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Wayne County, Michigan

Wayne County Commissioner, 5th District (Partial Term)

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Decided at the 2026 primary — Angelique Peterson-Mayberry won the seat

DECIDED August 4: Angelique Peterson-Mayberry won the Democratic primary with about 51 percent over Jenell C. Mansfield, per the Wayne County Clerk's official results; with no Republican on the November ballot, the primary effectively decided the only county commission seat up this cycle (the partial term runs to January 1, 2029). County results reported as official August 18, 2026. This race appears only on District 5 ballots.

Winner

Angelique Peterson-Mayberry

Democratic · Incumbent

A nearly 30-year Ford Motor Company employee who rose from custodian to global diversity manager for manufacturing, and the sitting District 5 commissioner, per the commission's official member page. She was appointed to the seat on July 3, 2025 to fill the vacancy left by the death of Commissioner Irma Clark-Coleman and resigned from the Detroit Public Schools Community District board the same day, per the Michigan Chronicle. A third-generation UAW member, at 25 she became the youngest and the first African American woman elected trustee of UAW Local 245, and she previously served as president of the Detroit school board, per the commission's official member page. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 4, 2026. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 4, 2026.

2026 priorities

Also ran in the primary

Jenell C. Mansfield

Democratic

Profile

Political and legislative coordinator for AFT Michigan and a former classroom teacher and school social worker who was founding director of academics at the SAY Detroit Play Center, per her campaign site. She has described her platform as rooted in what she saw in social work and teaching, focused on housing, poverty, education and water shutoffs, per Detroit is Different.

  • Equitable taxation, so residents are never overtaxed again after Detroit's history of overassessment and foreclosures, per her campaign site
  • A connected, reliable regional transit system with expanded routes linking District 5 to surrounding communities, per her campaign site
  • Workforce development, mentorship and safe spaces for young people alongside access to senior services, per her campaign site
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Candidate roster from official Wayne County Supervisor of Elections filings. Bios and priorities carry their attribution inline.
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