DETROIT (AP) --  Professional basketball Hall of Famer Dave Bing
has been re-elected Detroit mayor.

The 65-year-old Democrat defeated accountant Tom Barrow in
Tuesday's nonpartisan general election.

Bing's NBA career lasted 12 seasons, nine with the Detroit
Pistons.

As mayor, he has laid off workers and demanded a 10 percent wage
cut to help address the city's ongoing budget deficit.

It was the fourth time Detroit voters cast ballots this year for
mayor.

Bing received the most votes in a February primary and defeated
incumbent Ken Cockrel Jr. in a May runoff to complete Kwame
Kilpatrick's second term. Kilpatrick resigned as part of pleas
in two criminal cases.

Bing also received the most votes in the August primary.