Detroit Mayor Won’t Run for Reelection
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Dennis Archer, who brought casino gambling to Detroit and pursued other revitalization projects aimed at erasing the city’s image as a blighted, riot-scarred landscape, said in a surprise announcement that he would not seek reelection in November.
“I love this city. I love our citizens and I really enjoyed the opportunity and experience of being mayor. But I also realize that I have no life,” the 59-year-old Democrat said.
Archer became the city’s second black mayor in 1993, succeeding Coleman Young, who held the job for 20 years.
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