by Allan Lengel
(Photo: Facebook) Former state Sen. Coleman A. Young II, who ran for mayor in 2017, has pulled petitions to run for a Detroit City Council at-large seat. Young told Deadline Detroit Tuesday that he picked up the qualifying petitions Detroit Department of Elections last week and has begun collecting voter signatures to qualify for an Aug. 3 primary ballot line. He said he s definitely looking into formally announcing that he s a candidate soon. I m not quite ready to do that, he said. Young can t wait too long signatures from at least 500 registrered voters must be filed by April 20, and candidates typically submit many more to ensure enough are valid.
by Allan Lengel
Coleman A. Young II Coleman A. Young II, who ran for mayor in 2017, leads in a poll of six potential candidates for Detroit City Council s two at-large seats. The poll, released Monday to Deadline Detroit, was conducted by Target-Insyght and comissioned by the Black Caucus of the Michigan Democratic Party. It shows 25 percent of voters favor Young, followed by Councilman André Spivey with 18 percent and Councilwoman Janeé Ayers with 13 percent. The poll assumes Council President Brenda Jones, who currently holds one of the at-large seats, will not run this year as she has indicated. Ayers holds the other at-large seat.