The top four candidates in the race for Wayne County Executive will enter a crucial phase of the campaign when they meet two weeks before the contested Aug. 5 primary election. They will debate the issues facing Wayne County and offer their visions to voters who will decide which of the candidates will ultimately become the new CEO of the county.
As the race gets tighter with several of the candidates already receiving significant endorsements from groups and institutions and political leaders, the race is still wide open and it is unclear which of the four will make it beyond the primary.
But on July 22, from 6-8 pm, incumbent county executive Robert Ficano, State Rep. Phil Cavanagh, Westland Mayor Bill Wild and Wayne County Commissioner Kevin McNamara with the exception of Warren Evans who did not respond to the invitation to participate, will debate the issues facing the county at the downtown campus of Wayne County Community College District (WCCCD).
The forum, presented by WCCCD Global Conversation Speaker Series, the college’s flagship public policy and educational platform that draws leaders across the industry to the school to discuss pertinent issues affecting the region, will be moderated by Michigan Chronicle editor Bankole Thompson.
All four candidates have been landing political support on the road to the county’s top post. The support each is receiving shows the complexity of the race making it unpredictable for now as to how will become the next county executive.
For instance, Cavanagh landed the sought after endorsement of AFSCME-Local 25, the largest union in Detroit led by labor boss Al Garrett as well as the metro Detroit AFL-CIO.
Ficano netted the support of the Fannie Lou Hamer Political Action founded by Rev Wendell Anthony, president of the Detroit Branch NAACP and also the Michigan Ontario Council of Bishops of the Church of God in Christ.
Wild received the endorsement of the Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce, the home of metro Detroit’s business leaders and the Detroit News.
Admission to the debate is open, and the audience will get to ask questions of the candidates at some point during the debate.
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