Election Day 2025 saw some historic wins in favor of Democrats and if you open your window and stick your head out, you can ...

Detroit City Council President Mary Sheffield made history, becoming the city's first woman mayor in an election she led from start to finish.

New York will have its first Muslim mayor. Virginia will have its first female governor, and, for the first time in U.S.

Mary Sheffield will be the first Black woman to serve as mayor of Detroit. Here's what Black women in Detroit have to say.

Detroit City Council President Mary Sheffield defeated Rev. Solomon Kinloch and has made history as the first woman elected ...

More Detroiters turned out on Nov. 4 than in any municipal election since 2013. Some 115,518 voters cast ballots in this year ...

Sheffield, 38, is part of a rising number of Black female mayors elected to lead large U.S. cities in recent years, a ...

After more than 200 years and 75 mayors, Detroit finally has its first woman — and first Black woman — at the helm.

Mayor-elect Mary Sheffield's historic win marked a strong night for the Democratic Party in the first real response to Trump's political will.

Democratic voters braced themselves for disappointment as a defense mechanism against soul-crushing elections of the past ...

Detroit City Council President Mary Sheffield, the first woman elected mayor for the city, has called for direct payments.

As mayor-elect, she inherits a city whose recovery, while still uneven, no longer feels so tenuous. That's both opportunity ...