Deadline Detroit | In 11th Hour of Mayoral Race, Kinloch Goes on the Attack Against Sheffield, Accusing Her of Major Conflict of Interest

The Detroit mayoral race has been relatively low-key.

But on Sunday, less than 48 hours before Tuesday’s election, Rev. Solomon Kinloch Jr. turned up the heat, accusing his opponent, Council President Mary Sheffield, of a conflict of interest for voting in favor of city contracts benefiting a man she had a romantic relationship with, the Detroit Free Press reports.

"You’ve got somebody sitting at the table for the last 12 years who knows it’s part of the charter that you cannot give out city contracts to somebody you know, so that the money turns around and benefits yourself," Kinloch said Sunday during a sermon that started the day at the east campus of Triumph Church on East Grand Blvd. in Detroit.

"Let me tell you what’ll happen: after what we just came from—that dark cloud and hist