Kelse Hector is a non-profit consultant. She previously worked as an educator. 

Supports small businesses and working families.

Supports allowing community members, including youth, to help decide how part of the city budget is spent.

- Supports small businesses and working families.
- Supports allowing community members, including youth, to help decide how part of the city budget is spent.

Economy

Supports expanding emergency shelters, transitional housing, and tenant protections.

Supports advocating for a Lansing Tenants' Bill of Rights and establishing a landlord accountability board.

Supports providing housing for the unhoused.

Supports increasing city partnerships to develop transitional and permanent supportive housing.

- Supports expanding emergency shelters, transitional housing, and tenant protections.
- Supports advocating for a Lansing Tenants' Bill of Rights and establishing a landlord accountability board.
- Supports providing housing for the unhoused.
- Supports increasing city partnerships to develop transitional and permanent supportive housing.

Housing & Urban Development

Believes in investing in public safety that is "community-informed and care-centered."

Supports "violence prevention initiatives led by people rooted in the neighborhoods they serve."

Advocates for violence prevention initiatives.

Believes in building neighborhood-level partnerships between residents, schools, and local organizations to enhance public safety and respond to conflict with care.

- Believes in investing in public safety that is "community-informed and care-centered."
- Advocates for violence prevention initiatives.
- Believes in building neighborhood-level partnerships between residents, schools, and local organizations to enhance public safety and respond to conflict with care.

Public Safety

Supports expanding access to community-based mental health care and crisis response teams.

- Supports expanding access to community-based mental health care and crisis response teams.

Healthcare

Believes in strengthening transparency and trust in city government.

Aims to "build spaces of belonging for every Lansing resident."

Supports creating language-accessible services and legal protections for immigrants.

- Believes in strengthening transparency and trust in city government.
- Aims to "build spaces of belonging for every Lansing resident."
- Supports creating language-accessible services and legal protections for immigrants.

Public Services

Supports expanding access to renewable energy and energy-efficient upgrades.

Supports investing in green spaces, community gardens, and urban agriculture.

Supports developing city programs that transform surplus food into free meals for residents.

Supports local food hubs, farmers markets, and co-ops in every neighborhood.

- Supports expanding access to renewable energy and energy-efficient upgrades.
- Supports investing in green spaces, community gardens, and urban agriculture.
- Supports developing city programs that transform surplus food into free meals for residents.
- Supports local food hubs, farmers markets, and co-ops in every neighborhood.

Energy & the Environment

As of August 14, 2025, Kelsea Hector’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Transportation & Infrastructure

Supports partnering with schools to help students learn sustainable farming and gardening.

Supports providing mentorship and funding for community and youth-led initiatives.

Believes in strengthening civic leadership, trust, and collaboration from the ground up.

Believes in strengthening civic leadership, trust, and collaboration.

- Supports partnering with schools to help students learn sustainable farming and gardening.
- Supports providing mentorship and funding for community and youth-led initiatives.
- Believes in strengthening civic leadership, trust, and collaboration.

Education

Kelsea Hector

- A mayor’s job can be different in each city, but they usually make sure city laws are followed, help create and manage the city’s budget, appoint people to boards and committees, and oversee city services like police, fire departments, parks, and public transportation.
- The mayor works with the city council and sometimes helps make decisions by voting.
- They may be elected in partisan elections or nonpartisan elections, depending on the city. 
- They are elected to a two- or four-year term, depending on the city.