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Candidate for Mayor of Detroit - Andrae Townsel
Source: HuffingtonPost

Candidate Andrae Townsel is a native Detroiter who's been away.
He's been in Washington D.C., pursuing an education and working
as a school administrator, but he says Detroit hasn't been far from
his thoughts.
"Instead of running away from the city, I want to come back and
offer my talents and resources I've developed while away," he told
The Huffington Post in an interview last year. "I have the
perspective of being an insider from Detroit and the outsider of
being away while studying. I think I have the resources from the
people I met out here, I can bring those resources back to the city
as well as what the city already has to offer."
Like many of the other candidates Townsel's opposed to the
appointment of an emergency financial manager in Detroit. He cites
It as the reason he got into the race. He's also interested in improving city services.
Townsel is a graduate of Detroit's Cass Technical High School. He also has a bachelor's and a master's degree
from Howard University and is working on a doctorate in Educational Administration and Policy.
Although he doesn't have a long history of political experience, Townsel believes his background in education
would be helpful as mayor.
"As an educator you’re dealing with public and then managing large bodies of people within a district as well as
decision-making skills understanding the policy process, he said. "I have the ability to lead and the talent to lead."
In addition to everything else he's got going on Townsel has also been a Canadian pro football player and honed
his skills as a rapper. Check out this video for "City of Gold," an ode the his hometown.

Candidate For Mayor of Detroit - Mike Duggan
Source: HuffingtonPost

If elected, Mike Duggan, a former president and CEO of the
Detroit Medical Center, would be the first white mayor of Detroit
since Roman Gribbs was elected in 1969. Although the former
DMC head had been hinting at a mayoral run for some time, he
didn't formally announce his candidacy until late February of 2013.
He's running under the slogan, "Every neighborhood has a
future."
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