Indyplus video: Detroit banks on a white mayor to end its nightmare

Monday 04 November 2013 15:09 EST

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Unless the polling is badly off, there is little doubt that once the votes are in, Mike Duggan will have beaten fellow Democrat, Wayne County Sheriff Benny Napoleon, to be elected the first white mayor of what is one of America’s most fabled – and financially beleaguered – major cities since Coleman Young took the office in 1974.

Watch him discuss his plans to tackle crime and unemployment in Detroit below:

Duggan on job creation

Duggan on tackling crime

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