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DETROIT — As election returns come in, the crowd in the ballroom at the Doubletree hotel has been growing with excitement over businessman Dave Bing’s apparent victory in today’s special mayoral election over interim Mayor Kenneth Cockrel Jr. Meanwhile, Bing has been upstairs, in a suite on the 10th floor watching the Tigers game and reportedly has been joking with campaign staffers.
During the evening, a series of speakers has stepped to the podium in the ballroom to speak on Bing’s behalf. They included Wendell Anthony, head of the Detroit NAACP, who compared Bing to President Obama: “We are moving in the right direction. When we voted for Obama, we voted for change. And now when we vote for Bing, we’re bringing in something new.”
Detroit residents in the crowd echoed those sentiments, calling Bing a welcome change in city government. Marietta Right told Michigan Messenger: “We need change. There’s too much chaos to get things done and Bing is about change. He knows what it takes to get something done.”
Tarrence Wheeler, a 40-year-old Bing volunteer, said: “Bing can bridge the gap between Wayne County and Oakland County” and added, “I’m seeing what he can do, he can create jobs in Detroit.”
Greg Martinez, CEO of MTZ Global, agreed: “Bing offers the type of leadership that will bring Detroit jobs.”
Added Chris Martin, 37: “He’s a job creator, he’s a business kind of guy. We have people in the system who don’t do anything, people on the city council and on the news with all kinds of degrees and experience fighting like a freakshow.”
WXYZ-Channel 7 is reporting that Bing, aformer Pistons standout, has a 52-48 lead over Cockrel with 99 percent of the precincts reporting, but at this time Bing has not yet given a victory speech.
Written by Ed Brayton with reporting from Minehaha Forman in Detroit.
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