Candidates line up for election

Update: On Friday, the day after The Review went to press, would-be candidate Armani Asad had been disqualified to run because he has an unpaid $30 filing fee from when he previously ran for state representative.

By Charles Sercombe
Hamtramck’s three city councilmembers who are seeking re-election will have some challengers to face.
City Councilmembers Mohammed Alsomiri, Mohammed Hassan and Nayeem Choudhury are facing challengers Lynn Blasey, Muhtasin Sadman, Nasr Hussain, Ruhel Amin, Sari Ahmed, and Yousef Saed.
Blasey, who has sought a seat on council before, is the only woman in the field of candidates.
Asad has also run for office in previous elections.
Hussain has been a frequent critic of city officials, and is a former member of the Hamtramck Public School District Board of Education.
All candidates, except for Blasey, paid a $100 filing fee instead of submitting nominating petitions with the signatures of registered Hamtramck voters.
Candidates had until this Friday to pull out of the election, which was the day after The Review went to press.
The terms are four years each.
The number of candidates running will require a primary election in August, where the field gets reduced to six candidates who will then faceoff in November.
Choudhury wasted no time in announcing his re-election effort. At Tuesday’s council meeting, he asked for the support of the community “so I can continue to do my due diligence.”
Mayor Amer Ghalib joked back: “It’s too early to start campaigning.”
To which Choudhury replied that he hopes his visit with Biden will result in an endorsement.
“That’ll be a dream,” he said.
Posted April 28, 2023

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