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With a reported 9% of registered voters going to the poles. The top two candidates for the next Mayor of Detroit are Dave Bing and Ken Cockrel Jr. These two gentlemen will face off in May for a brief six month term. The winner of this race has an excellent chance of winning in November. This is not set in stone, it puts the front runner in the driver's seat. I believe the Mayoral battle for the November election will be far more intense than the special elections of February and May.

The voter turn-out for yesterday's election was absolutely dismal. I was looking for maybe a 20% turn-out, but 9% is beyond poor. Anyway, this should be a proud day for both Dave Bing and Ken Cockrel Jr. The gloves will now come off, and the fight for Mayor should be a real battle. Hopefully not a conflict of interest of the people of Detroit. I am persuading all voters to weigh the issues and place your vote for the best candidate. (This goes for City Council also.)

This is going to be a very important election and should not be taken lightly. The poor voter turn-out is disappointing, and tells me that Detroiters are not taking the race for their next Mayor very seriously. Nothing could be further from the truth. This election, as all elections, are important to you. I can understand that it is only a primary, but if your person was Freman Hendrix or Warren Evans, Than you can't be too angry if your person didn't make the cut.

Here are the unofficial numbers as of this writing.

Dave Bing 29%

Ken Cockrel Jr. 27%

Freman Hendrix 23%

Warren Evans 10%

Coleman A. Young Jr. 4%

Sharon McPhail 3%

Nick Hood 2%

Jerroll Sanders 1%

All others not reported according to my resources.

Until next time, so long you good people. :-)