Primary results thread: Michigan state House

House District 62

With 2% of the precincts in:

Baldwin (R)     166
Moore (R)     320
Nendorf (D)     112
Segal (D)       283

Rural precincts are coming in with low turnout

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by: pbratt @ Wed Aug 06, 2008 at 00:26:08 AM UTC

District 32

GOP primary:
with 14% of precincts in:
John Accavitti   388   59.0%  
David Auwen 170 25.8%
Galen Johnson 55 8.4%
Raymond Williams 45 6.8%

Fighting for the honor to lose to Democratic Candidate Jennifer Haase (who has 825 votes)

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by: pbratt @ Wed Aug 06, 2008 at 00:44:48 AM UTC

District 39

From Oakland County's 39th District GOP Primary:

(WITH 9 OF 37 PRECINCTS COUNTED 24.32%)
Caryn Devaney               51    7.34
Donald B. Elliott, Jr       73   10.50
Amy Peterman               299   43.02
David N. Wolkinson         270   38.85

From the Dem Primary:
(WITH 9 OF 37 PRECINCTS COUNTED 24.32%)
Lisa Brown         888   62.71
John Kuriakuz      528   37.29

Close of the GOP side, looking good for Brown.

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by: pbratt @ Wed Aug 06, 2008 at 00:56:21 AM UTC

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District 32 update...

GOP primary, with 86 percent of the precincts reporting:

John Accavitti   2,310   53.6%  
David Auwen 1,265 29.3%
Galen Johnson 410 9.5%
Raymond Williams 327 7.6%

Among the Trees

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by: Eric B. @ Wed Aug 06, 2008 at 02:04:50 AM UTC

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Acciavetti vs. Haase it is...

With 100 percent of precincts reporting...

John Accavitti   2,593   54.3%  
David Auwen 1,371 28.7%
Galen Johnson 436 9.1%
Raymond Williams 372 7.8%

Among the Trees

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by: Eric B. @ Wed Aug 06, 2008 at 02:18:28 AM UTC

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Accavitti, that is...

n/m

Among the Trees

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by: Eric B. @ Wed Aug 06, 2008 at 02:19:12 AM UTC

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62nd District update 9pm.

With 14 of 47 Precincts in:

Baldwin (R)     455
Moore (R)       951

Nendorf (D)     318
Segal (D)       853

Few Battle Creek precincts have come in yet.  Most of Moore's support is coming in from the rural precincts, so perhaps Baldwin might cut into his lead.

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by: pbratt @ Wed Aug 06, 2008 at 01:05:37 AM UTC

House District 62 10pm update

With 41 of 47 Precincts in:

GOP Primary:
Baldwin (R)     1166
Moore (R)       2195

DEM Primary:
Nendorf (D)     1190
Segal (D)       2781

Segal and Moore to face off in Nov.  Note that the combined Dem vote was greater than the GOP vote-good news for the general.

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by: pbratt @ Wed Aug 06, 2008 at 02:00:54 AM UTC

4th Appeals

So far, with results mostly coming in from the Upper Peninsula, Manderfield and Kelly well out ahead.  Good news, that.

Among the Trees

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by: Eric B. @ Wed Aug 06, 2008 at 02:11:24 AM UTC

both way ahead

and will win in Manistee and Leelanau Counties. Looks like an interesting GE.

"Kill the headlights and put it in neutral..."

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by: AikoAdam @ Wed Aug 06, 2008 at 02:55:30 AM UTC

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Howell

took a ton of votes away from Doster...in fact, Doster trails Howell in almost every county.

What does this say about Little Dicky's control of the Michigan Republican party?

Can we say Republican civil war?

Kelly was winning Ingham handily over Manderfield, that's her home turf...real surprise that!

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by: Nazgul35 @ Wed Aug 06, 2008 at 03:14:42 AM UTC

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Ripple effect...

Just remember that Kevin Elsenheimer stole what would have been a chief source of amusement for us this summer when he backed out of the 4th Appeals race to run again for the 105th District, and prompting Dennis Lennox to withdraw from the race.

Oh the fun we could have had!

Among the Trees

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by: Eric B. @ Wed Aug 06, 2008 at 03:22:33 AM UTC

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Ingham

Over at the Ingham.org site, they have Manderfield carrying Ingham County with over 65% of the county's vote.

"I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth and they thought it was hell." -- Harry S Truman

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by: Butch Snider @ Thu Aug 07, 2008 at 02:00:06 AM UTC

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39th District

36 OF 37 PRECINCTS COUNTED 97.30%

DEM Primary:
Lisa Brown        2,788   62.07
John Kuriakuz     1,700   37.85
Brown wins

GOP Primary:
Caryn Devaney           285    8.15
Donald B. Elliott, Jr.  261    7.47
Amy Peterman          1,705   48.78
David N. Wolkinson    1,236   35.36

Peterman wins.  

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by: pbratt @ Wed Aug 06, 2008 at 02:12:48 AM UTC

75th-GOP Primary

From WOODTV:
97% of precincts reporting:
Dan Tietema 3,751 75%
T.J. Carnegie 829 17%
Michael Burdo 388 8%

Dan Tietema gets the honor to lose to Rep. Dean.

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by: pbratt @ Wed Aug 06, 2008 at 02:22:02 AM UTC

District 24 results -- Roberts vs. Brandenburg

From the Macomb County Clerk's Elections Web page:

Sarah Roberts   5,731   62.8%  
Jack Downey 1,486 16.3%
David P. Cavanagh 1,150 12.6%
Sarah More 414 4.5%
Michael A. Lavis 129 1.4%
Greg Conrad 79 0.9%
Howard O. Trerice, Jr. 71 0.8%
Derek A. Kuttner 60 0.7%

Among the Trees

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by: Eric B. @ Wed Aug 06, 2008 at 02:51:24 AM UTC

West Michigan State House Races

and local races covered over at WMR here

"Kill the headlights and put it in neutral..."

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by: AikoAdam @ Wed Aug 06, 2008 at 02:56:30 AM UTC

Wacko GOP Primary: 72nd District

From the land of the far right in the 72nd District GOP primary:

Justin Amash 4,733 41%
Ken Yonker 4,010 35%
Linda Steil 2,170 19%
David Elias 320 3%
Timothy Cyrus 199 2%

Kudos to Kentwood et al for bringing an end to the Steil era and electing a Ron Paul Republican.

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by: pbratt @ Wed Aug 06, 2008 at 03:04:51 AM UTC

51st District GOP Primary

Its a nail biter here:

STATE LEGISLATURE 51ST DISTRICT (80% of precincts reporting):
GOP
Vince Lorraine   1,067   22.78
Paul Scott       1,832   39.12
James B. Swenor  1,781   38.03

DEM
Thomas J. McGee    620   18.49
Michael J. Thorp 2,297   68.49
Harold I. Ward     435   12.91

Looks like Thorp will face off against Scott or Swenor.  We'll report on the GOP race as more results come in.

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by: pbratt @ Wed Aug 06, 2008 at 03:11:13 AM UTC

Peter Bratt's friend ahead in Genesee

In the 51st:

Vince Lorraine.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     1,067   22.78
Paul Scott .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     1,832   39.12
James B. Swenor  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     1,781   38.03
WRITE-IN.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .         3     .06

In the Dems race, it's Thorp:

Thomas J. McGee  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .       620   18.49
Michael J. Thorp .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     2,297   68.49
Harold I. Ward.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .       435   12.97
WRITE-IN.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .         2     .06

This is apparently with 80 percent of precincts counted countywide.

Among the Trees

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by: Eric B. @ Wed Aug 06, 2008 at 03:13:26 AM UTC

District 37

With (WITH 33 OF 33 PRECINCTS COUNTED:

GOP Primary:
Richard Lerner      1,485   33.48
Michael A. Peters     625   14.09
Paul Welday         2,312   52.13

Welday will face off against Vicki Barnett.  Think of a proxy battle between Knollenberg and Peters, as each candidate for this house seat has close ties with the US House candidates for the 9th district.

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by: pbratt @ Wed Aug 06, 2008 at 03:14:20 AM UTC

Andy Coulouris spanks Sangster

in the 95th...looks like our candidate against Roger Kahn is doing well...

Too bad Roger...be afraid...be very very afraid!

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by: Nazgul35 @ Wed Aug 06, 2008 at 03:15:50 AM UTC

Scott pulling ahead in the 51st

With 86% of the vote in:

Vince Lorraine      1,148   23.09
Paul Scott          1,964   39.51
James B. Swenor     1,855   37.32

I don't know what precincts are left, but Scott leads by about 100 votes now.

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by: pbratt @ Wed Aug 06, 2008 at 03:16:29 AM UTC

Updated...

Scott up by about 250 votes:

Vince Lorraine.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     1,462   20.63
Paul Scott .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     2,935   41.42
James B. Swenor  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     2,684   37.88
WRITE-IN.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .         5     .07

Among the Trees

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by: Eric B. @ Wed Aug 06, 2008 at 03:26:18 AM UTC

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District 1

With all precincts reporting:

GOP Primary:
Daniel Corrigan Grano    126 6.80%
Therese Joseph            39 2.10%
Mary Treder Lang        604 32.60%
John Simon              368 19.86%
Pete Waldmeir           355 19.16%

Lang wins in a landside-

No DEM results yet.

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by: pbratt @ Wed Aug 06, 2008 at 03:23:05 AM UTC

District 61

As reported at WMR:

State House District 61 (Eastern Kalamazoo County)
Challenger for Julie Rogers.
Republican Primary:
43 of 49 Precincts Reporting
Larry DeShazor:    2741  
Margaret O'Brien:  2541  
David Yardley:      339  

Analysis: This one is going down to the wire between moderate DeShazor and O'Brien.

DeShazor, the moderate, forges into the lead with 6 precincts to go. memiller

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by: pbratt @ Wed Aug 06, 2008 at 03:27:03 AM UTC

UP results

Can anyone tell me where to go for the UP districts we are watching (106, 108)?  I'm have a hard time finding data.

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by: pbratt @ Wed Aug 06, 2008 at 03:28:22 AM UTC

Try Secretary of State

might not be as up to date...otherwise you have to go to the individual county clerk results and some are not very good at posting them I am looking at you Bay County...

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by: Nazgul35 @ Wed Aug 06, 2008 at 03:35:12 AM UTC

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106th

Republican:

COUNTY          Pettalia Swift   H. Viegelahn
01 ALCONA 809        173     402
04 ALPENA 1,663        89      523
20 CRAWFORD 755        240     357
60 MONTMORENCY 0        0       0
68 OSCODA 581        278     367
71 PRESQUE ISLE 0        0       0

Totals        3,808        780     1,649

Democrats:

COUNTY Neumann C. Viegelahn
01 ALCONA 361        98
04 ALPENA 2,355        750
20 CRAWFORD 243        136
60 MONTMORENCY 0        0
68 OSCODA 179        68
71 PRESQUE ISLE 0        0

Totals 3,138        1,052

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by: Nazgul35 @ Wed Aug 06, 2008 at 03:41:18 AM UTC

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101st

reporting from WMR

State House District 101 (Leelanau, Benzie, Manistee, and Mason Counties)
Challenger for Dan Scripps
100% Manistee reporting, 100% Leelanau , 100% Benzie, 100% of Mason.

Republican Primary:
Ray Franz: 4855
Greg Ferguson: 596
Janice McCraner: 3037
Michael McManus: 4846

Analysis: 9 Freakin Votes! Scripps vs Franz in November, say hello to your pending defeat Ray.  

"Kill the headlights and put it in neutral..."

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by: AikoAdam @ Wed Aug 06, 2008 at 03:37:32 AM UTC

That is awesome...

A McManus goes down in the Republican primary.

Among the Trees

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by: Eric B. @ Wed Aug 06, 2008 at 03:45:17 AM UTC

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not so fast

there will probably be a recount

"Kill the headlights and put it in neutral..."

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by: AikoAdam @ Wed Aug 06, 2008 at 03:46:18 AM UTC

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Blasted democracy

Oh well, maybe the margin of defeat will increase...

Among the Trees

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by: Eric B. @ Wed Aug 06, 2008 at 03:52:24 AM UTC

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Hope so

Franz provides a clear distinction between himself and Dan, where McManus muddies the water with vague statements mostly.

"Kill the headlights and put it in neutral..."

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by: AikoAdam @ Wed Aug 06, 2008 at 04:00:38 AM UTC

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That's my sincerest hope, because I really, REALLY want to get some use out of this photoshop...

and this one:

Just kidding... That last one isn't a photoshop. That's actually Ray Franz's campaign sign!

I figured it might as well say "Bush Republican" though, so I went ahead and fixed it for him. :-)

I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians. Charles De Gaulle (1890 - 1970)

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by: LisainManistee @ Wed Aug 06, 2008 at 04:01:34 AM UTC

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Just so ya'all know

If Ray Franz were to win this seat he will probably be the most conservative right wingnut in the State House. He will make current 101 Rep. David Palsrock look like a flaming liberal.  

The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.

 - Ralph Waldo Emerson

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by: michmark @ Wed Aug 06, 2008 at 10:48:41 AM UTC

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108th District

Thanks to Nazgul, I've found some more data:

Dem Primary:
Baldinelli   319
Burgess     1580
Nerat       1912
Polzin       419

Nerat wins the right to challenge for the seat again, this time against GOPer Mike Falcon

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by: pbratt @ Wed Aug 06, 2008 at 03:42:02 AM UTC

Nazgul has 106 covered

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by: pbratt @ Wed Aug 06, 2008 at 03:42:34 AM UTC

Scott wins the 51st District GOP primary

Final results from the 51st GOP primary:

Vince Lorraine      1,462   20.63%
Paul Scott          2,935   41.42%
James B. Swenor     2,684   37.88%

Scott vs. Thorp this fall.  The GOP will welcome Scott's fund raising ability.

Still waiting on the 1st and 23rd district Dem Primaries from Wayne County.

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by: pbratt @ Wed Aug 06, 2008 at 03:45:56 AM UTC

1st District

I can't find the data, but the Freep is reporting that Bledsoe is leading Poynter.  I'm finding this hard to believe, but until I get some data, I'm not calling anything.

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by: pbratt @ Wed Aug 06, 2008 at 04:01:49 AM UTC

1st District Dem Primary and 23rd Dstrict

From the Detroit News:
39 of 45 Precincts Reporting - 87%
Bledsoe , Timothy Dem 4,876 55%
Poynter , Kenneth Dem 3,320 38%
Ruedemann , Edward Dem 299 3%
Diebel , Ronald Dem 293 3%

Bad news for the Dem Lansing leadership.  The handpicked candidate (Poynter) is falling to the underfunded Bledsoe, who gets another chance to run for the seat.

From Western Wayne County:
State House - District 23 - Dem Primary
Michigan - 45 of 52 Precincts Reporting - 87%
Name Party Votes Vote %
Kennedy , Deb Dem 2,328 31%
Adkins , Burl Dem 1,840 25%
Beaubien , Jim Dem 1,588 21%
Cronin , John Dem 1,389 19%
Chapman , J. Forrest Dem 313 4%

State House - District 23 - GOP Primary
Michigan - 45 of 52 Precincts Reporting - 87%
Name Party Votes Vote %
DeBlois , Neil GOP 742 40%
Garza , J. GOP 710 38%
Harmon , Linda GOP 406 22%

Close for the GOP, Kennedy will await the winner.

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by: pbratt @ Wed Aug 06, 2008 at 04:07:44 AM UTC

Calling it a night

I'm getting up early tomorrow, so I'm calling it a night.  Will report on any open races tomorrow afternoon.

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by: pbratt @ Wed Aug 06, 2008 at 04:19:40 AM UTC

Thanks for all your efforts...

Among the Trees

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by: Eric B. @ Wed Aug 06, 2008 at 04:25:14 AM UTC

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27th District: Ellen Cogen Lipton by a mile.

 Charles Findlay  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .           551     5.95
Andy LeCureaux.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     1,249   13.48
Ellen Cogen Lipton  .  .  .  .  .  .  .      5,155   55.63
Mark Richardson  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     1,733    18.70
Kevin Weeden  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .         541      5.84
WRITE-IN.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .              38        .41
Total .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     9,267

Good for Ellen, but a major ouch! for my guy, Mark Richardson.

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by: Brainwrap @ Wed Aug 06, 2008 at 04:52:34 AM UTC