Detroit elects Mary Sheffield as next mayor, making history as first woman to lead city

DETROIT - Mary Sheffield made history in Michigan on Tuesday night, Nov. 4, becoming the first woman ever elected mayor in Detroit and concluding a campaign cycle she led from start to finish.

The Associated Press and CNN called the race for Sheffield, the current city council president who defeated Triumph Church Pastor Solomon Kinloch, Jr. with 77% of the vote to Kinloch's 23% with 429 of 430 precincts reporting early Wednesday morning.

Sheffield, 38, celebrated Tuesday night with hundreds of friends, family and supporters at a glitzy event at MGM Grand Detroit. Kinloch's team watched the results from the Garden Theater.

"I am told it was the largest margin (of victory) in the history of the city of Detroit," Sheffield said to a group of reporters before taking the stage at her election party. "I feel like today was a mandate by our city," she said, going on to add, “Everyone is going to have a seat at the table with this administration”

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