Transcript: Profile: Difficulties being faced by Kwame Kilpatrick in his bid for re-election as mayor of Detroit

MELISSA BLOCK
All Things Considered (NPR)
08-01-2005
Profile: Difficulties being faced by Kwame Kilpatrick in his bid for re-election as mayor of Detroit

Host: MELISSA BLOCK
Time: 8:00-9:00 PM

MELISSA BLOCK, host:

Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick could have some trouble tomorrow in his city's primary election. Kilpatrick was a rising star in the Democratic Party when he took office four years ago. At 30, he was the youngest man ever elected mayor of Detroit. But a sputtering local economy and a series of personal scandals are clouding Kilpatrick's bid for re-election and his political future. Detroit Public Radio's Quinn Klinefelter reports.

QUINN KLINEFELTER reporting:

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