Election 2025: Dearborn Mayor Hammoud wins re-election

FOX 2 – Dearborn Mayor Abdullah Hammoud retained his seat Tuesday.

Hammoud, 35, appeared set to win a landslide re-election to his second time period with 73% of the vote, towards challenger Nagi Almudhegi’s 25 %, with 93% of precincts reporting. Early on Wednesday, when all districts had been counted, Hammoud had 71% of the votes, towards Almudhegi’s 28%.

A video clip of a Dearborn Metropolis Council assembly in early September unfold like wildfire, with Hammoud, a former Democratic state consultant and second-youngest mayor within the metropolis’s historical past, criticizing a resident.

However, one in all Hammoud’s efforts was to advertise unity, regardless of the music video drawing extra consideration from throughout the nation.

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Hammoud has tirelessly promoted the expansion of small companies within the metropolis and mentioned 100 new companies have been added prior to now yr. The west aspect alone is teeming with new cafes, eating places and diners.

Hammoud has led stormwater initiatives to alleviate and tackle flooding issues, particularly on the south and east sides, which have been hit exhausting earlier than his 2021 election.

Residents turned out en masse for Hammoud, who shrugged off the controversy after an incident on the council assembly. He referred to as a Christian preacher a fanatic who was not welcome within the metropolis.

Almudhegi, who ran for “all of Dearborn,” used a public security platform and promoted himself as a political outsider and personal sector drawback solver.

The IT engineer is a newcomer to politics and has promised to have a brand new eye for options – particularly the scourge of reckless driving via town that has grown below Hammoud, regardless of velocity bumps and flashing cease indicators.

Different mayoral races in Wayne County

Dearborn Heights

Metropolis Council President Mo Baydoun has an enormous lead with 83 % of the early votes towards Denise Malinowski Maxwell.

Flat rock

Counsel Steven Beller has a 67-32 % lead towards Jesse Cowell.

Metropolis of Grosse Pointe

Former Mayor Christopher Boettcher is difficult incumbent Mayor Sheila Tomkowiak – in a rematch from 2019 when she dethroned him.

Grosse Pointe Farms

The battle within the Farms is between fellow council members John J. Gillooly and Joe Ricci.

Hamtramck

Councilor Muhith Mahmood faces engineer Adam Alharbi, who’s operating for elected workplace for the primary time.

Taylor

Incumbent Tim Wooley is operating for his second time period towards challenger and former council member Herman “Butch” Ramik.

No opposition: Gibraltar, Grosse Pointe Park, Grosse Pointe Woods, Harper Woods, Metropolis of Northville, Rockwood, Romulus, Southgate and Westland are all unopposed.