Local 4 hosted four of the candidates for Detroit mayor for a debate on Monday night at Wayne State University.
You can watch the debate in full in the video player above.
Local 4’s morning co-anchor and Flashpoint host Jason Colthorp served as moderator of the debate, which was co-sponsored by AARP and presented in partnership with the Michigan Chronicle at Wayne State University.
The candidates were chosen by the recent polling done in partnership with the Detroit News.
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The poll was done by Glengariff Group, and we asked Detroiters who plan to vote in the primary who they would choose right now.
Any candidate would quality that got at least 10% — including the 4% margin of error. So anyone who got 6% of the vote and above.
Four candidates met that threshold:
- Mary Sheffield - 38%
- Solomon Kinloch - 14%
- James Craig - 9%
- Saunteel Jenkins - 8%
That same poll, along with another survey by our debate sponsor, the AARP of Michigan, showed several issues Detroiters care about and a clear pecking order of them. That—along with our partner, The Michigan Chronicle—helped map out what was asked on Monday.