Baydoun wins mayor's race in Dearborn Heights. Hammoud reelected in Dearborn
Dearborn Heights — Acting Mayor Mo Baydoun was elected to become Dearborn Heights' next mayor over City Council member Denise Malinowski Maxwell in a Wayne County community where the former mayor and City Council have feuded for years.
Baydoun, the former City Council chairman, prevailed with 68% of the vote to Maxwell's 32% and replaces former Mayor Bill Bazzi, the city's first Muslim mayor, who is now the U.S. ambassador to Tunisia. Bazzi defeated Maxwell for mayor in 2021.
The victory came on a night when Dearborn Mayor Abdullah Hammoud was reelected, but voters soundly rejected a proposal to change to a ward- or district-based City Council system much like Detroit's.
Dearborn Heights resident Jacob Moore, 28, said he voted for Baydoun "because he supports the police."
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