Christopher Taylor

Christopher Taylor (born 1967) is an American politician and attorney who has served as the 61st mayor of Ann Arbor, Michigan since 2014. A member of the Democratic Party, Taylor served from 2008 to 2014 as a member of the Ann Arbor City Council. Taylor received two bachelor's degrees, a master's degree, and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Michigan. Taylor worked as a corporate and commercial attorney before he was elected to the Ann Arbor City Council in 2008. He served a total of three terms before announcing his mayoral campaign in 2013. He was elected Mayor of Ann Arbor on November 4, 2014. He was re-elected for two more terms as mayor in 2018 and 2022. He ran for reelection in 2026, but was defeated in the primary by Washtenaw County commissioner Yousef Rabhi. As mayor, Taylor has placed an emphasis on environmental sustainability, infrastructure, and increasing housing density. During his tenure, Ann Arbor has developed an unarmed public safety response program, built thousands of new affordable housing units, developed a Sustainable Energy Utility, and enacted the A2Zero plan for community-wide carbon neutrality by 2030.

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