Reelected, Detroit Mayor Calls for City Unity

Detroit Mayor Kwame M. Kilpatrick called the voters of his downtrodden city "brilliant" and appealed for unity after his upset reelection.

Kilpatrick, 35, also dismissed rampant speculation that Detroit, which the U.S. Census Bureau ranks as America's poorest big city, is headed for insolvency.

Kilpatrick, first elected in November 2001, won another four-year term. He spoke shortly after Freman Hendrix, a career civil servant and fellow Democrat, conceded defeat in Tuesday's race, which was not decided until early Wednesday.