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Myya Jones
Myya Jones (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Michigan House of Representatives to represent District 5. She was disqualified from the Democratic primary scheduled on August 6, 2024.
Biography
Myya Jones was born in Detroit, Michigan. She earned a bachelor’s degree from Michigan State University in 2017 and a graduate degree from Wayne State University in 2021. Her career experience includes working as an account manager at Google.[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
2024
See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Michigan House of Representatives District 5
Incumbent Regina Weiss defeated Will Sears in the general election for Michigan House of Representatives District 5 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Regina Weiss (D)  | 90.6 | 41,136 |
| Will Sears (R) | 9.4 | 4,282 | ||
| Total votes: 45,418 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 5
Incumbent Regina Weiss defeated Crystal Bailey, Kevin Keys III, and Eric Love in the Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 5 on August 6, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Regina Weiss | 48.4 | 7,233 |
 | Crystal Bailey | 39.9 | 5,962 | |
 | Kevin Keys III | 6.0 | 891 | |
 | Eric Love | 5.8 | 870 | |
| Total votes: 14,956 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Natalie Price (D)
- Myya Jones (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 5
Will Sears advanced from the Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 5 on August 6, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Will Sears | 100.0 | 517 | |
| Total votes: 517 | |||
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Endorsements
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2022
See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Michigan House of Representatives District 6
Incumbent Regina Weiss defeated Charles T. Villerot in the general election for Michigan House of Representatives District 6 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Regina Weiss (D) | 83.9 | 33,898 |
| Charles T. Villerot (R) | 16.1 | 6,507 | ||
| Total votes: 40,405 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 6
Incumbent Regina Weiss defeated Danielle C. Hall, Myya Jones, and Mark Murphy in the Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 6 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Regina Weiss | 62.0 | 9,898 |
| Danielle C. Hall | 14.8 | 2,369 | ||
 | Myya Jones | 14.8 | 2,361 | |
| Mark Murphy | 8.4 | 1,339 | ||
| Total votes: 15,967 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 6
Charles T. Villerot advanced from the Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 6 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Charles T. Villerot | 100.0 | 2,324 | |
| Total votes: 2,324 | |||
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Campaign finance
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
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Endorsements
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| Primary endorsements | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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] | ✔ | |||||
2018
See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2018
General election
General election for Michigan House of Representatives District 4
Isaac Robinson defeated Howard Weathington in the general election for Michigan House of Representatives District 4 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Isaac Robinson (D) | 94.6 | 20,209 |
| Howard Weathington (R) | 5.4 | 1,159 | ||
| Total votes: 21,368 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 4
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 4 on August 7, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Isaac Robinson | 21.2 | 2,381 |
| Saad Almasmari | 15.7 | 1,765 | ||
 | Michele Oberholtzer | 15.6 | 1,750 | |
| Rico Razo | 9.9 | 1,115 | ||
| Syed Rob | 8.5 | 953 | ||
| Myya Jones | 7.8 | 877 | |
| Diane McMillan | 5.9 | 657 | ||
 | Jeffrey Nolish | 5.0 | 560 | |
| Matt Friedrichs | 2.9 | 324 | ||
| Christopher Collins | 2.6 | 297 | ||
 | Ernest Little | 2.1 | 236 | |
 | MD Rabbi Alam | 1.4 | 162 | |
| Derek Boston | 0.6 | 71 | ||
| Justin Jessop | 0.6 | 68 | ||
| Total votes: 11,216 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 4
Howard Weathington advanced from the Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 4 on August 7, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Howard Weathington | 100.0 | 269 | |
| Total votes: 269 | |||
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Campaign themes
2024
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2022
Myya Jones did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2021
Myya Jones completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Jones' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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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.
- Government Accountability and Transparency
- Jobs and Housing
- Affordable and Sustainable Neighborhood Development
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Campaign advertisements
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on July 9, 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
