page_title: Michael Bell (mayor)
section_title: Mayor of Toledo
hierarchical_section_title: Michael Bell (mayor) / Mayor of Toledo
caption_attribution_description: President Barack Obama has lunch with Toledo Mayor Michael Bell at Rudy’s Hot Dog in Toledo, Ohio, June 3, 2011. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
context_page_description: Michael P. Bell is a former Mayor of Toledo, Ohio who took office on January 4, 2010 and served until January 4, 2014. Bell previously served as Toledo Fire Chief and State Fire Marshal.
context_section_description: In 2009, Bell ran as an independent in Toledo's mayoral election. He ran against attorney Keith Wilkowski, a Democrat. Bell defeated Wilkowski on the November 3 election by a margin of only 2% and was sworn in on January 4, 2010. He was the second African-American mayor in the city's history.
  In 2013, Bell again ran for mayor, however, his opponent, Councilman D. Michael Collins, won the mayor's race by a margin of 56.5% to 43.5%.
  The unofficial vote was 28,002 for Mr. Collins and 21,535 for Mr. Bell. Turnout was 25.4 percent of registered voters in the city. 
  Bell officially ended his term as Mayor of Toledo on January 4, 2014.
caption: Michael Bell dining with President Barack Obama at Rudy's Hot Dog in 2011.
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