COVID-19 and deaths continued to besiege local communities in addition to the floods that devastated many residents in Southeast Michigan and in particular
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The race for Dearborn mayor this fall will probably be between a 31-year-old state representative and a 66-year-old veteran politician.
In a stunning win, State Rep. Abdullah Hammoud, D-Dearborn, got 8,774 votes, 42.36% of the vote among seven candidates running for mayor in Dearborn, according to Dearborn City Clerk George Darany.
Former State Representative and former Wayne County Commissioner Gary Woronchak came in second with 3,764 votes, 18.17% of the vote.
The top two candidates of the primary advance to the November election. The primary and general election are non-partisan contests.
Darany provided the Free Press with the results at about 1 a.m. Wednesday.
Incumbent
Mike Duggan was first elected mayor in 2013. In 2017, he was re-elected by a margin of nearly 44 points, defeating Coleman Young II (D) with 71.6% of the vote to Young’s 27.8%. Duggan said that, if re-elected in 2021, he would work every day to continue to make sure every neighborhood has a future and every Detroiter has a true opportunity to achieve your dreams.
Anthony Adams is an attorney and served as deputy mayor of Detroit under former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick (D). He was also an executive assistant to Mayor Coleman Young, was a board member and general counsel for Detroit Public Schools, and was interim director of the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department.