Court. I sued the Illitches and the Pistons for taking money from the School Aid Fund to build Olympia Stadium as opposed to educating Detroit's children who cannot read at 3rd grade level. I exposed the Poverty Property Exemption to needy homeowners in Wayne County and I won 2 voter access cases on behalf of Detroiters. I am battle tested for the Office of Mayor."

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Key Messages

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Elimination of the Water Drainage Fee.

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Repayment of Detroiters for the overpayment of property taxes to the tune of nearly a billon dollars.

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Drastically reduce crime/job creation and retention.

This information was current as of the candidate's run for Mayor of Detroit in 2021.

Noteworthy primary 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
Endorsement	Duggan	Adams	Barrow
Newspapers and editorials
Detroit Free Press	✔
Elected officials
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D)	✔
Individuals
Former gubernatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D)	✔
Organizations
13th Congressional District Democratic Party Organization	✔
Wayne County Black Democratic Caucus	✔
The Original East Side Slate	✔
Fannie Lou Hamer PAC	✔
Detroit Regional Chamber PAC	✔

Campaign themes

See also: Campaign themes

Mike Duggan

Campaign website

Duggan’s campaign website features the following video:

Anthony Adams

Campaign website

Adams' campaign website stated the following:

“	Reduce Crime & Reform Police We, Detroit, need a leader who will work to ensure Detroiters live in a safe community where people can raise their families, and their property is safe. We Deserve Better! An Anthony Adams administration will address reducing crime and reforming police by: Adopting a more aggressive approach to enhance early intervention versus surveillance strategies of the population. Creating Community Intervention Specialist who are proactive in addressing the root issues of conflict in our communities. The Community Intervention Specialist will work with existing network of community organizations that focus on intervention and conflict resolution. Accurately report crime statistics, so that citizens have faith in what’s reported. Refining the approach to enforcing laws by decriminalizing possession of small amounts of certain drugs. Shifting the focus from criminal prosecution to civil infraction + use of specialized courts to address underlying issues of addiction, homelessness, and hopelessness. Reducing response times in responding to priority calls for service. Participating in the Green Light program should not be the determining factor in how the Detroit Police Department (DPD) responds to service. Removing anti-accountability provisions from the DPD’s union contract. Creating alternative methodologies for responding to non-violent service calls. Extending training to officers, which includes a community service component to ensure officers understand the community they serve. Providing a pathway to productivity to help those who have fallen through the cracks become productive citizens to reduce engagement with DPD. Hosting on-going (Get your Sh!t in Order) General Amnesty & Expungement Day’s to help those with criminal records. Working with local and state leaders to reduce outstanding tickets and traffic warrants + help address misdemeanor violations and outstanding felony warrants. Minimizing the enforcement of minor infractions related to poverty – such as broken taillights and equipment – as primary reasons for traffic stops. Enhancing mental health services for police officers. Officer wellness is the key to the retention of officers. Increasing the number of officers living in the city by offering a “resident benefit” stipend – similar to firefighters. Protect Our Senior Citizens We, Detroit, need an innovative leader who will take bold actions to address the older residents’ modern and diverse needs in the city. We Deserve Better! An Anthony Adams administration will focus on supporting seniors by: Restoring grant opportunities to protect and stabilize seniors in their homes. Loans are OUT! Enhancing community contact with seniors, so no one feels lonely. Expanding opportunities for seniors to engage in meaningful activities in the community. Their skills and services need to be utilized in a much more robust way. Enhancing opportunities for older adult students, and encouraging the value of intergenerational learning. Launching and increasing investment in age-focused incubators and accelerators creating new businesses with universal design in mind. Working with community agencies to combat elder abuse, neglect and financial fraud, and scams to protect our seniors. Working with state and federal agents to tackle hunger by enrolling older adults in the SNAP and food stamps programs. Improve Detroiters’ Quality of Life We, Detroit, need a leader who will connect the dots of commonsense programs to support real access to jobs, education, environmental justice, and comprehensive healthcare, including mental health and substance abuse issues. We Deserve Better! An Anthony Adams administration will focus on improving Detroiters’ Quality of Life by: Addressing issues of poverty plaguing our city. Attack structural racism issues, which inhibit and restrict investment in working-class people and businesses in the city. The structural racism issues of bank lending and insurance redlining are at the top of the list. Working to create an income-based water billing system like other best-of-class systems recently established throughout the country. Advancing “Universal Basic Income,” so Detroiters who are underemployed receive a living wage. Establishing a “Chief Educational Officer” who will advocate for children in public- and charter-schools. Bridging the ‘Digital Divide” by enhancing wireless options to increase Detroit residents’ access. Enhancing library services. Supporting reform measures, which require charter schools operating in Detroit to have boards comprised of all city residents. Continuing the pause on all tax foreclosure auctions, indefinitely, until significant reforms are made to the tax assessment and tax auction process. Dismantling the Detroit Land Bank Authority and replacing it with a more accountable and responsive entity that encourages homeownership – with a targeted goal of 25,000 new homeowners. Vigorously, fighting against modifications to existing industrial permits, which release high levels of toxic discharges in Detroit. Improving and integrating mental health services for all residents. Focusing efforts and leveraging partnerships with local hospitals and other medical providers to create healthy lifestyles for residents. Empower Detroit We, Detroit, need a leader who understands that opportunity is not only about personal success but also the success of a community. Detroit needs a leader who knows we are better off when everyone can contribute and participate regardless of race, religion, sexual orientation, and economic status. We Deserve Better! An Anthony Adams administration will focus on empowering all residents in Detroit by: Respecting the people who live here. Addressing the issue of over taxation of Detroit residents. Enhancing DDOT transportation services, and mobility. Working to retain and expand existing businesses with financial support and lending programs. Restoring equity to existing businesses that have never received financial subsidies, but continue to provide goods and services to the community. Dramatically reduce corporate funding that does not benefit the community, but takes away resources from our libraries and schools. Supporting reform measures, which require charter schools operating in Detroit to have boards comprised of all city residents. Continuing the pause on all tax foreclosure auctions, indefinitely, until significant reforms are made to the tax assessment and tax auction process. Dismantling the Detroit Land Bank Authority and replacing it with a more accountable and responsive entity that encourages homeownership – with a targeted goal of 25,000 new homeowners. Vigorously, fighting against modifications to existing industrial permits, which release high levels of toxic discharges in Detroit. Improving and integrating mental health services for all residents. Focusing efforts and leveraging partnerships with local hospitals and other medical providers to create healthy lifestyles for residents.	”
—Anthony Adams' campaign website (2021)

Tom Barrow

Campaign website

Barrow’s campaign website stated the following:

“	Tom Barrow Mayor. Real Detroiter. Entrepreneur. CPA. Job Creator. Finance Expert. Election Reform Advocate. Real Detroiter. Tom was born in Detroit at the old Negro Kirwood Hospital on East Kirby and John R and was raised on at Kercheval and Hurlbut. He loves Detroit and still lives on the city’s eastside off of Jefferson just blocks from his childhood home. Tom was the first in his family to go to college where he graduated from Detroit’s Wayne State University with a degree in Accounting and where he continued to receive his Masters degree in Finance and went on to become a Certified Public Account (CPA). A Real Detroiter and has owned his own business for decades. Tom has spent more than two decades demanding and fighting for the change Detroiters and Detroit Neighborhoods cry out for. It was Tom who found and exposed the massive breakdowns and irregularities and problems in the city’s election system long before the state and the city’s officials accepted that we had problems and Detroiter voters had lost confidence in the system. Tom Barrow was the first to bravely declare that the city’s bankruptcy was phony and had been “Contrived” by Lansing Republicans to loot city assets, steal promised city pensions, and take the city’s jewels like Belle Isle, the Water System, Eastern Market and the Art Institute etc. It was Tom Barrow who kicked Mike Duggan off of the ballot because he was barely in Detroit which forced a controversial suspicious write-in campaign financed by Republicans and billionaires designed to take control our city. It was Tom Barrow who made Mike Duggan give Dan Gilbert back his illegal campaign contribution money because it had violated Michigan campaign finance laws and the city’s charter against casino money in elections. It is Tom Barrow who has declared We want our stuff. Only a Real Detroiter can take it back.	”
—Tom Barrow's campaign website (2021)

Kiawana Brown

Campaign website

Brown’s campaign website stated the following:

“	Decrease Crime / Promote Safety Detroit has been plagued with violence for years. Historically, our city has been in the top 100 for most violent cities in America; and over the past two years we have topped the charts as the #1 most violent city in the U.S. according to Neighborhood Scout and CBS News. According to FBI, violent crimes consist of murder, manslaughter, robbery, rape, and aggravated assault. This is the evil that is plaguing our city. Detroit, it’s time to take a STAND against this evil! Get God Involved! Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain. Unless the LORD watches over the city, the watchmen stand guard in vain. Psalm 127:1 Raise awareness with aggressive STOP THE VIOLENCE initiatives (in schools, media, neighborhoods etc.) Bridge the gap between policing and community Enhance police policies & procedures Community Revitalization Blight has become a trademark for Detroit. In movie scenes, news and across the world, Detroit has been characterized by its blight, broken down neighborhoods, abandonment, desolation and its oppressive nature. With our beautify Detroit initiative we will build the old waste places and increase our population. Exchange blight for beauty Litter Citations Increase Recycling Demo condemn housing/buildings and salvage the repairable Build affordable housing Plant trees Increase lighting Increase police visibility in the neighborhoods Education & Recreation Reform The perils of Detroit school system are many. Our children are being educated in a slighted system that has been deprived for far too long. With a lack of resources, funding, supplies etc. it puts our children at a disadvantaged. They’re behind on the learning curve in comparison to their peers who attends suburban schools. Additionally, many children are lacking adequate recreation with a plethora of recreation centers closed in their neighborhoods. IT’S TIME FOR CHANGE DETROIT; our children deserve better! Reforming our teaching/learning model Adopt best practices from model schools i.e. Bates, Renaissance etc. Establish a leadership & mentoring component across the district Re-open schools and recreation centers Social Justice Creating a fair and justice society for all Detroiters to thrive. Ensuring that equal opportunity is afforded to all. Taking care of the well-being of the disadvantaged and removing the disparities that divide the city. The following will be supported: Combatting homelessness and hunger Taking care of the elderly community Fair housing Equal employment/business opportunities Decrease over taxation Fight against red lining and marginalization	”
—Kiawana Brown’s campaign website (2021)

Myya Jones

Campaign website

Jones' campaign website stated the following:

“	CHILD WELLNESS One of Myya Jones’s top priorities will be to improve upon child welfare by addressing the dire statistics which show that more than 40% of Detroit’s children live in poverty. Without government intervention, especially following the COVID-19 pandemic, these figures can become even more severe and have devastating outcomes for our neighborhoods. Myya Jones will prioritize city partnerships with national, state, and local officials, and business leaders, to support equity and justice driven transformations in the communities where our most low-income families live. CRIMINAL JUSTICE Myya Jones is supportive of restorative practices (healing and healthy spaces) in schools rather than exclusionary (suspension and expulsion) practices. She also supports a resolution encouraging the state to restore “Good Time” policy and repealing the “Truth in Sentencing” law. She would make funding available for mental health crisis responders as an alternative to response by police in situations that involve mental health crisis or drug use. She supports efforts to ensure that law enforcement and other public institutions treat all individuals equally as well as efforts to reduce mass incarceration. To ensure returning citizens have the opportunity to realize a full life once returning home, Myya Jones will uphold ‘ban the box’ policies and work alongside other city leaders in order to extend this policy more comprehensively to all city housing in addition to seeking out other innovative measures to support reducing the stigmas and stereotypes associated with a criminal record. ECONOMIC JUSTICE Myya Jones supports policies that reduce economic inequality and support economic mobility, including policies to pay a livable and family sustaining wage, narrow the racial and gender pay gap and combat workforce discrimination. She also supports worker’s rights to organize and collectively bargain for fairer pay and better working conditions. She believes our economic system should be fair, fulfill everyone’s basic needs, and should offer opportunity to all regardless of socio-economic status or geography. EDUCATION The ability to read and write is “essential” for a citizen to participate in American democracy, the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in April 2020. “One cannot effectively vote, answer a jury summons, pay taxes or even read a road sign if illiterate, and so where “a group of children is relegated to a school system that does not provide even a plausible chance to attain literacy, we hold that the Constitution provides them with a remedy.” – Judge Eric Clay In the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, volunteers in Detroit were going door-to-door (in October 2020) to locate more than 4,000 “lost” students who had not shown up virtually, in person, or at a learning center this school year. Given that such a high figure of the families who send their students to DPSCD schools live around or battle with abject poverty, our schools can and should serve as a resource hub for families. We should leverage our understanding of and connection to the most families in our communities (via our inherit relationship to their children) to improve connections, increase parental involvement, and ultimately improve outcomes among our students. This is not only possible, it is incredibly achievable in Detroit. In the short term this can include providing resources for planning events at the school where we encourage parents to not only come and talk to your child’s teacher, but also: 1. Provide employment and job training resources 2. Resume building workshops 3. Family activities 4. Counseling 5. Support with meeting community service goals for parents who have recently gotten out of prison 6. Meal kits and healthy food resources Due the COVID-19 pandemic, doing much of this in person activities can prove to be an arduous task however there are several ways that we could use social media, online interactions, delivery services, and other community resources to touch base constantly and consistently with the most disconnected families to remind them that the school is here to do more than babysit your child for a few hours each day. While Mayors don’t exactly “control” the provision of education for children in their respective communities, Mayors can and should serve as conveners of education partners, inviting representatives from all education sectors, parents, teachers, education reformers, and political leaders to participate in meaningful conversations about the best way to improve outcomes for students. Myya Jones’s administration aims to change the narrative surrounding Mayoral involvement and accountability with regard to the education of Detroit’s schoolchildren. As the number one advocate for children in Detroit public schools, Myya Jones will establish an “Education Department” and appoint a liaison who will be responsible for maintaining a relationship between the City, school leaders, and families. ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE All Detroiters have the right to a safe and healthy neighborhood free from pollution. Myya Jones’s administration will be dedicated to improving the environmental health of our community by developing resources and funding and implementing programs that help clean up polluted areas in all communities. This especially includes “industrial adjacent” neighborhoods such as those near the Marathon refinery that battle with air and ground water pollution at rates higher than anywhere else in the state. It is important that residents in our most polluted zip codes know that we are at the table fighting for them every day. Myya Jones’s administration will not sleep until residents in the most environmentally vulnerable communities have access to quality air and water. FOOD ACCESS Detroit has a problem of food insecurity that has persisted for many years. And while Detroit’s food sector generates $3.2 billion in revenue each year and supports 36,000 jobs, more than half the revenue leaks to companies outside Detroit. Even with the lack of access to food in the city of Detroit, the sources of food in the city are still ran by businesses outside of the city. This allows detachments to persist between the residents of the city and their food sources. It also lacks dependability, given the sources of food in the city are being managed outside of the city. Myya Jones’s administration wants to increase local ownership in Detroit’s food industry by creating incentives and programs for residents to open grocery stores, neighborhood based fresh-food markets, and other healthy food-based businesses. We will further these efforts by developing and advocating for both policies, resources, and incentives to support access to fresh and healthy food centers in the neighborhoods. Through programs like this and others, Myya Jones will work toward increased food security for residents who lack economic and physical access to a sufficient level of safe and nutritious food. HEALTH CARE ACCESS & COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH Vulnerable groups, such as the elderly, residents with disabilities, individuals with mental illness, and low-income residents, need more access to health care and amenities that provide healthy options, such as fresh foods, safe places to exercise, quality health services, non-motorized transportation facilities, and clean and safe environments. In addition, we need to ensure reduced exposure to polluted and dangerous environments for residents in low-income neighborhoods. HISTORIC & CULTURAL PRESERVATION Amid the more than 20,000 demolitions over the last decade, the city has lost some highly notable and invaluable structures. Myya Jones’s administration will be committed to ensuring future demolitions are highly considerate of the historical value of Detroit’s housing stock and drafting ordinances, text amendments, and other regulatory policies that preserve the historic resources of our communities. HOMELESSNESS The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated homelessness for housing insecure citizens in Detroit. Myya Jones’s administration will work tirelessly with philanthropic and state partners to improve support and fill resource gaps for organizations that provide shelter for our most vulnerable citizens. As Mayor, Myya Jones wants to explore innovative solutions to supporting those without stable housing in the City of Detroit. One of the most important solutions will involve working with state and federal lawmakers to diminish resource gaps for housing programs that support veterans, returning citizens, and other disadvantaged residents. In addition to this, Myya Jones’s administration wants to work with residents, lawmakers, and philanthropic partners to develop creative solutions. This includes exploring well-maintained tiny communities (300 sq. ft or smaller sites with food gardens and emergency shelters), rehabilitating former community centers and DPS school sites as homeless centers, and so much more. HOUSING Currently, Detroit has 24,000 fewer units of habitable housing than the number of households in the city. This means the thousands of residents who lose their homes to foreclosure and eviction every year are met with a shortage of other potential housing options, and instead they will likely move out of the city, move into blighted housing, double up with other families, or rely on homeless shelters. Myya Jones supports housing policies and plans that reinforce the development of strong, vibrant, safe neighborhoods. This includes programming to support home repair for seniors and low-income residents, tax payment assistance for homeowners, financial assistance for renters, and comprehensive homeownership pipelines for renters. Myya Jones’s administration will also raise the standard for affordable housing development in the City of Detroit ensuring where possible that affordability does not exceed the City of Detroit’s area median income (AMI) and that homeowners who want to live in this City can stay. IMMIGRATION Myya Jones acknowledges the United States was founded on stolen land and was build by stolen people. She believes in a country that welcomes all immigrants, migrants, and refugees, and will commit to making immigrants, regardless of legal status, race, religion, or national origin, safe and welcome in our community community. She believes that our country is stronger because of its diversity and so will stand against attempts to discriminate against immigrants on the basis of national origin or religion. Myya Jones supports a municipal ID program and will champion the creation of a municipal ID that all residents of Detroit can receive regardless of immigration status. She supports allocating funding for immigration legal services and English Language Learning programs to immigrants that reside in Detroit. She will champion a local ordinance prohibiting Detroit employees and law enforcement from assisting, cooperating or facilitating with federal agencies (such as CBP and ICE) in enforcing immigration laws. She will champion the creation of an office of immigrant integration in Detroit, which would be in charge of ensuring that all city services are inclusive and accessible to immigrant communities residing in Detroit. JOBS & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT As a result of the economic growth in downtown, midtown, and some other well-to-do neighborhoods in Detroit, we have essentially become a living tale of two cities. While increasing the amount of economic activity occurring within Detroit is necessary, it is not a sufficient condition for generating broadly shared prosperity in the city. A key component to achieving economic equity is reducing the barriers many Detroiters face to accessing the new employment opportunities in the city. To ensure we have the talent to fill roles with new industries, aggressive development of skilled trades and other job training programs is a top priority. Myya Jones also believes in structuring economic development programs in a way that provides paid job training opportunities, increased access to financial capital and tax credits for small businesses and startups who need them the most, comprehensive pathways to higher education, and essential resources (i.e. façade upgrades) to revive important commercial corridors like Grand River and Mack Avenue. LGBTQA+ RIGHTS Myya Jones is in support of the 2019 House Bill 4688 as it expands civil rights law protected class status to sexual orientation and gender expression. According to MichiagnVotes.org, this bill adds “sexual orientation” and “gender identity or expression” to the characteristics that define membership in a protected class, against whom it is a crime to discriminate under the state’s Elliott-Larsen civil rights law. This would make it a crime to deny employment, housing, use of public accommodations, public services, and educational facilities to another person on the basis of an individual’s assertion of a particular sexual orientation or gender identity. She will adDress homelessness in the LGBT+ community which includes ensuring there is no discrimination when it comes to who has access to purchasing homes, renting, homeless shelters, or group homes. She will also advocate to protect LGBT+ voting rights, including those formerly incarcerated, and speak out against policies that encourages any form of voter suppression. Myya believes no person should be denied the ability to live life or should they be denied access to resources based on their sexual oriental or gender identity. PARK, RECREATION, AND LIBRARY SERVICES To promote use of and inclusion in Detroit’s parks and recreation system, Myya Jones’s administration will evaluate current park systems and address inequities with both investment and engagement of the community. The loss of community centers in our neighborhoods has been a painful experience for many residents who know firsthand how these facilities served as safe spaces in the community. To begin restoring this, our administration is excited to partner closely with many of our city’s existing religious institutions and provide direct resources and funding to support wider reaching recreational programming across Detroit. QUALITY OF LIFE Improving the quality of life in Detroit starts with acknowledging all of the gaps in our local system and developing plans and strong policy to address them. The development of a resident-driven City-wide Master Plan can help us with making proper assessments of our neighborhoods using both statistical data from digital sources and anecdotal data from residents. Without an up-to-date Master Plan in place, city government cannot comprehensively tackle the most significant social ills in our neighborhoods. However, this is exactly what is happening today. Even well intentioned leaders make poor decisions when local priorities are misaligned with residents’ actual needs. Under the leadership of Myya Jones’s administration, social justice considerations will be central to all land use planning initiatives and intentionally inclusive of all stakeholders to ensure our results produce a higher quality of living for our neighborhoods. RACIAL JUSTICE The United States of America was founded on stolen land and was built by stolen people. Our government, constitution, and legal structure are all too often the enemies of democracy. This government has played a key role in creating and maintaining racial, gender, and economic inequities through the passage of laws and policies dictating who could vote, who could be citizens, who could own property, who could live where, who could be educated, etc. Certain stratifications, structures, class, gender, race, etc. often affect different life outcomes as a result of where you were born and who you are born to. Although laws and policies were passed to address explicit discrimination, thanks to the Civil Rights movement, racial inequities continue across the country. These inequities include but are not limited to education, criminal justice, jobs, housing, public infrastructure and health. These inequities are sustained by deeply rooted historical legacies, structures, and systems that repeat patterns of exclusion. These structures and systems create and perpetuate resource and opportunity gaps that show up as achievement gaps. Myya Jones believes the role of the government in solving racial, gender, and economic inequities relies heavily on explicitly addressing these inequalities. Our local, state, and federal government have the ability to implement policy change to drive systematic change. These policies must be pursued in a comprehensive manner that advances equity for all, including people of color and others who have been historically underserved, marginalized, and adversely affected by persistent poverty and inequality. Our government must recognize and work to redress inequities in our policies and programs that serve as barriers to equal opportunity. To do so, our government must acknowledge and refute the falsies of American history and fill it with truth. Understanding true history will allow our country to reconcile and work towards redemption which includes the passage of comprehensive policies that eliminate racial, gender, and economic inequities. RE-ENTRY / RETURNING CITIZENS To ensure returning citizens have the opportunity to realize a full life once returning home, Myya Jones will uphold ‘ban the box’ policies and work alongside other city leaders in order to extend this policy more comprehensively to all city housing in addition to seeking out other innovative measures to support reducing the stigmas and stereotypes associated with a criminal record. REVITALIZATION & GENTRIFICATION Myya Jones will work to ensure the inclusion of disadvantaged groups in planning processes and planning initiatives, but especially those that may result in gentrification and/or cause displacement and/or diminish protections for low-income neighborhoods or housing. SAFETY & POLICE REFORM In addition to revisiting the City’s public health and public safety budgets concurrently to ensure equitable spending in these areas during the budget season each year, Myya Jones supports efforts that foster meaningful citizen engagement and gives citizens a voice in safety and crime prevention initiatives. Meaningful citizen engagement should include the inclusion of marginalized groups, such as low-income people, youth, seniors, LGBT individuals, underrepresented religious communities, ethnic and racial minority groups, and people with disabilities. SENIOR CITIZENS Home repair, improved mobility, and equitable access to healthcare are just a few of the many dire needs affecting Detroit’s senior citizens. In addition to increasing access to funds through the city’s senior home repair program, Myya Jones’s administration will prioritize developing improved pipelines for seniors to gain access to state and federal resources and establish a “Senior Citizens Department” in order to work more closely with seniors and ultimately improve how we respond to and meet their needs. TRANSPORTATION Although Detroit is known as the “Motor City” our transportation system is too far outdated to adequately service the residents in this city. For the 66,000 households that make up Detroit’s car-less population, no bus means no way to get to work, or anywhere else exacerbating issues with unemployment, low income, and low economic mobility. As a strong advocate for public transportation, Myya Jones believes in the power of advocating for state and federal policies that enable all people to have equitable access to jobs, education, community amenities, and necessary goods and services. We will not get there merely by tossing up another ballot measure and asking voters in out-counties to support it. We need to proactively prioritize inter-regional relationships and build upon the diligent efforts of transportation advocacy groups to provide wide ranging education tailored to match the differences in our communities across this region. The reality is public transportation benefits all of us. But it benefits all of us in different ways. It takes thoughtful leaders to strategize more creative ways to educate communities who need to hear it the most. VETERANS Due to limited access to services and support for veterans in the City of Detroit, many veterans, especially those with mental illnesses, are often left without access to necessary services. Myya Jones’s administration will employ a comprehensive approach to raise awareness, create resource connections, and fill important resource gaps to create more successful outcomes for veterans in the city. VOTER SUPPRESSION The 39 bill introduced by GOP leadership and the removal of Detroit’s City Charter off the municipal ballot is simply racist and their way of keeping voters who are of color disenfranchised. These bills mirror those of the Jim Crow Era, poll taxes, literacy tests, fraud and intimidation, that prevented African Americans from voting. We must ensure the people of Detroit, Michigan, and all across the United States have the ability and opportunity to exercise their right to vote by fighting these bills and ensuring they do not pass. If elected, Myya Jones will be active in speaking out against these policies that encourage voter suppression and ensure Detroiters can exercise their constitutional rights and have access to the polls. WATER Water is a fundamental human right. In Detroit, there is a problem of dire poverty, and the issue is affordability to the poorest citizens. This crisis is a local, state, and federal government issue that Myya Jones’s administration will remain consistently vocal on. We will urge Michigan’s politicians at all levels to put this issue on the top of their agenda. We will navigate this crisis not just as a poverty issue but as a political issue as well. How can we ask citizens to vote or be civically engaged when their extremely basic need — access to water — is compromised? The city must figure out how to restore water to people who cannot pay, while distinguishing them from people who simply will not pay. We have to figure out how to cover the costs of subsidizing water for the poor without further raising rates for households of more modest incomes (because water bills in Detroit are already well above the national average).	”
—Myya Jones' campaign website (2021)

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

Born and raised in Detroit, MI, Myya Jones is a proud product of the Detroit Public School system by way of Lewis Cass Technical High School, alumna of Michigan State University, and 2021 graduate of Wayne State University’s Mike Ilitch School of Business.

In her years of activism, she has used her many platforms and music to spark dialogue concerning marginalized groups, and how they can acquire resources to advance their communities. In doing so she has given people of color, women, and Millennials the inspiration to impact change. Currently, she works for Google and leads many initiatives that have given Detroiters and Black businesses access to free resources provided by Google. This includes over $1 million dollars in ad grants to nonprofits that progress Black and brown people.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• Government Accountability and Transparency
• Jobs and Housing
• Affordable and Sustainable Neighborhood Development

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Outside of work, Myya continues her community organizing in Detroit with Church of the Messiah, championing issues not limited to economic justice, equitable education, mass incarceration, human sex trafficking, affordable housing, gun violence, and more.

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Jasahn Larsosa

Campaign website

Larsosa’s campaign website stated the following:

“	Make Detroit Clean 1. Employ youth year-round to lead a campaign and efforts to keep garbage out of the neighborhoods and off the streets. 2. Reward residents and businesses for above-and-beyond efforts to keep the neighborhoods clean. 3. Implement a Clean Neighborhoods Initiative including real milestones for improvement while enhancing enforcement against environmental offenders. 4. Water: This is a human right. Permanently end water shut-offs and use payments from GLWA to structure a permanent water affordability plan for residents. Make Detroit Safe 1. COVID Vaccination: Continue coordinated efforts to accommodate those who choose to be immunized at the quickest rate possible. Social: Formed community-based research partnerships between residents, practitioners, and universities to develop strategies for assisting the public in dealing with pandemic fatigue. Residents will have research resources available to them to figure out how to make it easier for people to continue wearing their masks, watching their distance, and washing their hands even as we yearn for the world to return to normal. 2. Children & Youth Girls: Work through a newly created Office of Education to coordinate programs supporting the development of cis- and transgenred girls, especially as they approach puberty and contend against sexual and other violent crimes against them. 3. Justice Detroit Reentry: Institute an office of Reentry. Partner with the state to gain access to every incarcerated person returning to Detroit in order to connect them to the community and family, to new career opportunities, and to useful social skills such as dance or public speaking so they may return home as contributing leaders. Eliminate Gun Violence: Offer neighborhood-based conflict resolution workshops and counselors that incentivize the engagement of young people entangled in violent conflict. 4. Law Enforcement Neighborhood-based policing: Demilitarize and desegregate the police force. Institute Neighborhood Peace Officers who are trained in conflict resolution. They are to be selected by local residents and may live in the neighborhoods they serve in subsidized housing. Implement regular workshops and training to help officers understand and act through a racial justice lens. Fund community-led neighborhood safety projects and initiatives. 5. Drugs: Discontinue the lingering and devastatingly misguided War on Drugs by decriminalizing drug use in order to focus on treatment and education and to redirect law enforcement toward the elimination of reckless driving, gun violence and crimes against the environment so that families can live in clean and safe neighborhoods. Improve the cannabis legalization movement by embarking on a robust campaign to educate young people on the adverse effects of marijuana usage and to help them take advantage of all aspects of the industry as entrepreneurs. 6. Traffic Speed: Coordinate the installation of speed humps on residential streets and direct law enforcement to prioritize safe driving. Make Detroit Prosperous 1. Reparations The legacy of slavery; Jim Crow; discriminatory housing, investment, and lending practices; mass incarceration; and upsidedown government support forcing Detroiters to subsidize others is a glaring wealth disparity that can only begin to be corrected through equitable investment into the Black community. Create a reparations plan to be funded by a certain percentage of local cannabis tax revenues. 2. Housing Home ownership is one of the surest ways to build wealth over time. Make renovation of landbank and other homes more affordable through the coordination of bulk purchases to reduce the cost of building material. End Tax Home Foreclosures for residents. 3. Neighborhood-based Employment Opportunities Work with unions to enlist non-credentialed skilled trade workers from the neighborhoods in the rehabbing of the homes around them. This can create opportunities in the neighborhoods while also bringing down the cost of renovations for the home owners. 4. Youth Learning & Recreation: Increase safe recreational and community-based learning activities for young people. Jobs: Extend programs like Grow Detroit’s Young Talent to offer year-round job opportunities for youth to help make Detroit clean and safe. Mentoring: Institute a Young N Mature cross mentoring program whereby teenagers and seniors exchange skills for helping one another navigate the changing world. Education: Institute an office of education to coordinate partnerships with school systems, other public agencies, the philanthropic community and the media to promote safe, creative and equity-informed learning that is responsive to the needs of individual students while also promoting their collective positive identity. 5. Good Business Reward large businesses that partner with local organizations to successfully promote racially equitable hiring and compensation practices in their companies. 6. Neighborhood-based Governance Bring City Hall to the streets so that everyday folks have regular access to the officials representing them and so officials share some of the experiences of residents. Convert small homes in each district to offices where officials conduct regular business, including meetings with investors and other business stakeholders in order to inspire development plans in the neighborhoods.	”
—Jasahn Larsosa’s campaign website (2021)

Charleta McInnis

Campaign website

McInnis' campaign website stated the following:

“	PLATFORM "I come from a proud family of blue collar workers, as far back as I can remember. With nearly two decades of government experience, I want to work for you. We need to create more living wage jobs, improve our schools, and make public safety - especially getting guns off the streets, a top priority. With nearly two decades of government experience, I know what it takes to find solutions, navigate the complicated governmental agencies, and get things done." LIST OF ISSUES Gun Violence Prevention Background checks on everyone who purchases a gun. There needs to be a more comprehensive check on gun owners current or new in America. Also, the sell of firearms should be solely purchased by individuals of 21 years of age; whereso the State Legislation would enact to create safer gun control protocols. It should not be as easy as having $250 to purchase a shotgun or rifle at the age of 18 in your local Walmart, Meijer, or Sporting Goods store. :Penalty: Fine all gun dealers or revoke there licenses to sell guns. Climate Change Climate change and global warming is a critical issue in terms of our ecosystem and life. We must come up with a solution that will reduce carbon emissions and other toxins released into the air that is causing climate issues throughout this country, and the world. Education Reform & Affordable College Fight for increased pay for teachers and quality funding for students. Reforming the educational system as a whole is needed in today's society. Teachers surely deserve more money. However, these parameters are based on certain criteria, formal training, class sizes, and governmental funding, etc. In order to make real reform, you must first start with the neighborhood paradigm. Thus, changing the guidelines as a whole on how funding is distributed. As it stands it relies on property values, income, test scores, attendance, and others. In terms of Affordable College, the price to attend a four year college is in 2017-18 was $20,770. This price continues to raise as its Deans, Provost, etc., take on extensive salary increases. Healthcare Reform Making healthcare affordable for everyone, by lowering the cost of health care and prescription drugs. The Affordable Care Act was enacted by President Obama and many Americans were able to be granted access to these plans. However, we feel that there is so much more that could be done. Other countries, such as Continent of Europe and Canada have Universal HealthCare and that is something we will further investigate. If other countries can provide unlimited access to healthcare, the United States should be able to as well, and even more effectively. Racial Injustice Work with the Federal Attorney General to recharge & prosecute all police officers that kill unarmed men and women with video proof. Understanding that this is a sensitive issue, as President I will be doing the constituents a disservice by turning a blind eye to the deliberate discard for human life. New protocols would have to be formulated by the DOJ in order to equip the multiple task forces with the ability to invoke better safeguards instead of murder. Rights for Women Even though women in America and abroad are becoming more powerful, CEO's, influencer's, etc. There is still a distinct for the monetary and personal equality in comparison to our counterparts. We live in a nation where a body of governance ran mostly by men, create laws that decide how women should treat their own body. This has to change now! Roe vs Wade - Women have the right to make their own decisions regarding their body. Women in America have increasingly become a staple of success. However in legislation, especially in regards to their bodies, many of the bills are formulated to take their rights away. There should be an even field in terms of pharamaceutical cost, procedures, health insurance, income from employment, and much more. Prison Reform & Inmate Rehabilitation Provide High School Diplomas, College credits and degrees, trade and counseling. Prisons in America are nothing like prisons in other countries. Here in America, prisons are treated with such a bad stigma that only creates room for recidivism, allowing more money to be funneled in. It's a vicious cycle, and ultimately continues to breakdown the family structure and create poverty with no true solution of being rehabilitated. There are actual prisoners that truly want to make a difference in society and they can't do that effectively when there is such a bad stigma for ex-felons. Economy/Jobs/Labor unions and workers rights Work with Corporations and all businesses to offer tax credits to hire Ex-Felons and welfare recipients. Also, ensuring that Right to Work is prominent, labor unions are also used more within the states, thus offering more jobs for individuals who live in a state where major work is being done. Workers are to be assured that they will have safe and condusive work environments that promote safety. The DIFS will ensure that Workers Compensation carrier do thorough Risk Management Controls in order to assure this. Ending Poverty Offer each United States citizen a stimulus package, for those that will qualify. Poverty is plaguing this country and it is up to us to formulate plans that will offer assistance to the consituents and offer them means to pursue finances.	”
—Charleta McInnis' campaign website (2021)

Danetta Simpson

As of June 1, 2021, no campaign themes for Danetta Simpson were available.

Art Tyus

Campaign website

Tyus' campaign website stated the following:

“	Health and Welfare of Detroiters Increase funding for summer employment opportunities for the Youth, continuation of JROTC through the summer, library programming, more access and programming at community/recreation centers. Create a tax abatement program for local employers to employ youth throughout the year. Create more health inspections at restaurants, assisted living facilities, and foster care. Raising the Voices of Senior Citizens Create a Senior Council for each district to help minor neighboring disputes within the community to hear and make recommendation for resolve. Increase inspections of senior living conditions, transportation and food quality. Education Create Innovation Districts in each district that will allow the youth and young adults to receive additional training for jobs skills Train citizens based on current job market trends Increase funding for GED and Skilled Trades program for young adults Rebuilding Neighborhoods Use community voice for vacant commercial and residential properties to encourage neighborhood development Increase opportunities for home ownership for all Detroiters. Deconstruct the Detroit Land Bank and put the housing stocks back into the community. City-owned properties to be utilized the community for small business start-up Vacant land to be used for Community Farming Reduce Crime End Billboard Obituaries of homicide victims and put more focus on solving the crimes. Funding for The Elite Homicide Units to increase solve rates from 11% to 90% and solve homicides with the first 24-48 hours. Prioritize Missing Persons	”
—Art Tyus' campaign website (2021)

D. Etta Wilcoxon

Campaign website

Wilcoxon’s campaign Facebook page stated the following:

“	D. Etta Wilcoxon is running to become the City of Detroit's first ever female Mayor. Not a Mayor for any segment of the City, rather a Mayor for every segment of the City, thus, the Campaign Slogan: D.Etta Wilcoxon for 1 Detroit. D. Etta Wilcoxon is a long-standing activist in the City of Detroit dubbed "The People's Advocate". She is Not a "Johnny come lately", who has had 2 terms in Office, and decides to offer a "People's Plan." A Wilcoxon Administration will hit the ground running as the People's Advocate on day one and all subsequent days thereafter.	”
—D. Etta Wilcoxon's campaign Facebook page (2021)

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Mike Duggan

Supporting Duggan

"Detroit Seniors for Duggan" - Duggan campaign ad, released June 29, 2021

"100 Block Club Presidents & Community Leaders Endorse Mike Duggan" - Duggan campaign ad, released June 16, 2021

Anthony Adams

Supporting Adams

"Lack of Diversity" - Adams campaign ad, released April 28, 2021

"Crisis Management" - Adams campaign ad, released April 26, 2021

"Interim Director of the Detroit Water and Sewage Department" - Adams campaign ad, released April 26, 2021

"As DPS School Board President I Fought for Our Kids" - Adams campaign ad, released April 26, 2021

Polls

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Mayoral partisanship

See also: Partisanship in United States municipal elections (2021)

Mayoral elections were held in 28 of the 100 largest U.S. cities in 2021. Once mayors elected in 2021 assumed office, the mayors of 64 of the country's 100 largest cities were affiliated with the Democratic Party.

The following top-100 mayoral offices changed partisan control in 2021:

• Mayor John J. Lee of North Las Vegas, Nevada, announced that he was changing his party affiliation from Democratic to Republican on April 6, 2021.

• David Bronson (R) was elected as mayor of Anchorage, Alaska, on May 11, 2021. He assumed office on July 1, 2021, replacing nonpartisan Acting Mayor Austin Quinn-Davidson.

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August 3, 2021

• Michigan state legislative special elections, 2021
• City elections in Detroit, Michigan (2021)
• Mayoral election in Detroit, Michigan (2021)
• Detroit, Michigan, Proposal P, Revised City Charter (August 2021)

November 2, 2021

• Michigan state legislative special elections, 2021
• City elections in Detroit, Michigan (2021)
• Mayoral election in Detroit, Michigan (2021)
• Detroit, Michigan, Proposal E, Decriminalization of Entheogenic Plants Measure (November 2021)
• Detroit, Michigan, Proposal R, City Reparations Committee Advisory Question (November 2021)
• Detroit, Michigan, Proposal S, Allow Ballot Initiatives to Appropriate City Funds Amendment (November 2021)

Election history

2017

See also: Municipal elections in Detroit, Michigan (2017)

The city of Detroit, Michigan, held elections for mayor, city council, city clerk, and the Detroit Board of Police Commisisoners on November 7, 2017. A primary election was held on August 8, 2017. The filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was April 25, 2017.

Incumbent Mike Duggan defeated Coleman Young II in the general election for mayor of Detroit.

Mayor of Detroit, General Election, 2017
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Mike Duggan Incumbent	71.64%	72,439
Coleman Young II	27.84%	28,149
Write-in votes	0.53%	532
Total Votes		101,120
Source: Wayne County, Michigan, "2017 November 7th General & Special General Election Official Results," November 7, 2017

The following candidates ran in the primary election for mayor of Detroit.

Mayor of Detroit, Primary Election, 2017
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Mike Duggan Incumbent	67.72%	43,519
Coleman Young II	26.72%	17,170
Donna Pitts	0.82%	528
Edward Dean	0.67%	433
Danetta Simpson	0.66%	422
Curtis Greene	0.48%	307
Angelo Brown	0.35%	228
Articia Bomer	0.31%	201
Write-in votes	2.27%	1,459
Total Votes		64,267
Source: Wayne County Clerk, "2017 Primary Official Results," accessed August 23, 2017

2013

See also: Detroit mayoral election, 2013

General election

Duggan defeated Napoleon in the general election on November 5, 2013.

Mayor of Detroit, Michigan, 2013
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	Mike Duggan	54.9%	74,254
	Nonpartisan	Benny Napoleon	44.7%	60,448
	Nonpartisan	Write-in	0.3%	455
Total Votes				135,157
Source: City of Detroit Department of Elections

Primary election

Duggan, along with Benny Napoleon, qualified to move on to the general election for Mayor of Detroit after the August 6 primary.

Detroit, Michigan Mayoral Primary Election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	Mike Duggan	51.7%	48,716
	Nonpartisan	Benny Napoleon	30.1%	28,391
	Nonpartisan	Krystal A. Crittendon	5.6%	5,311
	Nonpartisan	Lisa L. Howze	4.9%	4,591
	Nonpartisan	Tom Barrow	3.9%	3,699
	Nonpartisan	All other candidates	3.7%	3,531
Total Votes				94,239
Source: ‘’’Mayor, City of Detroit Election Certification’’’ August 6, 2013. accessed October 14, 2013

About the city

See also: Detroit, Michigan

Detroit is a city in Wayne County, Michigan. As of 2020, its population was 639,111.

City government

See also: Mayor-council government

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.

Demographics

The following table displays demographic data provided by the United States Census Bureau.

Demographic Data for Detroit, Michigan
	Detroit	Michigan
Population	639,111	10,077,331
Land area (sq mi)	138	56,609
Race and ethnicity**
White	14.4%	77.6%
Black/African American	77.1%	13.6%
Asian	1.9%	3.2%
Native American	0.4%	0.5%
Pacific Islander	0%	0%
Other (single race)	N/A	1.3%
Multiple	2.4%	3.8%
Hispanic/Latino	7.7%	5.2%
Education
High school graduation rate	81.9%	91.3%
College graduation rate	16.4%	30%
Income
Median household income	$32,498	$59,234
Persons below poverty level	33.2%	13.7%
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2015-2020).
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

See also

Detroit, Michigan	Michigan	Municipal government	Other local coverage
2017 Detroit mayoral election Detroit, Michigan Cities in Michigan Wayne County, Michigan	2021 Michigan elections Public policy in Michigan Endorsers in Michigan Michigan	Top counties 100 largest cities Current mayors Current council officials	2021 municipal elections 2021 school board elections 2021 local ballot measure elections 2021 local judicial elections

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Footnotes

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