Detroit City Council Mary Sheffield will be the next mayor of Detroit, beating Triumph Church Pastor Solomon Kinloch Jr., according to a projection by the Associated Press.

Sheffield, 37, will be the first female mayor in the City of Detroit. As of 9:08 p.m., with 9% of precincts reporting, Sheffield has more than 77% of the vote compared to Kinloch's 21.7%.

Watch live here at 10 p.m. as Sheffield is set to speak after the win

The 2025 Detroit mayoral election originally had nine candidates before Sheffield and Kinloch won the August primary. Shell take over for current Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, who has served as mayor since 2014. He decided not to run for reelection and instead run as an independent for Michigan governor.

Sheffield has been the frontrunner in the race since it began.

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