MI-SOS: Detroit city clerk Janice Winfrey (D) asked to run for secretary of state

[RandySF]

Lansing — Janice Winfrey, the city of Detroit’s longtime clerk, said she has been asked to consider running for Michigan Secretary of State and wouldn't dismiss the possibility that she would get in the race for the Democratic nomination.

Winfrey, in an interview Thursday with The Detroit News, said the role is not one for an individual who “just needs a job.” Instead, she said, the race needs an experienced election administrator who knows the work and is committed to protecting elections.

Winfrey has served as Detroit city clerk since she defeated longtime incumbent Jackie Currie in 2005.

“That race needs a good, solid clerk,” Winfrey said of the internal Michigan Democratic Party race for secretary of state. “And we need a good, solid clerk who can win.”





https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2026/02/12/detroit-city-clerk-janice-winfrey-asked-to-run-for-michigan-secretary-of-state/88643436007/

[Srkdqltr]

1. Bless her. SOS is not for the timid. Particularly not now.

[JBTaurus83]

2. Please no.

I live in Philly now, but was born and raised in MI and lived in Detroit. She is totally unqualified.

[Tempus Fugit]

3. She probably won't get anywhere at this point.

Garlin Gilchrist and Barbara Byrum have all of the oxygen for that particular race. Leaning towards Gilchrist.

[JBTaurus83]

4. She bungled local elections

And was busted trying to use her position to get out of traffic tickets. She’s the old school version of Detroit politics.