DETROIT — The race for Detroit's next mayor is set to pit a longtime City Council member against a popular pastor, after council President Mary Sheffield and megachurch leader Solomon Kinloch were the top two vote-getters in Tuesday's nonpartisan primary.

Voters will decide in November which of the two will succeed popular three-term Mayor Mike Duggan, who is running as an independent for Michigan's open governor's seat in 2026.

Sheffield and Kinloch bested a field of seven others, including former police Chief James Craig, former City Council member Saunteel Jenkins and current member Fred Durhal III.

If elected, Sheffield would be the first woman and the first Black woman to hold the role of Detroit mayor. She first was elected to the City Council in 2013 at age 26 and has been counci

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