Karen Weaver To Continue As Mayor of Flint

WKAR Public Media | By Karel Vega

Published November 7, 2017 at 9:46 PM EST

Flint Mayor Karen Weaver has survived a recall attempt with over 54-percent of the city's voters electing to keep her as Mayor.

WJRT-TV reports that Weaver's top challenger Scott Kincaid called her at about 9 p.m. to concede the race.

Here are the full results from the Genesee County Clerk as of 9:30 EST:

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