Detroit voters will face historic choice in November general election for mayor
Detroiters will make a historic choice when they vote for mayor in the November general election, choosing between electing the city's first female leader and an active minister, which a city historian said hasn't happened for at least 125 years.
Detroit City Council President Mary Sheffield, 38, and the Rev. Solomon Kinloch Jr., 52, will go head-to-head in the Nov. 4 general election after Sheffield crushed her eight competitors in Tuesday's primary. She garnered 50.7% of the vote. Her 43,572 votes were higher than the combined total of her rivals. Kinloch received 17.3% of the total vote, or 14,893 votes.
The primary sets the stage for a showdown between Sheffield, a Detroit political veteran of 12 years, having been on the Detroit City Council since she was elected in 2013, and Kinloch, who has never held elected office before and is the senior pastor of Detroit-based megachurch Triumph Church.
Many Detroit voters said they want to see the last decade of progress under Mayor Mike Duggan spread deeper and wider under the city's next mayor, both geographically and demographically. Both Sheffield and Kinloch have pledged to do more to support the city's neighborhoods.
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