After auto insurance reform failure, Detroit Mayor Duggan seeks solutions, but also revenge

When Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan was out making a final push for votes ahead of his ultimate re-election last week, he briefly diverged from talking points of streetlights and street sweeping, apparently, in the name of revenge.

Days earlier, an auto insurance reform bill he had hoped to count among his greatest achievements as mayor died in Michigan’s House of Representatives. The bill was defeated 63-45, with five of the nine lawmakers from Detroit among the “nays.”

"Half of the Detroit delegation didn't vote with us," Duggan told the Detroit News while campaigning at a North End church on Nov. 5. "I intend to campaign against every one of them this August."

Since running for mayor for the first time in 2013, Duggan has fought to reduce auto insurance rates for his constituents, who, on average, pay the highest premiums in the country and often choose to avoid the bill by driving illegally.

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