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Sherry J. Gay-Dagnogo (born January 30, 1967) is a current Detroit School Board Member elected citywide and a former Democratic member of the
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who represented the 8th District. The 8th House District includes portions of Northwest Detroit, including the Bethune, Brightmoor, Castle Rouge, College Park, and Grandmont-Rosedale communities. In January 2020, Gay-Dagnogo announced that she was forming a political committee to explore the possibility of running for Mayor of Detroit in 2021.


Personal life

Gay-Dagnogo is former Vice President, of the North Rosedale Park Civic Association. In 2019, a house owned by Gay-Dagnogo was professionally demolished without her permission and without planning permission. The circumstances surrounding the demolition were initially unclear. Gay-Dagnogo had previously sought quotes from local contractors concerning a potential demolition, but decided to renovate it instead. In October, construction debris from the house were discovered in a landfill in Wayne County, twenty-one miles away from the location of the house. A few days later, the owner of a local trucking company self-identified as the responsible party.


Political career

As of 2018, Gay-Dagnogo has not sponsored a bill that has been signed into law. Incumbent State Rep. David Nathan defeated Gay-Dagnogo in the 2012 House District 8 Primary Election for the Michigan House of Representatives. Gay-Dagnogo was re-elected in 2014 and 2016. In 2018, Gay-Dagnogo ran for the House of Representatives after John Conyers Jr. resigned in December 2017 amid allegations of sexual harassment. She later withdrew. During a reception celebrating Black History Month in February 2020, Gay-Dagnogo lobbied President
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to grant clemency to
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. Kilpatrick, former mayor of Detroit, was convicted of extortion, bribery, and conspiracy in 2013 and sentenced to 18 years in prison.


Electoral history


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Michigan House of Representatives The Michigan House of Representatives is the lower house of the Michigan Legislature. There are 110 members, each of whom is elected from constituencies having approximately 77,000 to 91,000 residents, based on population figures from the 2020 ...
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Michigan Democratic Party The Michigan Democratic Party is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the state of Michigan. It is based in Lansing. Curtis Hertel Jr. is the party's current chair. Structure Residents of the state of Michigan at least 16 years of age are ...


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