24 percent. 2010 In 2010, she was again challenged in the Democratic primary. Unlike in 2008, her opposition coalesced around State Senator Hansen Clarke, who defeated her in the August 3 primary. “This is the final curtain: the ending of the Kilpatrick dynasty,” said Detroit political consultant Eric Foster of Foster, McCollum, White and Assoc. NPR and CBS News both noted that throughout her re-election campaign, she was dogged by questions about her son, Kwame Kilpatrick, who is in prison on numerous corruption charges. Michigan Live reported that her election defeat could in part be attributed to the Kwame Kilpatrick scandals. Personal life Kilpatrick was married to Bernard Nathaniel Kilpatrick, with whom she has daughter Ayanna and son Kwame Kilpatrick, a former Mayor of Detroit. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick divorced Bernard Kilparick in 1981. She has five grandsons including two sets of twins and one granddaughter. Both her former husband and son were on trial, under an 89-page felony indictment. On March 11, 2013, her son was found guilty on 24 of 30 federal charges and her former spouse was found guilty on 1 of 4 federal charges. She is a member of the Detroit Substance Abuse Advisory Council. She is a member of Delta Sigma Theta sorority Electoral history See also List of African-American United States representatives Women in the United States House of Representatives References External links Michigan Democratic Party 13th Congressional District at Michigan Liberal The Political Graveyard |- |- |- |- |- |- 1945 births 20th-century Methodists 20th-century American politicians 20th-century American women politicians 21st-century American politicians 21st-century American women politicians African-American members of the United States House of Representatives African-American Methodists African-American state legislators in Michigan African-American women in politics Methodists from Michigan Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Michigan Female members of the United States House of Representatives Ferris State University alumni Living people Democratic Party members of the Michigan House of Representatives People of the African Methodist Episcopal church Politicians from Detroit University of Michigan alumni Western Michigan University alumni Women state legislators in Michigan