Detroit Mayoral Elections - How did this happen?

[Chairman Wood]

Kilpatrick is re-elected as Detroit's mayor. I used to live in SE Michigan but moved away in August and haven't been following this much since. But how the hell did this guy get re-elected? When I left this guy had approval numbers in the 20's and I probably could have ran against him and won. This guy practically bankrupted the city completely dropped the ball on getting the city ready for big events like the Super Bowl, All-star game etc. For those outside of Detroit this guy also basically behaved as if he was Suge Knight with a city to run instead of a record label. I was sure this bozo was out two months ago. What could have happened? I also saw the print out of the Detroit News this morning and it said Hendrix had at that time a 12 point lead. Something seems fishy...