1-on-one with Detroit Mayor-elect Mary Sheffield
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(WXYZ) — One day after the election, Detroit Mayor-elect Mary Sheffield spoke one-on-one with our Carolyn Clifford. Sheffield made history on Tuesday night with her win, and when she's sworn in on Jan. 1 as the city's new mayor, she'll be the first female mayor in the city's history.
Melvin "Butch" Hollowell said Mayor-elect Mary Sheffield's transition team would be the "most community-driven" in Detroit's history.
Solomon Kinloch Jr., trailing in polls and fundraising, started the day at the east campus of Triumph Church with a sermon that started slowly and built to a crescendo of accusations that opponent Mary Sheffield violated city rules by voting to approve contracts worth millions of dollars for a demolition contractor while she was in a relationship with its chief executive.
Detroit voters will decide between City Council President Mary Sheffield and Pastor Solomon Kinloch in Tuesday's mayoral election, marking a pivotal moment as Mayor Mike Duggan exits office.
More Detroiters turned out on Nov. 4 than in any municipal election since 2013. Some 115,518 voters cast ballots in this year's general election, sweeping Detroit City Council Mary Sheffield into the mayor's office,