Wayne County voters handed Warren C. Evans another term as county executive in a lopsided win, with unofficial results showing him taking 72.39% of the vote against Republican challenger Michael A. Evans. The new term begins Jan. 1, 2027, continuing a run in county government that has stretched more than a decade.
According to MLive.com, unofficial county results credited Evans with 501,370 votes to 176,006 for Michael A. Evans, who finished with 25.41% of the vote. The two Evanses were joined on the Nov. 3 ballot by independent candidate John Olumba, according to the same report. MLive describes Warren C. Evans as the Democratic incumbent and notes he advanced to the general election after defeating Sigmunt Szczepkowski Jr. in the Democratic primary, while Michael A. Evans moved on as the Republican nominee.
Evans’ route to the executive’s office ran through several of the region’s law-enforcement agencies: he began as a Wayne County sheriff’s deputy in 1970, later became county sheriff and served as Detroit police chief. He was elected county executive in 2014 and took office the following year, bringing decades of experience in county and city government to the job.
A Decade-Plus Grip on the County’s Top Job
The scale of Tuesday’s win was substantial, with a wide margin in both vote share and raw numbers…