Detroit City Council District 2 Race: McCalister Jr. Back to Face Incumbent Whitfield Calloway

Detroit City Council District 2 Race: McCalister Jr. Back to Face Incumbent Whitfield Calloway

In Detroit’s wealthiest city council district, a former council member is self funding his campaign to defeat a popular incumbent. Former council member Roy McCalister Jr. (29%) defeated State Rep. Helena Scott, D-Detroit, (25%) but came up 15 percentage points behind council member Angela Whitfield Calloway (44%). In total, 16,723 people showed up to vote in the race.That’s the highest number of votes of any council district during the primary …

Complaint targets Detroit City Council member's mailer - BridgeDetroit

Welcome back. I’m still Malachi Barrett. Council Member Angela Whitfield-Calloway could face consequences for promoting a candidate for the Board of Police Commissioners on her taxpayer-funded newsletter.A June newsletter sent to District 2 residents included a campaign solicitation from Police Commissioner Linda Bernard, who is seeking re-election as a write-in candidate. Bernard encouraged residents to “write in my name” on the primary ballot …