The Kilpatrick family’s mucky saga in Detroit seems to have finally come to an end, with the scandals surrounding former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick now blowing back on his own mother, Congresswoman Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, who just lost her Democratic primary for re-nomination after 14 years in office.
With 55% of precincts reporting, state Sen. Hansen Clarke leads the elder Kilpatrick by 48%-41%, and has been projected as the winner by the Associated Press. Clarke previously ran for mayor of Detroit in 2005, when Kwame Kilpatrick was re-elected, but only took 8% for fourth place in the first round.
Clarke is now a virtual shoo-in for election. The district voted for Barack Obama in 2008 by a margin of 85%-14%. Kilpatrick had very nearly lost her 2008 primary, winning only because of divided opposition — but even then she won the 2008 general election with 74% as the Democratic nominee.
