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Photo: Top row, left to right: Fred Durhal III, Todd Perkins, Mary Sheffield, Saunteel Jenkins. Bottom row: L-R: John Barlow, Rev. Solomon Kinloch Jr., James Craig.
A Detroit News-WDIV poll released Tuesday shows City Council President Mary Sheffield with a commanding lead in the race for Detroit mayor in the Aug. 5 primary, with the real battle being for second place. The top two candidates will face off in November in the nonpartisan race.
Undecided voters remained relatively high at 22 percent, the poll showed, according to the Detroit News, suggesting the potential for a candidate to move up in the race.
A poll of 500 likely voters found Sheffield leading the pack with 38 percent, followed by Rev. Solomon Kinloch Jr. with 14 percent, former Police Chief James Craig with 9 percent, and former City Council President Saunteel Jenkins with 8 percent, The Detroit News reports.
Attorney Todd Perkins was at 4 percent, followed by Councilman Fred Durhal III at a little less than 1 percent, the News reports.
The poll was conducted between May 27–29 by the Glengariff Group and has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.4 percentage points.
A different poll conducted in early May by Target Insyght of Lansing showed different percentages but reflected the same pecking order for the candidates, with Sheffield in first, Rev. Kinloch in second, and Craig in third.
That poll showed Sheffield with 32 percent support, followed by Rev. Kinloch at 25 percent and Craig at 19 percent.
Additionally, it showed Jenkins with 7 percent, Perkins with 5 percent, Durhal with 2 percent, and entrepreneur John Barlow with 1 percent.
