in the controversial November 8, 2005, election by a margin of 47% to 53%. Hendrix was named chief operating officer of Strategic Staffing Solutions and joined EMU in August 2006 as chief government relations officer, focusing on strengthening relationships with legislators in Lansing and Washington, D.C. 2009 Campaign Hendrix officially announced a second formal campaign for mayor of Detroit at the EMU Student Government meeting on October 7, 2008. After an inquiry by Student Body Vice-President Robert Philip Kull about his plans, Hendrix revealed his plans as a way of pushing for "honesty, transparency, and accountability".2 Others who announced their candidacy were interim Mayor Ken Cockrel Jr., Sharon McPhail, Coleman Young II, Nicholas Hood III, and Dave Bing; Hendrix ultimately came in third in the February 24, 2009, primary behind Cockrel and Bing (who was elected mayor). Hendrix was the top vote getter in the August 4, 2009 primary for a post in the Charter Revision Commission, receiving 11% of the vote. He resigned, however, from the commission on September 14, 2010, to join the Greektown Casino Hotel Board of Directors. Electoral history 2009 Election for Charter Revision Commission (Detroit) Freman Hendrix (D), 11% Teola Pearl Hunter (D), 8% Ken Coleman (D), 8% Jenice Mitchell Ford (D), 7% Reggie 'Reg' Davis (D), 6% Rose Mary C. Robinson (D), 6% Ken Harris (D), 6% John Johnson (D), 6% Cara J. Blount (D), 5% 2009 Special Election for Mayor (Detroit) (Primary Election) Dave Bing (D), 28.82% Kenneth Cockrel, Jr (D), 27.00% Freman Hendrix (D), 23.21% Warren Evans (D), 10.06% Coleman A. Young II (D), 4.10% 2005 Race for Mayor (Detroit) Kwame Kilpatrick (D), 53% Freman Hendrix (D), 47% 2005 Race for Mayor (Detroit) (Primary Election) Freman Hendrix (D), 45% Kwame Kilpatrick (D), 34% Sharon McPhail (D), 12% Hansen Clarke (D), 8% External links Freman Hendrix campaign web site Biography on campaign web site Detroit Free Press bio References 1950 births Living people Politicians from Detroit American people of Austrian descent African-American people in Michigan politics Eastern Michigan University alumni 2000 United States presidential electors Michigan Democrats People from Inkster, Michigan 21st-century African-American politicians 20th-century African-American politicians 21st-century American politicians 20th-century American politicians