LEFT: Michael Webb. RIGHT: Kristy Cales.
HAZEL PARK — The race for mayor of Hazel Park will be a contested one this fall.
Michael Webb, the mayor of Hazel Park, is seeking reelection Nov. 4, while Kristy Cales, a former member of the Hazel Park Public Schools Board of Education, is running as his opponent.
Council members Luke Londo and Alissa Sullivan are also running for reelection, but they are unopposed.
The role of mayor is a four-year term. Webb has held the position since 2017, but his time on the City Council dates back even further, to 2001.
As for Cales, she served on the school board from 2017 to 2022. She then resigned to accept a role as the district’s director of human resources, a position she still holds today.
Webb has been a resident of Hazel Park for around 40 year