2017 Detroit mayoral election

The 2017 Detroit mayoral election was held on November 7, 2017, to elect the Mayor of Detroit, Michigan. It was the first mayoral election for the city since it emerged from state control under Michigan's emergency manager law. Incumbent Mike Duggan won re-election to a second term.

The Mayor of Detroit is elected on a non-partisan basis, where the candidates are not listed by political party. A non-partisan primary election was held on August 8, 2017. The top two finishers advanced to the general election on November 7, 2017.

Candidates
Half of the eight candidates that were in the race as of August 2017 are ex-felons.

Declared

 * Articia M. Bomer, document specialist
 * Edward Dean, youth mentor
 * Mike Duggan, incumbent Mayor
 * Curtis Christopher Greene, author, activist, and minister
 * Donna Marie Pitts
 * Danetta L. Simpson
 * Coleman Young II, State Senator and son of former Detroit Mayor Coleman Young
 * Ken Snapp, student, mentor and activist (youngest candidate)
 * Ingrid LaFleur, write-in candidate, Afrofuturist
 * William Noakes, write-in candidate, attorney, preacher, business executive, professor
 * Myya Jones, write-in candidate; 22 year old Michigan State University graduate

Withdrawn

 * Anita Belle, President of the Reparations Labor Union, substitute teacher, and political activist
 * Angelo S. Brown (did not file enough valid petition signatures)
 * Jeffrey Robinson, principal and pastor
 * Brenda K. Sanders, former judge and candidate for mayor in 2009
 * Eric Williams, lawyer

Declined

 * Benny N. Napoleon, Wayne County Sheriff and candidate for mayor of Detroit in 2013