City Council Candidate Charles Pugh speaks to supporters after finishing #1 in the Detroit City Council Primary with 59,560 votes

A movement officially began on Thursday, when Charles Pugh turned in 1,100 signatures to the Detroit Department of Elections in the New Center area to officially make him a candidate for Detroit City Council.

Pugh announced his candidacy at Trumbull Crossings (formerly Research Park) on Sunday, May 3 to a crowd of supporters, family and friends.

“We’re ready to change Detroit,” Pugh said to a supporter on Sunday when he announced his candidacy.  “Detroit is ready for change and I have assembled a great team of smart people who love Detroit who will help us change our city.  But it can’t be done without the people.  That’s why this movement is called ‘Pugh and YOU changing Detroit,’ because it all depends on you.”

Pugh and volunteers traveled throughout the city on Saturday to get signatures to put Pugh on the August primary ballot for city council.

Volunteer Deedra Simmons said, “I am proud to support Charles and getting these signatures was something I wanted to do.”

The Pugh and You campaign is now going full steam ahead and is planning to open their campaign office in early June.

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Former Fox 2 journalist and FM98-WJLB radio personality Charles Pugh will
announce his candidacy for Detroit City Council at 4:00 pm on Sunday, May 3
in the park of his childhood neighborhood Trumbull Crossings (formerly
Research Park), in Detroit.

“For 10 years I have been living my dream of bringing the news to Detroiters
everyday,” Pugh says, “ Now I am ready to give to my city in a new way: by
representing the city well and making the people of Detroit proud again.”

Pugh will make his announcement surrounded by family, friends and mentors
who have known him and watched him elevate to one of Detroit’s most beloved
personalities.

The announcement will include an invocation from Hartford Memorial Baptist
Church’s pastor Dr. Charles Adams, and a performance of the Star Spangled
Banner from Orthea Barnes.

Who: Friends of Charles Pugh

What: Charles Pugh’s Announcement for Candidacy to City Council

When: Sunday, May 3 at 4:00 pm

Where:
Trumbull Crossing
5500 Trumbull
Detroit, Michigan 49208

Why: To Change Detroit