Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson headed toward 7th term #DetroitNews

Kirk Pinho - L. Brooks Patterson is headed for a seventh term as Oakland County's executive, but it was a closer call than usual. With nearly all the vote counted, Patterson has staved off Democratic challenger Vicki Barnett. Before Election Day numbers started coming in, the 77-year-old Republican who has held his job for more than two decades, said he was confident about the evening's outcome during a campaign celebration at Heroes in Waterford Township, just south of his office. Other GOP mainstays,

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