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Michael Edward Duggan (born July 15, 1958) [1] is an American lawyer, businessman, and politician serving as the 75th mayor of Detroit, Michigan since 2014. An Independent , Duggan previously served as the Wayne County Prosecutor from 2001 to 2004, and as the deputy county executive of Wayne County from 1987 to 2001.
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan’s decision to run as an independent candidate in the Michigan gubernatorial race may throw a wrench in Democrats’ plans to hold on to the office in 2026. Duggan, who ...
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan kicked off a run for governor of Michigan as an independent on Wednesday, despite having long been a Democrat, an unexpected development in what will be a hotly contested ...
Duggan must collect between 12,000 and 60,000 signatures from registered Michigan voters, ensuring at least 100 signatures from registered voters in at least seven of the state’s 13 congressional districts. “If you think the two-party system is serving you well, you can vote for your Republican or Democratic candidate,” Duggan said.
Several states have elected independent governors since 1990, Duggan noted, including Angus King in Maine, now a U.S. senator. “The pattern you’ve seen over and over is when the Democratic Party moved too far left or the Republican Party moved too far right you had a candidate step in and say I want to represent the whole state," Duggan said.
In addition to being mayor, he served two years as head of the Democratic State Committee, and was a delegate to the 1876 Democratic National Convention. [13] 35 William W. Wheaton: 1868–1871 Democratic [13] Wheaton was born in New Haven, Connecticut in 1833. [13] He came to Detroit in 1853 and built a successful wholesale grocery business. [13]
Duggan, who has been a Democrat, will run for governor as an independent. He cited public dissatisfaction with the two-party system for his decision. "I'm not running to be the Democrats' governor ...
A non-partisan primary election was held on August 3, 2021. The top two finishers (incumbent mayor Mike Duggan and former deputy mayor Anthony Adams) advanced to the general election on November 2, 2021. Duggan won re-election with a decisive 75.6% of the vote. [1]