DETROIT, Mich. — Detroit Mayor Mary Sheffield has put her support behind Democrat Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan’s U.S. Senate race, telling reporters Thursday that she backs the full Democratic ticket and wants every Detroiter to vote.
Sheffield spoke after touring construction of an equestrian center on the city’s northwest side. She said the future of city neighborhoods and of resources flowing back to Detroit depends on this election. Pressed directly on El-Sayed, she indicated that he is her pick.
The mayor had not held a formal endorsement event for El-Sayed, unlike the one she staged in June for Jocelyn Benson. Her father, the Rev. Horace Sheffield III, endorsed El-Sayed in November 2025. El-Sayed, a former director of the Detroit Health Department, faces Republican Mike Rogers.
Detroit was not El-Sayed’s strongest ground in August. In the Democratic primary, city voters gave him 33,825 votes, while U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens took 61,540. Rogers drew 2,537 Detroit votes.
Sheffield took office in January as the city’s first female mayor. The general election is Nov. 3, now less than two weeks away.
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