“Haaaaaaaaay!!” That’s was the election night rebel yell that Shae Seaward let loose, arms in the air, after her candidate was announced the top vote-getter in Tuesday’s city council election. Her candidate: Charles Pugh, former FOX2 television journalist, and now the president-elect of the Detroit City Council. The 88,704 votes he won — nearly 10 percent of the vote overall — locked up that distinction after a hard-fought campaign, and with it the added distinction of becoming the first openly gay council president in the city’s history.

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