36 Facts About Sheldon Neeley

Sheldon Andre Neeley was born on September 20,1968 and is an American politician, currently serving as the Mayor of Flint, Michigan.

Sheldon Neeley was elected as Flint's mayor in 2019 and served an abbreviated three-year term before being re-elected in 2022.

Sheldon Neeley served two complete terms and one partial term in the Michigan House of Representatives between 2015 and 2019.

Sheldon Neeley resigned from his position in the House when he was elected as the Mayor of Flint in 2019.

Sheldon Neeley served two complete terms and one partial term on the Flint City Council between 2005 and 2014, prior to his tenure as Michigan Representative and was the Council's first African-American member to have come from Flint's Sixth Ward.

Sheldon Neeley was born September 20,1968, to parents Marva and Sam Sheldon Neeley.

Sheldon Neeley was born and raised in Flint, Michigan, graduating from Flint Northern High School in 1986.

Sheldon Neeley later attended Saginaw Valley State University, though he did not graduate.

In October 2022, Sheldon Neeley received backlash after Fox News Digital published an article revealing that multiple sources, including the Mayor of Flint page on the city's website, claimed he had received a bachelor's degree from Saginaw Valley State University.

Sheldon Neeley later claimed this error was the fault of a political staffer.

Sheldon Neeley worked as a broadcast technician for WJRT-TV12 for 27 years.

Sheldon Neeley was the local union president of the National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians-Communication Workers of America until 2020.

Sheldon Neeley served as a work experience counselor for 10 years for the Flint Community Schools.

Sheldon Neeley first ran for Flint City Council in 2001, losing to incumbent Mark Horrigan in the city's 6th Ward primary election.

Sheldon Neeley won election to the Flint City Council by a large margin, receiving nearly three times as many votes as DeKatch in the 6th Ward's general election.

Sheldon Neeley was elected vice president of the Flint City Council by his peers soon after.

Sheldon Neeley was re-elected vice president of the Flint City Council by his peers in November of both 2006 and 2007.

In 2009, Sheldon Neeley ran for re-election to the Flint City Council.

Sheldon Neeley ran for re-election to the Flint City Council again in 2013.

Sheldon Neeley ran unopposed in Flint's 6th Ward primary election.

In 2014, Sheldon Neeley ran for election in Michigan's 34th House of Representatives district.

At a candidate forum in June 2014, Sheldon Neeley expressed his support for marriage equality and local law enforcement.

In MLive's 2014 voter questionnaire, Sheldon Neeley voiced his opposition to Michigan's implementation of emergency managers and listed job creation, education, and public safety as top priority issues.

Sheldon Neeley suggested that elected officials in Flint be subject to drug tests.

In 2016, Sheldon Neeley ran for re-election to the Michigan House of Representatives in the state's 34th district.

Sheldon Neeley ran for re-election to the Michigan House of Representatives again in 2018.

When questioned by The Flint Journal, Sheldon Neeley identified public safety and economic development as key issues in the 2007 mayoral race.

Sheldon Neeley stressed the importance of economic development during his campaign.

Sheldon Neeley announced his candidacy for Flint Mayor in April 2019.

On February 2,2022, the Flint Journal published an article stating that Sheldon Neeley had disclosed his intention to run for re-election as Flint's mayor to the paper on January 31.

In November 2019 when Sheldon Neeley was elected, he appointed Phil Hart as the interim police chief, who was standing in while Sheldon Neeley found the right officer to fill the important position permanently.

Sheldon Neeley previously served in the neighboring town of Mt.

In continued efforts to curb the rise of Flint gun violence, Sheldon Neeley ended the gun buyback program, a program that auctions off confiscated guns back to the public, these funds then go to supporting the Flint police department.

Sheldon Neeley believed ending this program was an essential step towards limiting the guns that return to the streets.

However, Sheldon Neeley did not implement a stay-at-home order, instead asking residents to voluntarily limit their social meetings.

On March 8,2020, Sheldon Neeley announced his endorsement of Joe Biden in the 2020 United States presidential election.