Historically Polish, Hamtramck
voted three Muslims onto the six-member city council, one of whom was an
incumbent Muslim council member not up for reelection this year. This means
that the council now has a two-thirds Muslim majority โ 4 out of 6. The mayor,
Karen Majewski, is Polish.
According to Bill Meyer, a Hamtramck community leader who isnโt Muslim, the election was a landslide: โThe election was far from close, with the three Muslim winners each gaining
over 1,000 votes, while the other three candidates garnered less than 700 votes
each.โ Meyer says that the incumbent Muslim councilman has www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/wayne/2015/11/05/ham for the city,
bringing โstability, security and sobriety while lessening the amount of
drugs and crime in the city.โ
