Top LR Young, Waters. Bottom L-R: Harris, Ayers
Incumbents Coleman A. Young II and Mary Waters glided to easy victories Tuesday night in the at-large Detroit City Council races.
The top four vote-getters in Tuesday's primary advance to the general election in November, where the top two candidates will win the at-large council seats.
As of Wednesday morning with all 430 precincts reporting, former Council member Janee' Ayers came solidly in third, followed by James Harris, community relations chief of the Detroit Fire Department, in fourth.
With 145,724 votes counted, the results are:
Mary Waters: 47,815
Coleman A. Young II: 46,714
Janee' Ayers: 20,038
James Harris: 10,647
Shakira Lynn Hawkins: 8,691
Valerie Parker: 4,298
Gary Hunter: 3,469
Levan Adams: 3,386
The results show