DETROIT (AP) – Businessman and professional basketball Hall-of-Famer Dave Bing has been elected Detroit’s newest mayor and will serve through the end of the year.
The 65-year-old Detroit Pistons great defeated incumbent and fellow Democrat Ken Cockrel Jr. Tuesday in a special runoff election, 52.3 percent to 47.7 percent.
Bing will serve out the remainder of Kwame Kilpatrick’s second term, but must run again in the regular Aug. 4 nonpartisan primary and win the Nov. 3 general election to hold onto the mayor’s seat for a full four years.
The founder of steel manufacturer The Bing Group announced his run for mayor the day after Kilpatrick stepped down as part of pleas to two criminal cases.
The 43-year-old Cockrel moved up from city council president after Kilpatrick resigned.
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