DETROIT – Update: Mayor Mike Dugan announces he's running for a second four-year term as mayor of Detroit.
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Detroit mayor Mike Duggan is expected to make an announcement at the Samaritan Center around noon.
Duggan was elected in 2013 and took office in 2014, succeeding Mayor Dave Bing, who chose not to seek re-election.
Duggan vowed to clean up neighborhoods. He pushed a program that has led to the demolition of more than 10,000 vacant houses.
Billions in debt, Detroit filed for bankruptcy in 2013 under a state-appointed emergency manager. The city exited bankruptcy at the end of 2014.
The city has continued to meet financial and budgetary requirements set out in the bankruptcy.
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