Detroit mayoral election results Polls closed in Detroit at 8 p.m. and results are expected to start coming in closer to 9 p.m. as Detroiters get closer to finding out the winner.Start the day smarter.

DETROIT (FOX 2) - As Election Day comes to an end on Tuesday, Nov. 5, results will start to come in throughout the entire state. While Michigan may not have a massive race like the city of New York, we do have our largest city picking a new mayor for the first time since 2014.

Winfrey says the numbers mirror previous elections, and she anticipates 18 to 20% voter turnout for Tuesday's election. On Monday, Winfrey said that in addition to the 4,000 people who voted early, the city has received around 50,000 absentee ballots so far.

Michigan election results will start to come in after 8 p.m. You can find the latest updates on race results and numbers here.

Voters on Tuesday will soon know who will lead Detroit for the next four years, after the last 11 with Mayor Mike Duggan at the helm.

Detroit City Council President Mary Sheffield made history, becoming the city's first woman mayor in an election she led from start to finish.

Sheffield has issued a 100-day plan to continue the progress in Detroit and set new standards for the mayor's seat of she wins this election.

Sheffield defeated popular megachurch pastor the Rev. Solomon Kinloch in Tuesday’s general election. She will take office ... “Because, at the end of the day, we all want the same thing, a Detroit that works for everyone.” Sheffield will inherit ...

Voters across the country headed to the polls Tuesday on an Election Day that saw Democrats be sent to the governors mansions in New Jersey and Virginia and the mayor's office in New York City.