Mary Sheffield

Mary Sheffield (born June 9, 1987) is an American politician who has served as a member of the Detroit City Council since 2014. A member of the Democratic Party, she was elected president of the city council in 2022 and is the youngest person ever to hold that office. She is currently the mayor-elect of Detroit, having defeated Solomon Kinloch in the 2025 election, and upon inauguration will be Detroit's first female mayor.

Infobox

Succeeding

Mike Duggan

Preceded by

Constituency established

Succeeded by

Renata Miller (elect)

Born

1987 or 1988 (age 37–38)Detroit, Michigan, U.S.

Political party

Democratic

Relatives

Horace Sheffield III (father)

Education

mw- Wayne State University (BA)Central Michigan University (MPA)

Party

Democratic

Tables

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Preceded byMike Duggan

Political offices

Preceded byMike Duggan

Political offices

Mayor of Detroit Taking office 2026

Political offices

Elect

Political offices
Preceded byMike Duggan	Mayor of Detroit Taking office 2026	Elect

References

Detroit Metro Times
https://www.metrotimes.com/news/mary-sheffield-district-no-5-2145715
Detroit Free Press
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/03/30/detroit-church-fights-keep-faith-coronavirus-strikes/2924995001/
Today@Wayne
https://today.wayne.edu/news/2022/03/17/wayne-state-alumna-mary-sheffield-discusses-new-role-leading-detroit-city-council-47577
Detroit Metro Times
https://www.metrotimes.com/news/mary-sheffield-lays-out-vision-for-a-more-equitable-detroit-if-she-runs-for-mayor-34017146
Detroit Free Press
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2024/12/10/detroit-council-president-mary-sheffield-run-for-mayor-2025/76867416007/
BridgeDetroit
https://www.bridgedetroit.com/sheffield-lays-out-vision-for-detroits-next-chapter/
mlive
https://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/2010/08/mary_sheffield_stacy_pugh_requ.html
mlive
https://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/2013/11/five_new_faces_will_join_four.html
Crain's Detroit Business
https://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20131105/NEWS/131109906/4-incumbents-5-newcomers-elected-to-detroit-city-council
Ebony
https://www.ebony.com/standing-on-business-mary-sheffield-bid-detroit-first-woman-mayor/
The Detroit News
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2017/10/24/detroit-council-district-ware-sheffield/106975982/
"Detroit City Council members Tate, Sheffield, Castaneda-Lopez, Jones keep their seats"
https://www.freep.com/story/news/2017/11/07/detroit-city-council-members-james-tate-mary-sheffield-brenda-jones-track-win/838394001/
The Detroit News
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2021/11/03/detroit-city-council-six-new-members-corruption-probe/6266940001/
FOX 2 Detroit
https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/mary-sheffield-selected-as-detroits-next-city-council-president
Essence
https://www.essence.com/news/detroits-youngest-city-council-president/
Detroit Free Press
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2023/08/28/detroit-council-president-mary-sheffield-launches-mayoral-bid/70703092007/
The Detroit News
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2024/12/10/mary-sheffield-detroit-mayoral-campaign-city-council-president-saunteel-jenkins-joe-tate-fred-durhal/76866466007/
The Detroit News
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/elections/2025/08/05/detroit-mayor-primary-election-results/85510872007/
Detroit Free Press
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2025/08/05/detroit-mayoral-primary-election-results-2025/85509702007/
The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/08/05/us/elections/results-michigan-mayor-detroit-primary.html
https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/elections/2025/11/04/detroit-mayor-election-2025-results-winner-mary-sheffield
https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/elections/2025/11/04/detroit-mayor-election-2025-results-winner-mary-sheffield/86984513007/
Detroit Free Press
https://archive.is/YIC2u