Richard Pratt (Taylor City Council At-large, Michigan, candidate 2025)
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Richard Pratt is running for election to the Taylor City Council At-large in Michigan. He is on the ballot in the general election on November 4, 2025. He was on the ballot in the primary on August 5, 2025.[source]
Pratt completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. Click here to read the survey answers.
[1]Biography
Richard Pratt provided the following biographical information via Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey on September 29, 2025:
- Birth date: September 27, 1969
- Birth place: Dearborn, Michigan
- High school: Harry S Truman High School
- Military service: United States Navy, 1988-1994
- Gender: Male
- Religion: Presbyterian
- Profession: Engineer
- Incumbent officeholder: No
- Campaign website
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Elections
General election
General election for Taylor City Council At-large (7 seats)
The following candidates are running in the general election for Taylor City Council At-large on November 4, 2025.
Candidate | ||
| Christian M. Armstrong (Nonpartisan) | ||
| Jill Brandana (Nonpartisan) | ||
 | Chris Clark (Nonpartisan) | |
| Tina Daniels (Nonpartisan) | ||
Daniel Dobbins (Nonpartisan)  | ||
| Christine Gersky (Nonpartisan) | ||
| Charley Johnson (Nonpartisan) | ||
| Justin Mordarski (Nonpartisan) | ||
| William Patts (Nonpartisan) | ||
| Richard Pratt (Nonpartisan) | ||
| Lindsey Rose (Nonpartisan) | ||
| Ron Thiede (Nonpartisan) | ||
| Gerald P. Thomas (Nonpartisan) | ||
| Dan Wallace (Nonpartisan) | ||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Taylor City Council At-large (7 seats)
The following candidates ran in the primary for Taylor City Council At-large on August 5, 2025.
Candidate | ||
| Christian M. Armstrong (Nonpartisan) | ||
| Jill Brandana (Nonpartisan) | ||
| Chris Clark (Nonpartisan) | |
| Tina Daniels (Nonpartisan) | ||
| Daniel Dobbins (Nonpartisan) | ||
| Martin Drouillard (Nonpartisan) | ||
| Tedario Edmond (Nonpartisan) | ||
| Christine Gersky (Nonpartisan) | ||
| Charley Johnson (Nonpartisan) | ||
| Justin Mordarski (Nonpartisan) | ||
| William Patts (Nonpartisan) | ||
| Richard Pratt (Nonpartisan) | ||
| Lindsey Rose (Nonpartisan) | ||
| Ron Thiede (Nonpartisan) | ||
| Gerald P. Thomas (Nonpartisan) | ||
| Dan Wallace (Nonpartisan) | ||
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Ballotpedia survey responses
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Richard Pratt completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Pratt's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I'm a Taylor Schools alumnus, Truman Class of 1987. My kids are both in the Taylor Schools and I am a regular volunteer and chaperone. My wife was the president of the Taylor Parks PTO.
I served 6 years in the US Navy Submarine Service and two years in the Army National Guard.
I'm a member of Golden Ark Masonic Lodge, serving as Worshipful Master in 2017 and 2021; I'm currently serving as Treasurer and Temple Board President.
I'm an elder at Southminster Presbyterian Church, I'm responsible for worship technology and work as a youth leader.
I'm a commissioner on the Taylor Housing Commission.
I've spent 30 years working in mechanical reliability, managing people and projects. I'm currently a Reliability Management Engineer with Cornerstone Controls, working with industrial customers in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky.- Fix the broken city council. We've been stuck with a vacancy on council for almost 2 years. The divided council has failed to address serious issues with a 3/3 split. One thing I learned in the Navy was that I don't have to like my coworkers, but I have to be able to work with them. I promise to work with the full council and not let ego get in the way.
- The housing market is shifting; Taylors ranks #1 in SE Michigan for 1st time home buyers based on the number of sales averaging $150K. Those sales are based on the 1000-1200 ft2 post war ranches; houses that small are no longer allowed by the zoning ordinances. As markets trend towards smaller house, the city has pushed for larger.
- Big box retail is dying; as the big box stores close, the city has to be able to adapt and come up with new solutions for those properties. We need to take advantage of our existing properties before allowing new buildings to be built.
Affordable housing is not the same a low income housing, we need to address the needs of all of our citizens.
The council has more power when working with the mayor to influence the direction of the city than it does when it works in direct opposition.
A willingness to learn/listen - No one is an expert on everything. Acknowledge what you don't know and research.
Transparency - Tell me why you are voting the way you do, tell me why you believe the way you do.
Listen to the citizens - you can't represent the citizens if you don't know what they want. Be available and responsive.
Mr. Dres, my calculus and computer teacher had a side business doing programming. He would "sub contract" a lot of the programs out to his students. There were two of us that would go to his house after school and program on his home computer. I don't remember what I was paid, but it helped by my first PC and I was one of the only ones in school in 1987 with a home PC.
With a previous employer I quoted and managed multiple projects with municipalities. I understand issues with municipal bid processes and the reasoning behind it.
Local government is the backbone of of country.
This was the second time I was elected as Worshipful Master and I was not a part of the normal line of officers at the time. Coming out of COVID was a challenge and I am very proud of all we accomplished within the restriction from the government and the Grand Lodge of Michigan.
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See also
2025 Elections
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