MICHIGAN

MAYOR: DETROIT

- Non-partisan general election
- With 99 percent of precincts reporting early Wednesday, Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick had 53 percent, and challenger Freman Hendrix had 47 percent. Early returns had shown Hendrix with a 12-point lead.

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CANDIDATES

First-term Mayor Winner: Kwame M. Kilpatrick, 35, is the youngest mayor of a major U.S. city. Kilpatrick has served as leader of the Democratic Caucus and prior to his election as a state representative, Kilpatrick was a middle school teacher in Detroit. His mother is U.S. Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, representing Michigan's 13th District. Kilpatrick graduated from Florida A&M University and Detroit College of Law. He came in second in the August primary with 34 percent of the vote.

Fellow Democrat Freman Hendrix, 55, formerly served as deputy mayor under Dennis Archer and also was chairman of the reorganized Detroit Board of Education from March 1999 through November 2000. Prior to joining the Archer administration, Hendrix was director of community development and was soon appointed assistant county executive for legislative affairs. He is a former member of the Democratic National Committee and served as a delegate to the 1992, 1996, and 2000 Democratic National Conventions. Hendrix managed both of Dennis Archer's successful mayoral campaigns. Hendrix was the top vote-getter with 44 percent of the vote in the August non-partisan primary and has out-fundraised Kirkpatrick 3-to-1.

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