2017 Detroit mayoral election

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2017 Detroit mayoral election
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Candidate Mike Duggan Coleman Young II
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Popular vote 72,450 28,164
Percentage 72.0% 28.0%

Mayor before election

Mike Duggan
Nonpartisan

Elected Mayor

Mike Duggan
Nonpartisan

The 2017 Detroit mayoral election was held on November 7, 2017, to elect the Mayor of Detroit, Michigan. It was the first mayoral election for the city since it emerged from state control under Michigan's emergency manager law. Incumbent Mike Duggan won re-election to a second term.[1]

The Mayor of Detroit is elected on a non-partisan basis, where the candidates are not listed by political party. A non-partisan primary election was held on August 8, 2017. The top two finishers advanced to the general election on November 7, 2017.[2] As of August 2017, half of the remaining eight candidates are ex-felons.[3]

Candidates

Declared

Withdrawn

  • Anita Belle, President of the Reparations Labor Union, substitute teacher, and political activist[7]
  • Angelo S. Brown (did not file enough valid petition signatures)[7]
  • Jeffrey Robinson, principal and pastor[7]
  • Brenda K. Sanders, former judge and candidate for mayor in 2009[7]
  • Eric Williams, lawyer[7]

Declined

Results

Mayoral primary election, August 8

Detroit Mayoral Primary election 2017 result[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Mike Duggan (incumbent) 43,535 67.69
Nonpartisan Coleman A. Young II 17,180 26.71
Nonpartisan All write-ins 1,476 2.30
Nonpartisan Donna Marie Pitts 528 0.82
Nonpartisan Edward D. Dean 433 0.67
Nonpartisan Danetta L. Simpson 424 0.66
Nonpartisan Curtis Christopher Greene 307 0.48
Nonpartisan Angelo Brown 228 0.35
Nonpartisan Articia Bomer 201 0.31

Mayoral general election, November 7

Detroit Mayoral election 2017 result[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Mike Duggan (incumbent) 72,450 72.0
Nonpartisan Coleman A. Young II 28,164 28.0

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