Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, D-Mich., hugs supporters at her primary night election party in Detroit, Wednesday morning, Aug. 6, 2008. Kilpatrick, the mother of Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, fought to save her political career Tuesday in a primary election driven by a City Hall scandal involving her son. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Supporters of Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, D-Mich., react to early primary returns shown on television at her primary night election party Detroit, Mich., Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2008. Kilpatrick, the mother of Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, fought to save her political career Tuesday in a primary election driven by a City Hall scandal involving her son. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

In this Oct. 11, 2005, file photo, State Sen. Martha Scott, D-Highland Park, is shown in Lansing, Mich. Scott is running against Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick for Michigan's 13th Congressional District seat in 2008. (AP Photo/Al Goldis, File)

In this Sept. 22, 2004, file photo, State Rep. Mary Waters is shown in Lansing, Mich. Waters is running against Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick for Michigan's 13th Congressional District seat in 2008. (AP Photo/Al Goldis, File)

In this Aug. 2, 2005, file photo, Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, left, addresses supporters at an election night rally as his mother, Democratic U.S. Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, right, listens in Detroit. The congresswoman has rolled over opponents on her way to six consecutive terms in Washington. Her seventh stint also seems likely after this fall's election, but a text-messaging sex scandal hounding her son could expose any chinks in his mother's political armor. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, D-Mich,, takes part in a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington in this Dec. 6, 2006 file photo. Kilpatrick said Friday, March 14, 2008, that the state's Democrats are working on plans for a June 3 primary that would give them a say in the tight presidential nomination race between Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson, File)

Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, D-Mich,, takes part in a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington in this Dec. 6, 2006 file photo. Kilpatrick said Friday, March 14, 2008, that the state's Democrats are working on plans for a June 3 primary that would give them a say in the tight presidential nomination race between Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson, File)