“It’s going to take a lot of funding,” Detroit mayoral candidate Fred Durhal III says of upgrading the city’s infrastructure to combat flooding.
2025 Mayor Candidates
Posted inElection 2025
This election day, will Detroit merge church and state?
Kinloch’s candidacy comes at a time when people have been questioning the effectiveness and importance of the Black church.
Posted inEducation, Election 2025
‘Fight for the future’: Why education has become a key topic in Detroit’s mayoral race
While Detroit’s mayor doesn’t have control or oversight of schools, the person elected in November will need “political will” to create cohesion in the city’s schools.
Posted inElection 2025, Political and Public Policy Information
Could Detroit finally have its first female mayor?
Detroit is an outlier among major cities in never having had a female mayor. Three candidates in next week’s primary are vying to change that.
Posted inElection 2025
What Detroit mayoral candidates say on housing, safety, taxes and neighborhoods
Here’s an overview of what each candidate stands for and what they’ve said about three key issues identified by voters.
Posted inDetroit City Notebook, Election 2025
Who’s funding the mayoral race? Not Detroiters.
Detroit’s nine mayoral candidates have raised $3 million combined. The vast majority of that sum (72%) has come from people who don’t claim Detroit addresses.
Posted inElection 2025
See who’s funding Detroit’s top mayoral contenders
Sheffield collected the most in donations, spent the most and has the most cash left to spend as of July 20.
Posted inElection 2025, Housing
How Detroit mayoral candidates say they’d ramp up affordable housing, tackle homelessness
Six mayoral candidates spoke about how they’d ramp up housing that’s affordable for Detroiters and tackle homelessness at a July 16 forum organized by local social service agencies.
Posted inElection 2025
Detroit Next: Who is your choice for mayor? Hear the candidates in their own words
BridgeDetroit won’t tell you who to vote for, but we hope you listen to the candidates in their own words and feel more confident in your decisions.
Posted inElection 2025
MAC: Mayoral candidates emphasize a strong focus on workforce development
Detroit’s next mayor, like Mike Duggan and his predecessors, will have a seat on the MAC board along with the three county executives.