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Elected mayor of Detroit, NBA great Dave Bing promises to try to attract jobs to hard-hit city

DETROIT — Basketball legend Dave Bing, elected as Detroit’s third mayor in less than a year, promises swift and decisive action once he officially assumes the Motor City’s top post.

Election of new mayor in Tuesday’s runoff should restore some stability to Detroit City Hall

DETROIT — Voters head to the polls Tuesday to select their mayor for the next 7 1/2 months in a runoff election seen as key to restoring stability to Detroit amid a bleak fiscal situation.

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Run-off Elections

  • lakelandlocal Two Wikipedia (sorry) articles that touch on why some like run-off elections: http://bit.ly/2a3CrY & http://bit.ly/1mwERl
  • lakelandlocal If one believes absentee voters are "most committed" to candidates that bodes well for Verplanck (1598) & Walker (1327) in run-off elections
  • TwiddleEastNews rt @Irish4Palestine: BREAKING~AFGHAN ELECTIONS CANCELLED: AFGHAN RUN OFF ELECTIONS ARE CANCELLED http://bit.ly/QfWkC
  • palestinian Irish4Palestine: BREAKING~AFGHAN ELECTIONS CANCELLED: AFGHAN RUN OFF ELECTIONS ARE CANCELLED Just out on live T.. http://bit.ly/QfWkC
  • Rethabilem Writing is on the wall Afghan Presidential candidate Dr Abdula Abdula will not win the run-off elections!!
  • davidcochrane Afghan run-off elections have been cancelled, meaning Hamid Karzai automatically wins. Who says the "good" guys can't rig elections?
  • Khaleeeq Ban Ki Moon is set to cancel the run-off elections in Afghanistan, and announce the winner with the IEC...
  • PragueBob Abdullah Abdullah is live on CNN now explaining his decision not to participate in the run-off elections in Afghanistan.
  • ricelaker Dr Abdullah will NOT run in the Afghan run-off elections on November 7 - Democratic Underground: http://bit.ly/21xhiC via @addthis
  • asnycnow15News ALERT| DR Abdullah Abdullah DROPS OUT OF RUN-OFF ELECTIONS ON NOV.7, CALLS FOR BOYCOTT..MORE SOON
  • asnycnow15News ALERT| DR Abdullah Abdullah DROPS OUT OF RUN-OFF ELECTIONS ON NOV.7
  • Opyd New month and the run off elections for Afghanistan are on the 7th... GEE what fun! Let's get this week over with...
  • siamakkhatami SO, Karzai is really scarred of a boycott by Dr. Abdullah in Afghan run-off elections. I wonder why the latter decided to boycott?!
  • samanthann Must be productive all day. What's this I hear about Abdullah Abdullah boycotting Afghan run-off elections next week?
  • adrianagajin US President Barack Obama will lay out broad strategic guidelines for Afghanistan after their run-off elections. http://bit.ly/3xwdoV

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Run-off Elections

  • abclive Afghan Election Commission Declares Winner After UN Clearance http://bit.ly/2YZKS7
  • jheiselman RUN-OFFS REMAIN: Several local elections have no clear-cut winner are headed for run-off elections on December 1st
  • chuckwelch Two Wikipedia (sorry) articles that touch on why some like run-off elections: http://bit.ly/2a3CrY & http://bit.ly/1mwERl
  • chuckwelch If one believes absentee voters are "most committed" to candidates that bodes well for Verplanck (1598) & Walker (1327) in run-off elections
  • grabbingsand Not entirely sure, but it looks like Roswell will need a run-off to decide their Mayor. FuCo Results here: http://snurl.com/t1qws
  • danpatterson Afghan run-off would have been better: Karzai (AFP)
  • rsegoly Irish4Palestine: BREAKING~AFGHAN ELECTIONS CANCELLED: AFGHAN RUN OFF ELECTIONS ARE CANCELLED Just out on live T.. http://bit.ly/QfWkC
  • hotnycnews Europa NewsWire.Photo by: Luiz Rampelotto.Kabul, Afghanistan, 2 November 2009 - I welcome todays decision by Afghanistans Independent Election Commission to forego a run-off vote and to declare Hamid Karzai as the winner of the 2009 presidential elections.
  • ramakaur RT @offripper Abdullah calls run-off vote a farce, read the European press: http://bit.ly/1kxKk5 #afghanistan #elections
  • intellibitz ABC Live-Online News, Breaking News, World News, National News ...
  • ramakaur Abdullah calls run-off vote a farce, read the European press: http://bit.ly/1kxKk5 #afghanistan #elections
  • petrbuben Presidential candidate pulls out of Afghan run-off election UN
  • danpatterson Abdullah pulls out of Afghan run-off election (AFP)
  • alibomaye It should only be Taliban who boycott elections in [Afghanistan] http://su.pr/875feY
  • rickrockit Challenger out of Afghan election run-off
  • praguebob Abdullah Abdullah is live on CNN now explaining his decision not to participate in the run-off elections in Afghanistan.
  • trigeia Dr Abdullah will NOT run in the Afghan run-off elections on November 7: Source: [b]Al-Jazeera English and CNN-I.. http://tinyurl.com/ygm738b
  • governmentpassion Dr Abdullah will NOT run in the Afghan run-off elections on November 7
  • danpatterson Afghan run-off should take place: Karzai spokesman (AFP)
  • danpatterson Afghanistans Abdullah Withdraws From Presidential Run-Off Vote (Bloomberg)
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