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Christopher Taylor secures primary 
win for mayor of Ann Arbor
Taylor will stand alone against a write-in option in November

Christopher 
Taylor 
is 
the 
projected 
Democratic 
candidate 
for mayor of Ann Arbor in the Aug. 
2 primary election, defeating his 
opponent, Anne Bannister. With 
all precincts in Ann Arbor counted, 
Taylor received 61% of the vote and 
Bannister received 38%, according 
to the initial results. 
If elected in the Nov. 8 general 
election, 
Taylor 
will 
serve 
a 
fourth term as the mayor of Ann 
Arbor, having first been elected in 
2014. There were no Republican 
candidates on the ballot.

Taylor was first elected in 2014 
and elected again in 2016, when term 
limits were extended from two to 
four years. Before taking office as 
mayor in 2014, Taylor served three 
terms on City Council representing 
Ward 3. Taylor is also a local 
corporate and commercial attorney 
practicing at Ann Arbor-based law 
firm Hooper Hathaway.
Taylor’s 
platform 
focused 
heavily on Ann Arbor’s housing 
crisis, emphasizing his support for 
affordable housing developments and 
the continuation of implementing an 
unarmed response team for the city. 
His tenure as mayor is recognized 
for backing high-density housing 
and the A2Zero promise to become 

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carbon neutral by 2030. 
Last month, MLive reported 
over 
$122,000 
raised 
between 
both candidates in the democratic 
mayoral race, with Taylor raising 
over $88,000 and reporting over 
$49,000 
in 
expenses. 
Towards 
the end of July, both candidates 
published 
literature 
critiquing 
their opponent. In her campaign 
materials, 
Bannister 
criticized 
Taylor, noting his “empty promises 
and potholes.” 
With no Republican candidate, 
Taylor will stand alone against a 
write-in option in the Nov. 8 election. 
Daily 
News 
Editor 
Shannon 
Stocking can be reached at sstockin@
umich.edu.

The Ann Arbor City Council will 
be introducing several new faces to 
city hall, according to Washtenaw 
County’s unofficial primary results. 
Democrats 
Cynthia 
Harrison, 
Dharma Akmon and Jenn Cornell 
won seats in Wards 1, 4 and 5, 
respectively. 
Two 
incumbents 
who ran for re-election, Elizabeth 
Nelson in Ward 4 and Ali Ramlawi 
in Ward 5, were ousted in their 
respective races.
All City Council-elects were 
endorsed by Mayor Christopher 
Taylor, who also won his re-election 
bid with 61% of the vote against 
opponent Anne Bannister. 
Unopposed in the primaries, 
Democratic 
candidates 
Chris 
Watson and Ayesha Ghazi Edwin 
will fill the remaining seats for 
Wards 2 and 3, respectively. Given 
Ann Arbor’s Democratic lean, 
candidates who win the August 
primaries will run unopposed in 
the Nov. 8 general election, barring 
any write-in candidates until then. 
Ward 1 – Cynthia Harrison 
(D)
Democrat 
Cynthia 
Harrison 
will be the next Councilmember 
for Ward 1, unofficial results show. 
Harrison won with 71% of the vote 
over opponent Angeline Smith, 
who received 29% of the votes. 
Harrison’s platform focused on 

mental health-driven criminal legal 
reform, accessible transportation 
and the development of affordable 
housing.
As a lifelong Ann Arbor resident, 
Harrison is also a member of Ann 
Arbor’s Independent Community 
Police Oversight Commission and 
Washtenaw County’s 21st Century 
Policing Compliance Commission. 
Along with Taylor, Harrison 
received 
endorsements 
from 
Washtenaw County Sheriff Jerry 
Clayton and state Sen. Jeff Irwin. 
Harrison will be the first Black 
city Councilmember in 15 years, 
following Wendy Woods, who 
served from 2001 to 2007, according 
to MLive. Prior to Woods, there 
have been a number of Black 
Councilmembers, including Larry 
Hunger from 1982 to 1994 and Pat 
Vereen-Dixon from 1994 to 1999.
Harrison will serve alongside 
current 
Councilmember 
Lisa 
Disch, D-Ward 1, following the Nov. 
8 general election. 
Ward 4 – Dharma Akmon (D)
Democrat Dharma Akmon is 
projected to serve as the next 
city Councilmember for Ward 4, 
according to Wednesday morning’s 
unofficial results. Akmon, receiving 
49% of the votes, narrowly defeated 
incumbent 
Elizabeth 
Nelson, 
who received 46% — a margin of 
165 votes. Democrat Mozhgan 
Savabieasfahani also ran for the 
Ward 4 seat and received 4% of the 
votes.

Harrison, Akmon 
& Cornell win 
Ann Arbor City 
Council races, two 
incumbents ousted
Elizabeth Nelson and Ali Ramlawi, both 
incumbents, were ousted in their respective seats

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Daily News Editor

LEO-GLAM ratifies first contract with UMich
The contract follows nearly eight months of negotiations

The 
Galleries, 
Librarians, 
Archivists and Museums unit of the 
Lecturers’ Employee Organization 
(LEO-GLAM) ratified its first-ever 
contract with the University of 
Michigan on July 29. After nearly 
eight months of negotiations and 
over 30 bargaining sessions, LEO-
GLAM and the University reached 
agreements 
on 
39 
different 

provisions. 98.4% of LEO-GLAM 
members voted to approve the 
contract.
In an interview with The 
Michigan 
Daily, 
LEO-GLAM 
chair Meredith Kahn expressed 
gratitude 
to 
the 
union 
and 
the University for their work 
throughout 
the 
bargaining 
process.
“I am incredibly proud of all 
the work that went into reaching 
this agreement after almost eight 
months of bargaining,” Kahn said. 

“We are really proud of what we 
achieved. I think we made both 
financial and other non-economic 
gains for our membership, and 
we’re really happy with how things 
shook out. And we’re thankful that 
the University worked with us to 
come to this agreement.”
The contract will run from Sept. 
1 of this year through 2025. Over 
the next three years, the librarians, 
archivists and curators (LACs) in 
this unit will see an overall salary 
increase of 17%, with individual 
raises ranging from 9% to 30%, 
depending on current salary. The 
contract also clarifies policies 
on workload and remote work, 
provides funding for professional 
development 
opportunities, 
creates a standardized system for 
promotion across all roles and 
guarantees that LACs have official 
faculty status, which protects their 
rights to academic freedom.

SAMANTHA RICH 
Summer News Editor

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