Eleven candidates enter heavyweight matchup for Lansing City Hall

VOTE ABSENTEE THROUGH NOV. 2 or HEAD TO THE POLLS ON NOV. 2

Six challengers. Five incumbents. Only five will survive November. 

Next month, Lansing voters will decide whether Mayor Andy Schor will keep his mayoral sash for the next four years or if Councilwoman Kathie Dunbar will go on to become the 53rd mayor of Lansing — and the first woman and openly bisexual person to hold the office.

City Councilman Peter Spadafore is running for another four-year term for one of two at-large Council seats alongside Rachel Willis, Jeffrey Brown and Claretta Duckett-Freeman. Council members Jeremy Garza and Brian Jackson are also vying for a second term against two political newcomers: Oprah Revish in the Second Ward and Elvin Caldwell in the Fourth Ward.

Only one candidate for office in Lansing is running unopposed: City Clerk Chris Swope, who is seeking his fifth term. 

Absentee ballots have already started to hit mailboxes across Lansing. Walk-in early voting is available 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays at City Hall. You can also vote at 2500 S. Washington St. through Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 2. Hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday; 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Wednesdays; 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 30; 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 31 and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 1.

Round One — Lansing Mayor

Round Two — Lansing City Council at-large

Round Three — Lansing City Council 2nd Ward

Round Four — Lansing City Council 4th Ward