2009 Detroit mayoral special election
May 5, 2009 (2009-05-05)
 
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.

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]
Candidate Votes  % ±
Dave Bing 26,337 28.82
Ken Cockrel, Jr. (incumbent) 24,677 27.00
Freman Hendrix 21,208 23.21
Warren Evans 9,193 10.06
Coleman Young II 3,744 4.10
Sharon McPhail 2,565 2.81
Nicholas Hood III 2,077 2.27
Jerroll Sanders 336 0.37
D. Etta Wilcoxon 309 0.34
Brenda Sanders 199 0.22
Donald Bradley 157 0.17
Duane Montgomery 152 0.17
Write-In 136 0.15
Stanley Michael Christmas 103 0.11
Joseph Holt 101 0.11
Frances Culver 87 0.10

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]
Candidate Votes  % ±
Dave Bing 49,054 52% +23%
Ken Cockrel, Jr. (incumbent) 44,770 48% +22%

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
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