Hendrix was too "old guard" to win. If there'd been a candidate that represented any kind of new direction, Kilpatrick wouldn't have gotten a second term.

Of course this is going to be the death knell for him though. There's just no way, no way at all he comes back from this to win another election. If he's got an ounce of sense he won't even try.

It's not that he cheated on his wife (really, who cares) it's that his coverup cost the city $9 million. He can duck that and run out the clock on his current term but there's just no way he can campaign with any legitimacy after that. I do think it's unlikely they'll bring him up on perjury charges though. With the case being closed and him having lost it, the prosecutor will probably let it lie.