Incumbent Weaver survives recall, remains Flint’s mayor

FILE - In this Oct. 17, 2017, file photo, Flint Mayor Karen Weaver delivers a State of the City address in Flint, Mich. Flint voters go to the polls Nov. 7, 2017 to decide whether to recall Weaver on a ballot that includes her name and 17 other candidates. (Jake May/The Flint Journal-MLive.com via AP, File)

FILE - In this Oct. 24, 2017, file photo, eight mayoral candidates participate in a public forum in Flint, Mich. Flint voters go to the polls Nov. 7, 2017 to decide whether to recall the city’s current mayor, Karen Weaver, on a ballot that includes her name and 17 other candidates. (Terray Sylvester/The Flint Journal-MLive.com via AP, File)

DETROIT (AP) — Incumbent Karen Weaver survived a recall effort to remain Flint’s mayor as the Michigan city slowly recovers from a lead-contaminated water crisis.

Weaver won Tuesday’s winner-takes-all election and will serve the final two years of her four-year term. The lengthy ballot included Weaver, recall organizer Arthur Woodson and longtime City Councilman Scott Kincaid, who had received significant donations from labor organizations in a union-heavy town.

The ballot didn’t refer to the water crisis. The official reason was Weaver’s decision to hire a suburban Detroit trash hauler that became connected to a federal corruption investigation.