
Solomon Kinloch and Mary Sheffield are running in the nonpartisan election for mayor of Detroit, Michigan, on November 4, 2025. Incumbent mayor Mike Duggan is not running for re-election and is running for governor as an independent in 2026. Though the position is nonpartisan, Duggan is an independent, formerly affiliated with the Democratic Party. Kinloch…

Nine candidates are running in the Aug. 5 nonpartisan primary election for mayor of Seattle. The two candidates who receive the most votes will advance to the November 4, 2025, general election. Incumbent Bruce Harrell was first elected in 2021, when he defeated M. Lorena González 58.6%-41.2%. The last incumbent Seattle mayor to win re-election…

Incumbent Larry Krasner (D) defeated Patrick F. Dugan (D) 64.4%-35.6% in the Democratic primary for district attorney of Philadelphia on May 20. Before the election, WHYY Radio's Carmen Russell-Sluchansky wrote, "The contest pits two competing philosophies against each other: Krasner’s commitment to continuing to overhaul a historically punitive system and Dugan’s pledge to restore a…

Corey O'Connor (D) defeated incumbent Edward Gainey (D) 54.5%-45.5% in the Democratic primary for mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on May 20. A Democrat has held the mayor's office since 1934. O'Connor and Tony Moreno (R) will now run in the general election on Nov. 4. Moreno defeated Thomas West (R) 70.6%-29.4%. Before the election, PennLive’s…