Lori M. Stone[1] (born January 3, 1980) is an American politician and teacher currently serving as the mayor of Warren, Michigan.
[3] Lori Stone graduated from Fitzgerald High School,[3] later going to Michigan State University and earning two bachelor's degrees in Political Theory and Constitutional Democracy and Elementary Education from 1998 to 2002.
[4] After this, she continued her work in Michigan State University, earning a master's degree in Science Education from 2002 until 2008.
[12] On the broader scale, she has contributed to statewide efforts as a member of the Legislative Education Caucus[13] and the Student Recovery Advisory Council of Michigan.
[15] Stone ran to fill the seat and was defeated in the August 2016 primary by Democrat Patrick Green.
[17] Stone went on to run again for the same seat in 2018, and defeated incumbent Patrick Green in August 2018 in the primary.
She then defeated opponents Aaron Delikta and Ryan Manier in the November 2018 general election.
[15][20] In 2020, Stone ran for reelection and defeated her Republican opponent Stephen Colegio in the general election with 60.3% of the vote.
[27] Her new appointments included her Chief of Staff, Administrative Coordinator, Deputy Police Commissioner, and Community Outreach Director.
[29] In April 2024, Stone proposed a new budget for the city's fiscal year, which began in July 2024.
[30] The city council made some amendments to the budget, including removing the city's local "Newsbeat" magazine, cutting the part-time employee budget for the communications department, rejecting the budget's proposal for an increased human resources director salary, a proposal for a contractual city project manager position, and a proposal for a captain to the police department.