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Roy McCalister Jr.

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Roy McCalister Jr.
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Candidate, Detroit City Council District 2

Prior offices
Detroit City Council District 2
Successor: Angela Calloway

Elections and appointments
Next election

November 4, 2025

Education

High school

Detroit Mackenzie High School

Bachelor's

Eastern Michigan University

Graduate

University of Oklahoma

Military

Service / branch

U.S. Army

Service / branch

U.S. Army Reserve

Contact

Roy McCalister Jr. is running for election to the Detroit City Council to represent District 2 in Michigan. McCalister is on the ballot in the general election on November 4, 2025. McCalister advanced from the primary on August 5, 2025.

McCalister was a member of the Detroit City Council in Michigan, representing District 2. McCalister assumed office on January 1, 2018. McCalister left office on January 1, 2022.

Biography

McCalister's professional experience includes working as an investigator and legal aid for the Federal Defender Office, a lieutenant detective for the Detroit Police Department, and commanding officer of the Detroit Police Homicide Section. He served in the United States Army and Reserves as a chief warrant officer IV/special agent. McCalister and his wife Polly have two children. McCalister has served as a deacon at Cedar Christian Church in Detroit.[1]

Awards

  • United States Army Warrant Office Advance Leadership Course
  • Michigan Political Leadership Program
  • Northwestern University Traffic Institute in Management and Leadership

Elections

2025

See also: City elections in Detroit, Michigan (2025)

General election

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General election for Detroit City Council District 2

Incumbent Angela Calloway and Roy McCalister Jr. are running in the general election for Detroit City Council District 2 on November 4, 2025.

Candidate
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Angela Calloway (Nonpartisan)
Image of Roy McCalister Jr.
Roy McCalister Jr. (Nonpartisan)

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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Detroit City Council District 2

Incumbent Angela Calloway and Roy McCalister Jr. defeated Helena Scott in the primary for Detroit City Council District 2 on August 5, 2025.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Angela Calloway
Angela Calloway (Nonpartisan)
 
44.6
 
7,423
Image of Roy McCalister Jr.
Roy McCalister Jr. (Nonpartisan)
 
29.9
 
4,983
Image of Helena Scott
Helena Scott (Nonpartisan)
 
25.5
 
4,254

Total votes: 16,660
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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
Image of Regina Weiss
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
Image of Regina Weiss
Regina Weiss
 
62.0
 
9,898
Danielle C. Hall
 
14.8
 
2,369
Image of Myya Jones
Myya Jones
 
14.8
 
2,361
Mark Murphy
 
8.4
 
1,339

Total votes: 15,967
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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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2021

See also: City elections in Detroit, Michigan (2021)

General election

General election for Detroit City Council District 2

Angela Calloway defeated incumbent Roy McCalister Jr. in the general election for Detroit City Council District 2 on November 2, 2021.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Angela Calloway
Angela Calloway (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
55.1
 
9,970
Image of Roy McCalister Jr.
Roy McCalister Jr. (Nonpartisan)
 
44.4
 
8,034
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.5
 
87

Total votes: 18,091
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Nonpartisan primary election

The primary election was canceled. Incumbent Roy McCalister Jr. and Angela Calloway advanced from the primary for Detroit City Council District 2.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

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.[2]

Roy McCalister Jr. defeated Virgil Smith in the general election for District 2 on the Detroit City Council.

Detroit City Council, District 2 General Election, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Roy McCalister Jr. 59.67% 11,979
Virgil Smith 38.10% 7,650
Write-in votes 2.23% 448
Total Votes 20,077
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 District 2 on the Detroit City Council.[3]

Detroit City Council, District 2 Primary Election, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Roy McCalister Jr. 24.85% 3,162
Green check mark transparent.png Virgil Smith 22.10% 2,812
George Cushingberry Jr. Incumbent 19.65% 2,501
Helena Scott 17.85% 2,271
Linda Bernard 9.39% 1,195
Tyra Dear-Williams 5.28% 672
Write-in votes 0.88% 112
Total Votes 12,725
Source: Wayne County Clerk, "2017 Primary Official Results," accessed August 23, 2017

2014

See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for the Michigan House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election was held on August 5, 2014, and a general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was April 22, 2014. Leslie Love defeated Ronald Cole, Brandon Jessup, Jay Johnson and Roy McCalister, Jr. in the Democratic primary. Matthew Hauser was unopposed in the Republican primary. Love defeated Hauser in the general election.[4][5][6][7]

Michigan House of Representatives, District 10 General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngLeslie Love 82.2% 21,583
     Republican Matthew Hauser 17.8% 4,658
Total Votes 26,241
Michigan House of Representatives, District 10 Democratic Primary, 2014
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngLeslie Love 34.9% 3,005
Roy McCalister, Jr. 27.1% 2,333
Jay Johnson 22.2% 1,915
Brandon Jessup 11.7% 1,012
Ronald Cole 4.1% 349
Total Votes 8,614

2013

General election

McCalister was a 2013 at-large candidate for the Detroit City Council. McAlister lost in the Detroit City Council at-large district election on November 5, 2013.[8]

City Council of Detroit, Michigan - At-large, 2013
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngSaunteel Jenkins Incumbent 34.4% 76,948
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngBrenda Jones Incumbent 34.4% 76,986
     Nonpartisan David Bullock 17.4% 39,001
     Nonpartisan Roy McCalister, Jr. 13.3% 29,868
     Nonpartisan Write-in 0.4% 990
Total Votes 223,793
Source: City of Detroit Department of Elections

Primary election

A measure on the 2009 general election ballot proposed a change from a nine-member at-large city council to a council with seven members elected by district and two members elected at large. The measure was approved with support of 73.35% of voters[9][10] McCalister chose to run for an at-large position.

Detroit, Michigan City Council Primary, At-Large, 2013
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngSaunteel Jenkins 34.2% 51,971
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngBrenda Jones 30% 45,594
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngDavid Bullock 10.4% 15,746
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngRoy McCalister, Jr. 8.8% 13,414
     Nonpartisan Monica Lewis-Patrick 6.4% 9,775
     Nonpartisan Angles Lisa Hunt 3.6% 5,523
     Nonpartisan Cedric Banks 3.5% 5,325
     Nonpartisan Jessica Rayford-Clark 3% 4,516
     Nonpartisan All other candidates 0% 67
Total Votes 151,931
Source: City of Detroit Elections Center

2009

The 2009 election was the last election in which all city council members were elected at large. The names of the 18 highest vote recipients from the August 2009 primary were listed on the November 2009 general election ballot, and voters were instructed to vote for no more than nine candidates. McCalister finished 19th, missing the cutoff for the general election ballot.

Detroit, Michigan City Council Primary, At-Large, 2009
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngCharles Pugh 8.7% 59,681
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngKen Cockrel Jr. 7.3% 49,743
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngGary Brown 6.1% 41,351
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngBrenda Jones 4.4% 30,041
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngSaunteel Jenkins 4.4% 29,879
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngKwame Kenyatta 4.2% 28,674
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngJo Ann Watson 3.7% 24,934
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngJai-Lee Dearing 3.4% 22,935
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngAlberta Tinsley Talabi 2.9% 20,124
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngAndre L. Spivey 2.9% 20,105
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngJames Tate 2.9% 19,513
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngLisa Howze 1.8% 12,511
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngShelly I. Foy 1.7% 11,736
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngFred Elliott Hall 1.6% 11,088
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngRaphael B. Johnson 1.6% 10,904
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngMohamed Okdie 1.4% 9,389
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngDavid J. Cross 1.3% 9,140
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngJohn K. Bennett 1.2% 8,177
     Nonpartisan Roy McCalister Jr. 1% 6,876
     Nonpartisan Delicia Taylor Coleman 1% 6,792
     Nonpartisan Clinton Griffin Jr. 0.9% 6,334
     Nonpartisan Sheila Jackson 0.9% 6,281
     Nonpartisan Dalton Roberson Jr. 0.9% 6,159
     Nonpartisan All other candidates 33.8% 230,751
Total Votes 683,118
Source: City of Detroit Elections Center

Campaign themes

2025

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2022

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2021

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2014

McCalister's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[11]

  • Excerpt: "Roy McCalister, Jr. has spent time learning about neighborhood issues. These include mass transportation, crime prevention and improvements in education."

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
-
Detroit City Council District 2
2018-2022
Succeeded by
Angela Calloway