Rachel LaPointe (Dearborn Heights City Council, Michigan, candidate 2025)

Rachel LaPointe

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Nonpartisan

Candidate, Dearborn Heights City Council

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 4, 2025

Education

High school

Homeschool

Personal

Profession

Homemaker

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Rachel LaPointe ran for election to the Dearborn Heights City Council in Michigan. She was on the ballot in the general election on November 4, 2025.

LaPointe completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Rachel LaPointe provided the following biographical information via Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey on September 23, 2025:

• High school: Homeschool
• Bachelor's: University of Detroit-Mercy, 2008
• Gender: Female
• Profession: Homemaker
• Incumbent officeholder: No
• Campaign website
• Campaign Facebook

Elections

General election

General election for Dearborn Heights City Council (4 seats)

Hassan M. Ahmad, Nancy Bryer, Margaret King, Rachel LaPointe, and Tom Wencel ran in the general election for Dearborn Heights City Council on November 4, 2025.

		Candidate
	Submit photo	Hassan M. Ahmad (Nonpartisan)
	Submit photo	Nancy Bryer (Nonpartisan)
	Submit photo	Margaret King (Nonpartisan)
	Submit photo	Rachel LaPointe (Nonpartisan)
	Submit photo	Tom Wencel (Nonpartisan)

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

Rachel LaPointe is a third-generation resident of Dearborn Heights' south end, a mother of four, and a city advocate. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Detroit Mercy and has worked as a communications director. LaPointe is a board member of Thrive by Any Means Necessary and is finishing her term as treasurer of the Polk Elementary PTO. She's also a volunteer who loves to help those in need, whether it's by picking up trash or driving kids home from school. LaPointe decided to run for city council after seeing a lack of progress and too much infighting. Her goals include passing an ethics ordinance, ensuring public records and spending transparency, conducting a full forensic audit, and reviewing ordinances for enforceability and compliance with state and federal laws. She believes her skills in negotiation and putting aside personal issues for the common good make her a strong candidate. She's also an "optimistic realist" who isn't afraid to call out potential roadblocks or unethical behavior. She wants the community to know she is there to listen to residents and represent them. In her free time, she enjoys hobbies like gardening, crochet, painting, and woodworking, and spending time with her family.

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?

• Ethics aren't optional. If we can't trust our elected officials, we will not be able to accomplish our goals as a community. I believe we need a strong ethics ordinance to rebuild trust and to stay accountable to our residents.
• Rain storms aren't going away and we need to be creative and consistent with solutions for flooding. We must pursue funding to complete the retention basin as soon as possible and we need to come up with a plan to upgrade all our infrastructure to handle whatever Mother Nature throws our way.
• Does anyone know how much money the city has? If we can't answer that question with 100% confidence, that's a problem. We need a full, professional forensic audit of the last 10 years so that we can truly know what we are obligated to and what value our assets have. After we do that, we'll have the foundation we need to make strategic plans for the next 10, 50 and 100 years.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Ethics, transparency, accountability, free speech, responsible spending, strategic planning.

What do you believe are the core responsibilities for someone elected to this office?

I believe our city council people are primarily responsible for two main things: finances and legislation. They are the "voice of the people" when it comes to deciding the overall broad direction that the city takes, so in practice I believe they should be first listeners and then deciders. Those decisions aren't always easy and they will never be able to make everyone happy, but we elect them because we trust them to make the best decision with the best interest of the city in mind. They shouldn't be deciding things based on the best interest of any individuals or businesses.

City Council also serves as a guiding force for the overall long term direction of the city. Through our zoning ordinances they shape the actual physical "look" of the city. They have a strong voice to guide our long term goals. As an example, we could ask "Do we invest in parks or in a new civic center over the next 10 years?" City council has the final say, so they need to listen to the residents about what is working, what is not working and what they want to see happen before making that final decision.

If I were explaining this to a 5 year old, I'd say that city council members have to go to a lot of meetings, read a lot of information, listen to everyone, and then make good decisions.

If you could be any fictional character, who would you want to be?

I've said many times that if I could be Leslie Knope (from the TV show Parks and Recreation), I would take that chance in a heartbeat. The first time I ran for office I watched Parks for the first time and she is so inspiring. She serves her community with no ulterior motives besides trying to do her best and be kind. She never backs down from a challenge and she certainly would never do the easy thing just because it's the easy thing. While she may try to do everything, she also knows how important it is to have a team around her and she knows how to support that team. Teamwork makes the dreamwork, but it also gets the job done.

She also knew to find a supportive partner who compliments her strengths. Dearborn Heights doesn't host a "pie-mary", but our firefighters' chili cook off will hopefully have a council-woman's husband competing next year. My husband not only cooks an amazing dinner, he helps keep me centered and focused on the important things.

If I can be half the woman Leslie Knope was and serve my community half as well as she did, I'll be a success.

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