Detroit votes for change

DETROIT 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 he 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 43-year-old Cockrel moved up from city council president after Kilpatrick resigned.

Turnout for the election was only about 15 percent.

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