MichMash: Detroit mayoral primary results; Michigan Public Service Commission shake-up
In this episode, we break down Detroit’s primary election results with WDET’s Russ McNamara.
Russ McNamara joins Zach Gorchow on MichMash, August 2025.
The 2025 Detroit primary election has concluded, and now we have a two-person sprint to November’s general election to determine who will be the city’s next mayor. In this episode of MichMash, Gongwer News Service’s Zach Gorchow breaks down the results with WDET’s Russ McNamara (host of All Things Considered Detroit weekdays at 4 p.m.).
Plus, Gorchow and host Cheyna Roth discuss a shake-up in the Michigan Public Service Commision.
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In this episode:
- Why was there a personnel change in the Michigan Public Service Commission?
- What does the Detroit mayoral race look like now that the primary is over?
Highlights
On Mary Sheffield’s majority
McNamara said Mary Sheffield’s clear lead in the mayoral primary results didn’t surprise him too much.
“It always seemed like Mary Sheffield, especially over the past couple of years, was being groomed as the heir apparent to Mike Duggan,” he said. “And nothing in the run-up to this election swayed my opinion on that. And then nothing in the results would shake that either.”
Sheffield and Solomon Kinloch now advance to November’s general election.
On Alessandra Carreon’s replacement
Governor Gretchen Whitmer recently removed Alessandra Carreon, a clean energy advocate, from serving on the Michigan Public Service Commision, which regulates the state’s energy utilities monopoly. Whitmer replaced Carreon with Shaquila Myers, who critics call an industry ally.
Gorchow said the motive to remove Carreon is still unknown.
“The Governor’s press office has refused to answer questions about why Whitmer didn’t reappoint Carreon, saying only that she takes the appointments process seriously and there’s nothing that’s come out of these PSC meetings,” he said.
Besides Myers, the other two members of the PSC are Katherine L. Peretick and Chairman Daniel C. Scripps.
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