Sheldon Neeley
Sheldon A. Neeley (born September 20, 1968) is an American politician, currently serving as the Mayor of Flint, Michigan. In 2014, Neeley was elected to the Michigan House of Representatives. Before being elected state representative, Neeley was elected to the Flint City Council where he served for nine years. Neeley retired after working for 27 years as a broadcast technician on WJRT-TV in Flint and remains the Union President of the National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians. On November 5, 2019, Neeley was elected mayor of Flint, defeating incumbent candidate Karen Weaver. On November 11, 2019 , Neeley was sworn in as the 94th mayor of Flint, naming transparency as his number one priority in this new position. On the same day, Neeley resigned from his seat in the Michigan House of Representatives. His wife, Cynthia, was elected to his former seat on March 10, 2020. On March 8, 2020, Neeley announced his endorsement of Joe Biden in the 2020 United States presidential election.