Three Takeaways From Detroit's Primary Election: Sheffield's dominance, Kinloch's chances

The dust has settled for candidates and campaigns who stayed up late to watch results come in for Detroit’s primary election Tuesday.

Elections officials hailed Tuesday as a smooth election. Aside from a polling place moving over plumbing issues, there were no major issues reported as voters hit polling places across the city.

Turnout remained low at 16.9%, which totals 85,971 voters. Last week, Detroit Election Department officials estimated turnout would be around 13-18%. It’s an improvement from four years ago when turnout was even lower, at 14%.

Here’s what else was you should know about from the city’s primary election:

New city council candidates emerge

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