Democrat Mary Sheffield, Detroit’s City Council president, won the city’s mayoral primary in a landslide Tuesday night. She was the top vote-getter of nine candidates and will advance to the November general election against the second-place winner.

Detroit City Council President Mary Sheffield and the Rev. Solomon Kinloch are headed to the general election in the race for Detroit mayor.

Analysts cited former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's comeback win in 2005 as precedent for a double-digit turnaround from a second-place primary finish.