- Dayne Walling
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Dayne Walling 92nd Mayor of the City of Flint, Michigan Incumbent Assumed office
August 6, 2009Deputy Gregory Eason, Administrator[1] Preceded by Michael Brown (temporary) Constituency City of Flint Personal details Spouse(s) Carrie[2] Children Bennett and Emery, sons[2] Website Flint's Mayor
CampaignDayne Walling is the mayor of Flint, Michigan.
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Early life and Education
Dayne was born and raised in Flint.
Public and Business Life
Walling was a founder and president of the Flint Club.[3]
Political career
In 2007, Walling ran against Don Williamson in the mayoral race losing to Williamson.[4] On August 4, 2009, Walling won the special general mayoral election over Genesee County Commissioner Brenda Clack.[5]
In his bid to be re-elected, Walling came in first the nonpartisan general primary on August 2, 2011 with Darryl Buchanan taking second to face off with him in the general election in November.[6] On November 8, 2011, Walling defeats Buchanan 8,819 votes (56%) to 6,868 votes (44%).[7] That same day, the Michigan State review panel declared the City of Flint to be in state of a "local government financial emergency".[8]
References
- ^ Kristin, Longley (2009-08-14). "Gregory Eason appointed Flint city administrator by Mayor Dayne Walling". Flint Journal (Flint, Michigan: Booth Newspapers). http://blog.mlive.com/flint-city-beat/2009/08/gregory_eason_appointed_flint.html. Retrieved 18 August 2009.
- ^ a b Kristin, Longley (2009-08-06). "Mayor Dayne Walling lays out priorities at swearing in ceremony, pledges to keep police chief". Flint Journal (Flint, Michigan: Booth Newspapers). http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2009/08/mayor_dayne_walling_lays_out_p.html. Retrieved 18 August 2009.
- ^ Bach, Matt (2007-11-13). "The Flint Club". Flint Journal (Flint, Michigan: Booth Newspapers). http://blog.mlive.com/flintjournal/special/2007/11/the_flint_club.html. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
- ^ Raymer, Marjory (2007-08-09). "Two white candidates make history". Flint Journal (Flint, Michigan: Booth Newspapers). http://blog.mlive.com/flintjournal/decision2007/2007/08/two_white_candidates_make_hist.html. Retrieved 2009-01-06.
- ^ "Mayor-Elect Dayne Walling To Be Sworn In". wnem.com (Meredith Corporation). 2009-08-06. http://www.wnem.com/news/20303894/detail.html. Retrieved 18 August 2009.
- ^ Longley, Kristin (August 03, 2011). "Darryl Buchanan declares 2nd place finish to Mayor Dayne Walling in Flint mayoral primary election". Flint Journal. http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2011/08/darryl_buchanan_finishes_2nd_t.html. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
- ^ Longley, Kristin (November 09, 2011). "About 19 percent of voters turned out to re-elect Flint Mayor Dayne Walling". Flint Journal. http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2011/11/about_19_percent_of_voters_tur.html. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
- ^ Longley, Kristin (November 09, 2011). "Dayne Walling re-elected mayor as state declares financial emergency in Flint". Flint Journal. http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2011/11/dayne_walling_re-elected_as_st.html. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
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Political offices Preceded by
Michael Brown
TemporaryMayor of Flint
2009-Succeeded by
incumbentMayors of cities with populations exceeding 100,000 in Michigan - Dave Bing (D)
(Detroit) - George Heartwell (I)
(Grand Rapids)
- James R. Fouts (R)
(Warren) - Richard J. Notte (D)
(Sterling Heights)
- John Hieftje (D)
(Ann Arbor) - Virgil Bernero (D)
(Lansing)
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