Mike Duggan

For the American television show producer, see Michael Duggan.
Mike Duggan
75th Mayor of Detroit
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 1, 2014
Preceded by Dave Bing
Detroit Medical Center CEO
In office
January 2004 – December 2012
Wayne County, Michigan Prosecutor
In office
2001–2003
Preceded by John O'Hair
Succeeded by Kym Worthy
Deputy County Executive of Wayne County, Michigan
In office
1987–2001
Personal details
Born Michael Edward Duggan
July 15, 1958
Detroit, Michigan[1]
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s) (Mary) Lori Maher
Children Mary
(Michael) Eddie
Carolyn
Patrick
Parents Patrick Duggan
Education University of Michigan
University of Michigan Law School
Occupation politician
Religion Roman Catholic
Website http://www.dugganfordetroit.com

Michael Edward "Mike" Duggan (born July 15, 1958) is an American attorney, prosecutor, and businessman, currently serving as mayor of Detroit, Michigan. He was elected mayor in 2013,[2] receiving national attention in part because he is the first white mayor of the majority-black city since Roman Gribbs' tenure in the early 1970s.[3] He received 52% of the primary vote as a write-in candidate,[4] then 55% of the vote in the mayoral run-off in November 2013.

Duggan graduated from Detroit Catholic Central High School. He received a Bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan in 1980, and a J.D. degree from its law school in 1983. A Democrat, Duggan was an appointed and elected official in Wayne County, Michigan beginning in 1986 as Wayne County's assistant corporation counsel. He was deputy County Executive from 1987 to 2001 under Edward H. McNamara and was elected prosecutor in 2000.[5]

Beginning in 2004, Duggan was president and CEO of the Detroit Medical Center (DMC). He was in this position when the formerly nonprofit DMC was sold to publicly traded Vanguard Health Systems in 2010.[6]

He resigned his position at the DMC in 2012 and moved from the suburb of Livonia to the city of Detroit, to run for the office of mayor.[7] However, he failed to qualify for the ballot because in turning in his petition ahead of the filing deadline, it became a filing less than a year after establishing residency in the city; if he had waited two more weeks to file, which was still in time for the filing deadline, he would have qualified.[8] He mounted a write-in campaign, receiving enough votes in the August primary election for his name to be placed on the ballot for the general election in November, along with second-place finisher Benny Napoleon.[9]

Detroit mayoral victory

Duggan is the first white mayor of the majority-black city of Detroit since Roman Gribbs, who served from 1970 to 1974.[3] Duggan received 52% of the primary vote as a write-in candidate,[4] then 55% of the vote in the mayoral run-off in November 2013. He ran with the campaign slogan, "Every neighborhood has a future," and on a platform of financial turnaround, crime reduction and economic development.[10]

Personal life

Duggan is married to Lori Maher, and they have four adult children.

Controversy

In June 2014, Duggan offended Detroit's fledgling urban farming community by sending Detroit animal control officers to seize goats on a new farm, Idyll Farms Detroit, started by hedge fund manager Mark Spitznagel.[11] Spitznagel's goal was to provide employment to area residents, as well as to clear overgrown city lots. The animals were sent to slaughter and the short-lived goat project ended.

In the fall of 2014, again Duggan enraged urban farming supporters by sending armed police officers and animal control agents to seize goats and chickens from two urban farmers in West Detroit.[12]

References

  1. ↑ Fletcher, Michael A. (4 November 2013). "Mike Duggan: The new face of Detroit's City Hall?". The Washington Post. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
  2. ↑ "Poll: Mike Duggan Leads Race For Detroit Mayor". Huffington Post. 5 March 2013. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Smith, Jay Scott (5 March 2013). "Mike Duggan: A White Candidate For (Gasp!) Detroit". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 ASSOCIATED PRESS (7 August 2013). "Write-ins dominate Detroit voting". Politico. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  5. ↑ Kosmetatos, Sofia (27 July 2007). "Tough medicine: DMC's comeback is latest success for Duggan". The Detroit News.
  6. ↑ "Vanguard Set to Acquire Detroit Hospitals". The Wall Street Journal. 31 December 2010.
  7. ↑ Helms, Matt (8 November 2012). "Mike Duggan to step down as DMC chief in pursuit of Detroit mayoral bid". Detroit Free Press.
  8. ↑ Staff (28 June 2013). "Mike Duggan will run for Detroit mayor as write-in candidate". WJBK-TV Fox 2. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
  9. ↑ "How underdog story propelled Mike Duggan to top vote-getter in Detroit primary". Detroit Free Press. 7 August 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
  10. ↑ "Detroit elects first white mayor in more than 4 decades". CNN. 7 November 2013.
  11. ↑ Stevenson, Alexandra (June 10, 2014). "Detroit Denies Last-Minute Reprieve for Goats". The New York Times. Retrieved January 30, 2015.
  12. ↑ Neavling, Steve (October 23, 2014). "Detroit officers seize goats, chickens from sobbing homeowner over 'farm' ordinance". Motor City Muckraker. Retrieved January 30, 2015.

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Preceded by
Dave Bing		 Mayor of Detroit
2014-present 		Succeeded by
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