Son of Detroit's 1st black mayor takes on popular incumbent
DETROIT (AP) " He has name recognition, political pedigree and the same racial heritage as about 80 percent of the people he wants to represent, yet Coleman Young II is an underdog in his bid to supplant Detroit's popular white mayor.Young, a state senator and son of Detroit's first black mayor, hopes to defeat Mike Duggan on Tuesday, but it won't be easy.Four years ago, Duggan won the job by defeating a popular black sheriff, ending nearly four decades of unbroken black [...]
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