2009 Detroit mayoral special election

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2009 Detroit mayoral special election
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  2005 May 5, 2009 (2009-05-05) 2009  
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Candidate Dave Bing Kenneth Cockrel Jr.
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Popular vote49,05444,770
Percentage52%48%

Mayor before election

Kenneth Cockrel Jr.

Elected Mayor

Dave Bing

The Detroit mayoral special election of 2009 took place on May 5, 2009. It was a special election to fill the remainder of the term of Kwame Kilpatrick who had resigned as mayor.

Contents

This special election was mandated by Detroit's City Charter in order to determine who will serve out the remaining months in the term of former mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, who resigned in September 2008.

Incumbent mayor Kenneth Cockrel Jr., who was previously president of the Detroit City Council, had become acting mayor upon Kilpatrick's resignation.

Candidates

Incumbent mayor Kenneth Cockrel Jr., who as president of the Detroit City Council became acting mayor upon Kilpatrick's resignation, was seeking reelection. Other candidates included Dave Bing, a community leader and former NBA professional basketball player for the Detroit Pistons, Freman Hendrix, former deputy mayor and a mayoral candidate in 2005, Wayne County Sheriff Warren Evans, and others. [1]

Results

Primary

Dave Bing and incumbent mayor Kenneth Cockrel Jr. won the top two spots in the special primary on February 24 and proceeded to contest the special general election on May 5.

Primary election results [2]
CandidateVotes %±
Dave Bing 26,33728.82
Ken Cockrel, Jr. (incumbent)24,67727.00
Freman Hendrix 21,20823.21
Warren Evans 9,19310.06
Coleman Young II 3,7444.10
Sharon McPhail 2,5652.81
Nicholas Hood III2,0772.27
Jerroll Sanders3360.37
D. Etta Wilcoxon3090.34
Brenda Sanders1990.22
Donald Bradley1570.17
Duane Montgomery1520.17
Write-In1360.15
Stanley Michael Christmas1030.11
Joseph Holt1010.11
Frances Culver870.10

General election

Bing won this election with 52% of the vote and was sworn in as mayor on May 11. [3]

General election results [4]
CandidateVotes %±
Dave Bing 49,05452%+23%
Ken Cockrel, Jr. (incumbent)44,77048%+22%

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References

  1. "18 Mayoral Candidates for February 2009 Special Primary Election | What's Happening in Detroit". Archived from the original on December 22, 2008. Retrieved February 6, 2009.
  2. "City of Detroit, Wayne County, February 24, 2009 Special Election" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on February 24, 2012.
  3. "Dave Bing Being Sworn in Monday as Detroit Mayor - ABC News". Archived from the original on May 12, 2009.
  4. Channel 7 Action News