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2009 Detroit mayoral special election information


2009 Detroit mayoral special election

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Candidate Dave Bing Kenneth Cockrel Jr.
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Popular vote 49,054 44,770
Percentage 52% 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.

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.

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