Faith leader turned candidate: Pastor Solomon Kinloch Jr. officially enters 2025 Detroit mayoral race

Pastor hand-delivered signatures to the city’s election department, flanked by supporters

Pastor Solomon Kinloch Jr. submitted the maximum number of allowable nominating petitions to the Detroit Election Department, officially entering his name for the 2025 ballot. (Copyright 2025 by WDIV ClickOnDetroit - All rights reserved.)

DETROIT – Pastor Solomon Kinloch Jr. submitted the maximum number of allowable nominating petitions to the Detroit Election Department, officially entering his name for the 2025 ballot.

Kinloch, the senior pastor of Triumph Church in Detroit, hand-delivered the signatures to the city’s election department, flanked by supporters.

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He has served as senior pastor of Triumph Church for the last 27 years, growing it from 40 members to more than 40,000, making it one of the fastest-growing churches in the country.

His campaign unveiled bold plans to address Detroit’s affordable housing crisis, end food deserts, and expand workforce development programs.

Kinloch pledged that his administration would build 10,000 affordable housing units, establish ten new strategically placed grocery stores, and create a training center for in-demand jobs that pay $35 an hour.


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Brandon Carr is a digital content producer for ClickOnDetroit and has been with WDIV Local 4 since November 2021. Brandon is the 2015 Solomon Kinloch Humanitarian award recipient for Community Service.