Mayor Mike Duggan, who in his first term restored some of Detroit's basic services that had been lacking for years as the city climbed out of bankruptcy, has won re-election Tuesday night, defeating state Sen. Coleman Young II, who ran a hard-hitting campaign against the incumbent.

"It's a special night," Duggan said after his election victory party at the Renaissance Center. "You work hard for four years and in one night you get a report card. I don't care how well the campaign is going, I was nervous. People have been so wonderful to me that I was sure it was going to be alright but I love this job, I love what I'm doing I love being able to go to every corner of the city and have people come up and want to tell me what's going wrong and what's going right. We're going to keep pushing for another four years."

During his victory speech, Duggan said despite enduring "all the different kinds of attacks," in the midst of his campaign, he vowed to run on a positive platform.

"... Seventy-five percent of Detroiters think the city is going in the right direction," Duggan said, referencing the election results.

Duggan decisively won 68% of the vote in the August primary and had also raised a war chest of $2.2 million within the past year, which critics said made it difficult for Young to compete against.

Within the past few weeks, the campaign became contentious. In the only scheduled mayoral debate on Oct. 25, Young accused Duggan of collusion and “bid-rigging” in the city’s demolition program, which is under federal investigation — claims that Duggan vehemently denied.

"I hope this is the year where we put us. vs them politics behind us forever because we believe in one Detroit for all of us.," Duggan said before the crowd started chanting "one Detroit."

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Duggan said Young had called and left him a message but he wasn't able to answer because he was in the midst of giving his speech.

Earlier in the night, Young had said he didn't plan to concede until all the votes came in, but as the votes continued to come in, a win for his camp seemed unlikely.

"We're going to wait until they call it," Young said about 9 p.m.. "Obviously, it's not exactly what we wanted but I'm just thankful for the opportunity. It was a good race. We did what we needed to do and we put our best foot forward."

When he was initially elected in 2013, Duggan became the first white mayor to be elected in Detroit since Coleman A. Young took office in 1974.

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Ahead of the results coming in, Duggan's spokeswoman Sharon Banks said his campaign was "hopeful" that the work he had done the past four years warranted him another term.

But Young, 35, said at the time that he planned to run a strategic, boots-on-the-ground-style campaign, a strategy he thought would help him win. Young said at the time he believed he had reached voters in places he thought had largely been ignored.

Young told the Free Press days before the election that "the people have reached their limit" and desired a leadership change. Young also ran heavily on the narrative of two Detroits — one involving the affluent parts of the city and the other impacting the city's poor people.

"We've got too many people in this town who have been forsaken and begging for bread," Young said last week.

But Duggan told the Free Press last month that if re-elected, he wanted to continue his work on building "one Detroit for all."

In his first term, Duggan has touted restored routine trash pickup, street sweeping after a several-year hiatus and he also has touted the installation of 65,000 new LED streetlights across the city as his accomplishments.

“"That’s what we’re trying to build," he said "I’m not arguing about the starting point. I’m arguing that I believe we can build a city that no matter where you are today, there’s opportunity for you to succeed.”

But Duggan acknowledged much more work remained. Duggan said he plans to continue to focus on creating more training and job opportunities for Detroiters, as well as the astronomical auto insurance rates and crime.

"This is one city and I want to make sure that there’s room for everybody in every neighborhood," he said.

Contact Katrease Stafford: kstafford@freepress.com or 313-223-4759.