In January 2020, Gay-Dagnogo announced that she was forming a political committee to explore the possibility of running for Mayor of Detroit in 2021.

[4] Gay-Dagnogo had previously sought quotes from local contractors concerning a potential demolition, but decided to renovate it instead.

In 2018, Gay-Dagnogo ran for the House of Representatives after John Conyers Jr. resigned in December 2017 amid allegations of sexual harassment.

[2] During a reception celebrating Black History Month in February 2020, Gay-Dagnogo lobbied President Donald Trump to grant clemency to Kwame Kilpatrick.

Kilpatrick, former mayor of Detroit, was convicted of extortion, bribery, and conspiracy in 2013 and sentenced to 18 years in prison.