Michael Ri'chard
Michael Ri'chard ran for election to the Detroit City Council to represent District 5 in Michigan. He lost in the primary on August 5, 2025.
Elections
2025
See also: City elections in Detroit, Michigan (2025)
General election
The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
General election for Detroit City Council District 5
Willie Burton and Renata Miller are running in the general election for Detroit City Council District 5 on November 4, 2025.
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 | Willie Burton (Nonpartisan)  | |
 | Renata Miller (Nonpartisan) | |
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Detroit City Council District 5
The following candidates ran in the primary for Detroit City Council District 5 on August 5, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Renata Miller (Nonpartisan) | 22.7 | 3,053 |
| ✔ | | Willie Burton (Nonpartisan) | 19.0 | 2,558 |
 | Esther Haugabook (Nonpartisan) | 17.6 | 2,364 | |
 | Tatjana Jackson (Nonpartisan) | 15.4 | 2,075 | |
 | George Adams Jr. (Nonpartisan) | 13.6 | 1,829 | |
 | Michael Hartt (Nonpartisan) | 5.0 | 671 | |
 | Michael Ri'chard (Nonpartisan) | 4.6 | 624 | |
| Kevin Jones (Nonpartisan) (Write-in) | 1.0 | 130 | ||
| Whitney Clarke (Nonpartisan) (Write-in) | 0.1 | 9 | ||
 | DeQuincy Hyatt (Nonpartisan) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 3 | |
| Jerome Shell (Nonpartisan) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 1 | ||
| Alexander Cheatom (Nonpartisan) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.9 | 115 | ||
| Total votes: 13,432 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Bonzetta Ferrell (Nonpartisan)
- Theodore Jones (Nonpartisan)
- Bonnie Warmack Jr. (Nonpartisan)
- Chantel Watkins (Nonpartisan)
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2021
See also: City elections in Detroit, Michigan (2021)
General election
General election for Detroit City Clerk
Incumbent Janice Winfrey defeated Denzel McCampbell in the general election for Detroit City Clerk on November 2, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Janice Winfrey (Nonpartisan) | 71.2 | 64,364 |
 | Denzel McCampbell (Nonpartisan) | 28.6 | 25,834 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 252 | ||
| Total votes: 90,450 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Detroit City Clerk
The following candidates ran in the primary for Detroit City Clerk on August 3, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Janice Winfrey (Nonpartisan) | 70.4 | 48,118 |
| ✔ | | Denzel McCampbell (Nonpartisan) | 15.3 | 10,434 |
 | Beverly Kindle-Walker (Nonpartisan) | 10.2 | 6,953 | |
| Michael Ri'chard (Nonpartisan) | 3.5 | 2,362 | |
 | Kinda Makini Anderson (Nonpartisan) (Write-in) | 0.4 | 265 | |
 | Articia Bomer (Nonpartisan) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 1 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 224 | ||
| Total votes: 68,357 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jeffery Robinson (Nonpartisan)
Campaign themes
2025
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2021
Michael Ri'chard did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2025 Elections
External links
Footnotes
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