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Ballotpedia provides comprehensive coverage of elections in the 100 largest cities in America by population and the largest counties that overlap those cities. This encompasses all city, county, judicial, school district, and special district offices appearing on the ballot within those cities. Ballotpedia also covers mayors, city councils, and district attorneys in all state capitals.

This page includes the following resources:

* The city governments covered by Ballotpedia in Michigan
* An overview of local elections in Michigan
* An overview of the initiative process in Michigan

## Contents

* 1 Cities
* 1.1 City government
* 2 Elections
* 2.1 2026
* 2.2 2025
* 2.3 2024
* 2.4 2023
* 2.5 2022
* 2.6 2021
* 2.7 2020
* 2.8 2019
* 2.9 2018
* 2.10 2017
* 2.11 2016
* 2.12 2015
* 3 Initiative process availability
* 4 See also
* 5 External links
* 6 Footnotes

## Cities[edit]

### City government[edit]

Click the links in the table below for information about the cities in Ballotpedia's coverage scope and the county governments that overlap those cities:

City | County

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Detroit | Wayne County
Lansing | Clinton County, Eaton County, Ingham County

According to a 2022 study from the U.S. Census Bureau, this state's local governments consist of 83 counties, 1,773 cities, towns, and villages, and 437 special districts.[1]

## Elections[edit]

Click the links below for information about the elections held in each municipality. Please note that this is not a comprehensive list of municipalities that held elections each year in this state; click here to learn more about Ballotpedia's local government coverage scope.

### 2026[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2026 and School board elections, 2026

* Wayne County, Michigan \- County executive, county commission, community college board, circuit court judges, district court judges, and probate court judges
* All local elections by county

* Michigan school board elections

### 2025[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2025 and School board elections, 2025

* Detroit, Michigan \- Mayor, city clerk, city council, board of police commissioners, and community advisory council
* Lansing, Michigan \- Mayor and city council
* All local elections by county

### 2024[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2024 and School board elections, 2024

* Lansing, Michigan \- Prosecuting attorney
* Wayne County, Michigan \- County clerk, prosecutor, register of deeds, sheriff, treasurer, county commission, community college board, probate court judges, district court judges, and circuit court judges
* All other local elections by county
* Michigan school board elections

### 2023[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2023 and School board elections, 2023

* Lansing, Michigan \- City council

### 2022[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2022 and School board elections, 2022

* Detroit, Michigan \- Community advisory council (special) and regular
* Lansing, Michigan \- City council
* Wayne County, Michigan \- County executive, sheriff, county commissioners, community college board, circuit court judges, district court judges, and probate court judges
* Michigan school board elections

### 2021[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2021 and School board elections, 2021

* Detroit, Michigan \- Mayor, city council, clerk, and board of police commissioners
* Lansing, Michigan \- Mayor and city council

### 2020[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2020 and School board elections, 2020

* Wayne County, Michigan \- County commissioners, prosecutor, treasurer, community college trustees, probate court judges, district court judges, and circuit court judges (1 special and 17 regular elections)
* Michigan school board elections

Past elections

### 2019

See also: United States municipal elections, 2019 and School board elections, 2019

Ballotpedia did not cover any local elections in Michigan that year.

### 2018

See also: United States municipal elections, 2018 and School board elections, 2018

* Wayne County, Michigan \- County executive, county commissioner, and local judgeships
* Michigan school board elections

### 2017

See also: United States municipal elections, 2017 and School board elections, 2017

* Detroit, Michigan

### 2016

See also: United States municipal elections, 2016 and School board elections, 2016

* Michigan school board elections

### 2015

See also: United States municipal elections, 2015 and School board elections, 2015
Ballotpedia did not cover any local elections in Michigan that year.

## Initiative process availability[edit]

See also: Laws governing local ballot measures in Michigan

An initiative process is available in:

* Two charter counties which have a mandated initiative process.
* 46 Home-rule villages which have a mandated initiative process.
* 277 charter cities which have a mandated initiative process for charter amendments. Cities may also adopt initiative for ordinances in their charter, and many have done so.[2]

## See also[edit]

Michigan | Municipal government | Other local coverage

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* Michigan
* Michigan elections, 2026
* Public policy in Michigan
* Endorsers in Michigan

* Top counties
* 100 largest cities
* Current mayors
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* 2026 municipal elections
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* Local ballot measure elections in 2026
* 2026 local judicial elections

## External links[edit]

* Search Google News for this topic
* Michigan municipal code library
* Michigan state government website

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ U.S. Census Bureau, "2022 Census of Governments – Organization," accessed October 16, 2023
2. ↑ Ballotpedia, "Types & #s of local government by state," September 2012

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