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DETROIT, Dec. 11, 2024 ~ Detroit City Council President Mary Sheffield announced her bid for Detroit‘s highest office Tuesday evening.
She announced her bid for mayor weeks after Mayor Mike Duggan announced he would not seek reelection to run for governor. Sheffield, who has been on the city council since 2013, seeks to be elected in the mayoral election on Nov. 4, 2025.
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Dec. 11, 2024 ~ Detroit City Council President Mary Sheffield became the first formal candidate to replace Mike Duggan as mayor of Detroit. Guy Gordon, Lloyd Jackson, and Jamie Edmonds talk with her about her experience running city council, her relationship with the late Benny Napoleon, and more.
(CONTINUED) “I’ve been able to see the strength of public-private partnerships, of community, and business working together, of us coming together with a united vision and a shared purpose,” Sheffield told WJR. “I believe that there’s absolutely nothing that we cannot achieve in Detroit when we are working together as one.
“This next phase of Detroit is really about building on the growth and the progress that we’ve all worked so hard for, (and) making sure that the prosperity reaches more neighborhoods, businesses, and residents.“
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