2025 Detroit mayoral election
The 2025 Detroit mayoral election was held on November 4, 2025, to elect the next mayor of Detroit, Michigan. It was preceded by a primary election held on August 5, in which the two highest-placing candidates advanced to the general election. Municipal elections in Michigan are officially nonpartisan.
Incumbent mayor Mike Duggan was eligible to run for re-election to a fourth term but is instead running in the 2026 Michigan gubernatorial election. Mary Sheffield, the [US Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party|Democratic Party]-affiliated president of the Detroit City Council going into the mayoral election, defeated the Reverend Solomon Kinloch Jr., the senior pastor of a Southeast Michigan-based Charismatic Christian megachurch, in the November 4 general election.
Candidates
Filed
The deadline for candidates to file their paperwork to appear on the ballot was April 22, 2025. The following candidates filed by that deadline:- Jonathan Barlow, businessman
- James Craig, former chief of the Detroit Police Department and candidate for Governor of Michigan in 2022 and U.S. Senate in 2024
- Fred Durhal III, Detroit City Council member from the 7th district
- Joel Haashiim, businessman
- Saunteel Jenkins, former president of the Detroit City Council from the at-large district
- Solomon Kinloch Jr., senior pastor of Triumph Church
- Todd Perkins, attorney
- Mary Sheffield, president of the Detroit City Council from the 5th district
- DaNetta Simpson, retired cosmetologist, niece of Nation of Islam founder Elijah Muhammad, and perennial candidate
Write-in candidates
- Arnold Boyd, businessman
- Rogelio Landin, Michigan state director for the League of United Latin American Citizens
Declined
- Mike Duggan, incumbent mayor : running for governor as an independent candidate
- Garlin Gilchrist, Democratic incumbent Lieutenant Governor of Michigan : running for governor
- Portia Robertson, CEO of Focus: HOPE, member of the Michigan Civil Rights Commission, and candidate for in 2022
- Joe Tate, Democratic state representative from the 10th district and former Speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives: running for U.S. Senate
- Mary D. Waters, at-large Detroit City Council member and candidate for in 2024 : successfully ran for reelection the Detroit City Council
General election
Candidates
- Mary Sheffield, president of the Detroit City Council from the 5th district
- Solomon Kinloch Jr., senior pastor of Triumph Church