Your guide to Election Day 2025 in Michigan

Election Day 2025 is developing on Tuesday, November 4.

Throughout the state, voters will head to the polls – in the event that they haven’t beforehand voted or voted absentee – to resolve vital races and points of their communities. A number of the notable races in metro Detroit embrace mayoral contests in Detroit, Dearborn, Hamtramck, Taylor, Southfield, Pontiac and New Baltimore; in addition to quite a lot of intently watched metropolis council races, municipal authorities proposals and bond points.

All of this won’t solely carry change this 12 months, however might additionally set the stage for subsequent 12 months’s midterm elections for governors and Congress in Michigan.

Listed here are the important thing races to observe this week.

Mayoral race in Detroit

Triumph Church pastor Rev. Solomon Kinloch needs to upset the present frontrunner — in polls and marketing campaign cash — Detroit Metropolis Council President Mary Sheffield. Each are searching for to interchange outgoing Mayor Mike Duggan, who’s opting to run for governor in 2026. Sheffield has pledged to take care of town’s momentum, whereas Kinloch has centered totally on guaranteeing the success of town heart and surrounding areas.

Detroit Metropolis Council Races

Along with a heated mayoral race, there are two open district seats and two at-large seats up for grabs on the Detroit Metropolis Council. In District 5, Indian Village resident Renata Miller faces Willie Burton, a commissioner on town’s police oversight board. And in District 7, Denzel Anton Hines-McCampbell and state Rep. Karen Whitsett are vying to interchange present Councilman Fred Durhal III, who opted to make a bid for mayor as an alternative of a second time period on the council however misplaced within the August major. Citywide, Detroit’s two at-large council members, incumbents Coleman Younger II and Mary Waters, are operating for re-election in a subject that additionally contains former Metropolis Councilwoman Janee’ Ayers and James Harris, director of neighborhood relations for the Detroit Hearth Division.

Hamtramck mayoral race

The two-square-mile Detroit enclave, with a excessive nationwide profile due to President Donald Trump nominating its present mayor, Amer Ghalib, as ambassador to Kuwait — his nomination stalled within the U.S. Senate on account of questionable feedback and social media responses — has three candidates searching for to turn out to be the subsequent mayor: Metropolis Councilman Muhith Mahmood, Adam Alharbi and write-in candidate Lynn Blasey.

Mayoral race in Dearborn

Dearborn Mayor Abdullah Hammoud is dealing with a problem from engineer Nagi Almudhegi in his quest for re-election to a second four-year time period. The extra progressive incumbent is making an attempt to fend off his extra conservative opponent, who has promised to carry “frequent sense” to metropolis corridor, whereas Hammoud touts his document on growth and combating crime.

Pontiac mayoral race

Pontiac’s mayoral race is a stacked slate, between Mike McGuinness and Kermit Williams, in addition to write-in candidates Jashon Gilmore, Sabrina Jernagin and Wendell Woods. McGuinness serves on town council, whereas Williams is co-executive director of Oakland Ahead.

Mayor’s race in Southfield

Southfield’s mayoral race will characteristic a matchup between incumbent Kenson Siver and former council member Sylvia Jordan.

Sterling Heights Metropolis Council race

In Macomb County’s second-largest neighborhood, six incumbent council members Deanna Koski, Michael Radtke, Maria Schmidt, Liz Sierawski, Henry Yanez and Barbara Ziarko are searching for re-election to their four-term seats. They’re being challenged by Daniel Acciacca, Teri Brinker, Rick McKiddy, Robert Mijac (a former county commissioner), Jackie Ryan (a former deputy county clerk who served below ousted county clerk Karen Spranger) and Moira Smith.

Roseville mayoral and metropolis council races

Roseville muralist Ed Stross mentioned on Fb that he’s operating a write-in marketing campaign for mayor of Roseville towards incumbent Robert Taylor, whose identify is the one one showing on the poll for mayor. Voters in Roseville will even see 5 names for 3 four-year Metropolis Council seats on the poll, however votes solid for the late Councilman Jan Haggerty, who just lately handed away, won’t depend.

Voter’s Information to Detroit

If you need to know extra concerning the candidates, view our 2025 voter information.

The place to search out Michigan election outcomes

When the outcomes begin rolling in on the night time of Tuesday, November 4, you will discover them on Freep.com.