Meet Your Mayor 2025
Updated: June 20, 2025
This year, Detroit voters will pick the city’s next mayor, the first new person to hold the office in more than a decade. Need help deciding who to vote for? Take our quiz to find your match.
The Meet Your Mayor Quiz
Take this 21-question quiz to see how Detroit’s 11 mayoral candidates would tackle urgent issues facing Detroiters. You’ll be matched with ones who share your views about housing, safety and more. Two candidates — Rogelio Landin and Arnold Boyd — are write-ins, so their names won’t be printed on the ballot.
Ready to take the quiz?
About the candidates
Detroit voter info
The primary election is Aug. 5. Polls will be open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Early in-person voting begins July 26.
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