This is actually an unprecedented result, and is evidence of a very strong anti-incumbent sentiment amongst Detroit voters.

Has there ever been a City Council election in which only 4 incumbent council members were returned? In which the top 3 vote-getters were all newcomers? Certainly not in my lifetime.

Given the list of candidates and the result of the primaries, I'm not sure what sort of miracle from the heavens people here were expecting, but this is an outcome that represents a rather significant change in Detroit's electoral politics.