{"id":7510,"date":"2025-11-06T15:22:50","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T19:22:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/?p=7510"},"modified":"2025-11-06T15:22:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T19:22:53","slug":"dearborn-elects-mayor-abdullah-hammoud-for-second-term","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/dearborn-elects-mayor-abdullah-hammoud-for-second-term\/","title":{"rendered":"Dearborn elects Mayor Abdullah Hammoud for second term"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hammoud won with more than 70 percent of the votes in his bid against challenger Nagi&nbsp;Almudhegi.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dearborn voters have elected Mayor Abdullah Hammoud for a second term.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hammoud won with more than 70% of the votes in his bid against challenger Nagi&nbsp;Almudhegi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He told a crowd of about 250 people at the&nbsp;Bint&nbsp;Jebail&nbsp;Cultural Center Tuesday night that the city is built on coexistence across faiths, backgrounds, and political views.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" id=\"attachment_225641\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wdet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/5E336A8F-FD69-49EF-97CD-EAEDF07010D0-900x675.jpg\" alt=\"Crowd gathered to watch election results in Dearborn with Mayor Abdullah Hammoud.\" class=\"wp-image-225641\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Crowd at the Bint Jebail Cultural Center in Dearborn on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTo our Arab American community, to our Polish, Irish, and Italian American families, to every new neighbor and every&nbsp;long time&nbsp;resident, white, Black or brown, to every faith and every background, Dearborn is a place where you are seen, where you are valued, and where you belong.\u201d\u202f<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" id=\"attachment_225638\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wdet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/54FADBBA-844C-40AB-8E42-6EF21FD792BF-675x900.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-225638\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sparks fly in celebration of Hammoud\u2019s win in the 2025 mayoral election in Dearborn<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Hammoud became the city\u2019s first Arab American and Muslim mayor in 2021 after mobilizing volunteers for clean-up efforts from catastrophic floods.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hammoud ran on a bid to continue the work he started four years ago. He said, \u201cThe way to win re-election campaigns is to treat people with dignity, to meet them in their homes and in their communities, listen to their needs, and deliver change that their families can see and can feel.&nbsp;That\u2019s&nbsp;what&nbsp;we\u2019re&nbsp;doing in Dearborn.\u201d\u202f<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also in Dearborn, voters overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to create a ward system for districted city council seats.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary><\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-wdet-101-9-fm wp-block-embed-wdet-101-9-fm\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"oQ9kMWJV5D\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wdet.org\/2025\/11\/05\/dearborn-elects-mayor-abdullah-hammoud-for-second-term\/\">Dearborn elects Mayor Abdullah Hammoud for second term<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Dearborn elects Mayor Abdullah Hammoud for second term&#8221; &#8212; WDET 101.9 FM\" src=\"https:\/\/wdet.org\/2025\/11\/05\/dearborn-elects-mayor-abdullah-hammoud-for-second-term\/embed\/#?secret=Veqm74WPXx#?secret=oQ9kMWJV5D\" data-secret=\"oQ9kMWJV5D\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n<div class='clear '><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hammoud won with more than 70 percent of the votes in his bid against challenger Nagi&nbsp;Almudhegi.&nbsp; Dearborn voters have elected Mayor Abdullah Hammoud for a second term.&nbsp; Hammoud won with more than 70% of the votes in his bid against challenger Nagi&nbsp;Almudhegi. 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