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Roy McCalister Jr.
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 | ||
 | Angela Calloway (Nonpartisan) | |
 | 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 | ||
| ✔ | | Angela Calloway (Nonpartisan) | 44.6 | 7,423 |
| ✔ | | Roy McCalister Jr. (Nonpartisan) | 29.9 | 4,983 |
 | Helena Scott (Nonpartisan) | 25.5 | 4,254 | |
| Total votes: 16,660 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Carnell Lockhart (Nonpartisan)
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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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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 | ||
| ✔ | | Angela Calloway (Nonpartisan) | 55.1 | 9,970 |
| 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
- Michael Evans (Nonpartisan)
- Jaylin Harris (Nonpartisan)
- Levan Adams (Nonpartisan)
- Andrew Tyus (Nonpartisan)
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 |
 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 |
| Roy McCalister Jr. |
24.85% | 3,162 |
| 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
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]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Leslie Love |
82.2% | 21,583 | |
| Republican | Matthew Hauser | 17.8% | 4,658 | |
| Total Votes | 26,241 | |||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
|
Leslie 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 | Saunteel Jenkins Incumbent |
34.4% | 76,948 | |
| Nonpartisan | Brenda 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 | Saunteel Jenkins |
34.2% | 51,971 | |
| Nonpartisan | Brenda Jones |
30% | 45,594 | |
| Nonpartisan | David Bullock |
10.4% | 15,746 | |
| Nonpartisan | Roy 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 | Charles Pugh |
8.7% | 59,681 | |
| Nonpartisan | Ken Cockrel Jr. |
7.3% | 49,743 | |
| Nonpartisan | Gary Brown |
6.1% | 41,351 | |
| Nonpartisan | Brenda Jones |
4.4% | 30,041 | |
| Nonpartisan | Saunteel Jenkins |
4.4% | 29,879 | |
| Nonpartisan | Kwame Kenyatta |
4.2% | 28,674 | |
| Nonpartisan | Jo Ann Watson |
3.7% | 24,934 | |
| Nonpartisan | Jai-Lee Dearing |
3.4% | 22,935 | |
| Nonpartisan | Alberta Tinsley Talabi |
2.9% | 20,124 | |
| Nonpartisan | Andre L. Spivey |
2.9% | 20,105 | |
| Nonpartisan | James Tate |
2.9% | 19,513 | |
| Nonpartisan | Lisa Howze |
1.8% | 12,511 | |
| Nonpartisan | Shelly I. Foy |
1.7% | 11,736 | |
| Nonpartisan | Fred Elliott Hall |
1.6% | 11,088 | |
| Nonpartisan | Raphael B. Johnson |
1.6% | 10,904 | |
| Nonpartisan | Mohamed Okdie |
1.4% | 9,389 | |
| Nonpartisan | David J. Cross |
1.3% | 9,140 | |
| Nonpartisan | John 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
- ↑ Roy McCalister for Detroit City Council, "About Roy," accessed October 21, 2013
- ↑ Detroit Free Press, "Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan announces re-election bid," February 4, 2017
- ↑ Detroit Free Press, "It's official: 8 Detroit mayoral candidates will be on primary ballot," May 11, 2017
- ↑ Michigan Secretary of State, "Representative in State Legislature," accessed August 6, 2014
- ↑ Michigan Secretary of State, "Representative in State Legislature," accessed December 5, 2014
- ↑ Michigan Secretary of State, "2014 Official Michigan Primary Candidate Listing," accessed May 27, 2014
- ↑ Michigan Secretary of State, "2014 Official Michigan General Candidate Listing," accessed September 8, 2014
- ↑ Detroit Free Press ,"" November 6, 2013
- ↑ Citizens Research Council of Michigan, "Detroit Ballot Issues - Proposal D: Election of Detroit City Council Members," accessed October 15, 2013
- ↑ City of Detroit Elections Center, "2009 November 3, General Election Results," accessed October 15, 2013
- ↑ roymccalister.wix.com, "Issues," accessed July 22, 2014
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Detroit City Council District 2 2018-2022 |
Succeeded by Angela Calloway |
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