When was kwame kilpatrick elected mayor

His mother, Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, was a U. Representative until , and his father Bernard, worked in Wayne County government until opening a private consulting firm. Returning to Detroit, Kilpatrick taught middle school at Marcus Garvey Academy before he was elected state representative in When he was elected to head the House Democratic Caucus he became the youngest person, and first African American, to lead a party in the Michigan legislature.

In , Kwame Kilpatrick was elected mayor of the City of Detroit, the youngest person ever to hold that post. However, following a bruising campaign he was re-elected in after narrowly defeating Detroiter Freeman Hendrix.

In February , Kilpatrick joined other city leaders in hosting Super Bowl XL, which was deemed an unqualified success. Kilpatrick said he connected with her through a friend and they started praying on the phone together before eventual prison visits.

Kilpatrick served more than seven years in a federal prison after being sentenced to 28 years before being released early by a commutation in January at the direction of President Donald Trump in one of his final acts as president.

Click for details. The former mayor was convicted of racketeering conspiracy in March on 24 federal felony counts, including mail fraud, wire fraud and racketeering. Seven months later, Kilpatrick was sentenced to federal prison by U. Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm planned to hold hearings and potentially remove Kilpatrick from office. The former mayor resigned and plead guilty to charges of obstruction of justice in September He was sentenced to days in jail.

In , a judge ruled Kilpatrick had violated terms of his probation by failing to report assets and turn over tax refunds. He was sentenced to five years in jail. At this time, the federal government was building a case against Kilpatrick and charged his friends and acquaintances.

His childhood friend Derrick Miller plead guilty to accepting bribes and filing a false tax return. Miller provided information that strengthened the federal case against Kilpatrick. The corruption case went on for months in federal court. It took two weeks for juries to deliberate. On March 11, , Kilpatrick was convicted on 24 federal felony counts , including mail fraud, wire fraud, and racketeering. He was sentenced to 28 years in federal prison.