Charles Pugh

Charles Pugh (born August 3, 1971 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American television journalist, radio personality and politician, who was elected council president of Detroit City Council in Detroit's city elections in 2009. Pugh is best known for anchoring the news at WJBK in Detroit from 1999 to 2009, as well as being the radio personality as the co-host on Clear Channel's FM 98 WJLB and his own host on the Sunday evening talk show, That's What's Up.^[1]

Pugh resigned from the station in March 2009 to pursue his political campaign.^[2] He won the most votes of any council candidate on election day,^[1] giving him the title of council president, despite a controversy late in the campaign when he acknowledged that he had been struggling financially and his home had been foreclosed.^[3]

Pugh, who came out as gay in 2004, is the city's first openly gay elected official.^[3]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Pugh, Brown will lead revamped Detroit council". Detroit News, November 3, 2009.
2. ^ "Charles Says Goodbye to Fox 2". WJBK-TV, March 29, 2009.
3. ^ ^{a b} "Can Detroit's First Openly Gay Pol Save the City?". TIME, November 2, 2009.

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Name	Pugh, Charles
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Short description	American politician
Date of birth	August 3, 1971
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