Todd Perkins
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Overview
Current roleAttorney
PartyDemocratic
LocationMichigan
BackgroundAttorney
EducationUniversity of Detroit Jesuit High School (graduate)
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Notable personal detailsTodd Russell Perkins is a Detroit attorney and the founder/owner of The Perkins Law Group. He ran in the 2025 nonpartisan Detroit mayoral race. He grew up in Detroit’s North End and has been active in civic efforts including work tied to Detroit’s 2021 reparations ballot initiative and the nonprofit The People’s Voice.
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Positions
Economy & Taxes
Supports reducing municipal tax burdens (including municipal income tax rates) to make Detroit more business-friendly, boosting small-business growth and population, and improving property tax assessment accuracy. Emphasizes using economic growth and increased business presence to reduce reliance on high local taxes and lowering utility/water costs through infrastructure work.
Healthcare
Todd Perkins supports strengthening local access to health and mental-health services through partnerships with entities like the Detroit Wayne Integrated Health Network, expanding wellness and mental-health support in city recreation centers, and lobbying for nonprofit and federal funding to maintain substance-recovery and mental-health programs. He emphasizes the city partnering and budgeting to fill gaps in services rather than proposing privatization or cuts to public health programs.
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Immigration & Border
The candidate supports limiting local involvement in immigration enforcement, prioritizing local public safety over federal immigration priorities, protecting immigrant families from targeting or profiling, and working with community organizations to support access to services and legal protection while cooperating with federal authorities when there is a valid warrant for a specific individual.
Climate & Energy
Supports expanding clean energy and sustainability job creation in Detroit, prioritizing environmentally conscious development and better air quality protections while working with federal and local partners to fund such initiatives. Expresses openness to alternatives to the incumbent utility (DTE) and emphasizes weighing health and cumulative pollution impacts in development decisions.
Public Safety & Guns
Supports strengthening neighborhood public safety through increased police visibility, use of camera and technology for crime prevention, and incentives for first responders to live in Detroit, while receiving endorsement from a gun-safety organization that backs common-sense gun laws. The candidate emphasizes working with law enforcement and technology to reduce crime and has been listed by a gun-safety endorsement list for the 2025 Detroit primary.
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