Results from the 2009 November 3 general election, updated as the numbers come in.
Election 2009
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TCAPS board gets fresh faces
Traverse City's school board will welcome two new members in January, and an incumbent will retain his seat. Newcomers Julie Puckett and Kelly Hall won four-year terms on the board. Incumbent Gary Appel will fill a partial term to expire in December 2012.
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Grand Traverse County Election Results
Results from the 2009 November 3 general election, updated as the numbers come in.
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Benzie County Election Results
Results from the 2009 November 3 general election, updated as the numbers come in.
Continued ... - Election results from across the region
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Voters reject Acme, East Bay road millages
Residents in East Bay and Acme townships will continue to live with pothole patches after voters rejected matching millage requests in both townships to fix local roads.
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2 newcomers, incumbent elected to TC board
City Commissioner Deni Scrudato lost her bid for re-election as voters ousted her, kept another commissioner and seated two newcomers.
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9:25pm: TC voters oust incumbent
Traverse City voters ousted an incumbent city commissioner, retained another and seated two new ones.
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9:19pm: Acme, East Bay road millages fail
Voters defeated a pair of millage requests to fix local roads in Acme and East Bay townships.
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Crawford County Election Results
Results from the 2009 November 3 general election, updated as the numbers come in.
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Emmet County Election Results
Results from the 2009 November 3 general election, updated as the numbers come in.
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Charlevoix County Election Results
Results from the 2009 November 3 general election, updated as the numbers come in.
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Kalkaska County Election Results
Results from the 2009 November 3 general election, updated as the numbers come in.
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Manistee County Election Results
Results from the 2009 November 3 general election, updated as the numbers come in.
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Wexford County Election Results
Results from the 2009 November 3 general election, updated as the numbers come in.
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Missaukee County Election Results
Results from the 2009 November 3 general election, updated as the numbers come in.
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Otsego County Election Results
Results from the 2009 November 3 general election, updated as the numbers come in.
Continued ... - November 2, 2009
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A look at the area's election issues
There's a hot button issue in Manistee County's Norman Township. Three board members face recall on Nov. 3 because they voted against an ordinance to authorize off-road vehicle use on township roads. (Plus a roundup of ballot issues set for the Nov. 3 election in the Record-Eagle's 13-county circulation region.)
Continued ... - October 31, 2009
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Heated debate over road millage requests
Sleepy little off-year election? Maybe not in Acme and East Bay townships, where millage proposals for road repairs are fueling heated debates in both communities.
Continued ... - October 30, 2009
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Schools seek funds on Nov. 3
Forest Area Community Schools in Fife Lake is one of several regional districts that will ask voters on Tuesday to help fund building projects.
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Candidates voting records vary
Some candidates for the Traverse City Commission and Traverse City Area Public Schools board voted in nearly every local election in the past five years, while others missed nearly half the elections in their communities.
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Woman says official pulled election signs
A Whitewater Township woman spent hours working on election signs that voice her opposition to a projected tax increase. But some of those signs ended up in the township Dumpster this week, courtesy, she contends, of the local zoning administrator.
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TCAPS candidates disclose spending
Two candidates for two Traverse City school board races spent more than $2,000 to woo voters, tops among board hopefuls.
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Letters At Issue: Elections: 10/30/2009
Letters regarding the upcoming Nov. 3 elections.
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What about spending by city candidates?
All but one candidate for Traverse City commission offices filed campaign finance statements.
Continued ... - October 29, 2009
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Letters At Issue: Elections: 10/29/2009
Important perspective; Roads will be safer; For the local good; Status quo is over; Vote for COFAC; On life support; A vote for Gillman; Opportunity is now; The time is now; Uniquely qualified; Fair and open-minded; No time for a change; Invest in roads; National background; Deserves our vote; No county guarantees; Car has spoken; No other source; Lone dissenting voice; The right decision; We live here; A better district; Can't ask for more; A progressive spirit; Fix our roads; Scrudato has her vote; A high priority; Compassion and integrity
Continued ... - October 28, 2009
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Letters At Issue: Election: 10/28/2009
More of Moore; Vote 'yes' for roads; Puckett right choice; Moore fair, ethical; Vote 'yes' for roads; Puckett has background; Millage best option; Hall has the skills; Money well spent; Vote 'yes' on roads
Continued ... - October 25, 2009
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Our recommendations for TC Commission
Traverse City voters will be asked to choose among four candidates for three seats on the city commission Nov. 3. Commissioner Chris Bzdok is running unopposed for mayor. Here are our endorsements.
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Our recommendations for TCAPS Board
Traverse City Area Public Schools voters could add as many as three new members to the seven-member school board in voting Nov. 3. Five candidates, including one incumbent, are vying for two four-year terms. Two candidates, including an appointed incumbent, are competing for a partial term that ends in December of 2012. Here are our endorsements.
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Experience lets candidate do more with less
Early in his career, Gary Appel taught elementary science and helped start an outdoor garden classroom. He used those efforts to link gardening to science lessons in a book he co-wrote on the topic. Now that public education faces deep budget cuts, Appel thinks school districts have to be on the cutting edge to do the most with limited dollars. And he believes he has the experience to do it.
Continued ... - October 24, 2009
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Candidates to meet, greet voters in town
City commission candidates will be available to meet with the public at a series of "meet and greet" sessions at a downtown coffee shop.
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Candidate vows to preserve student programs
For 24 years, Diane Viskochil taught foreign language in Traverse City's public schools. For nearly a quarter-century, Viskochil watched the district evolve under prior administrations and school boards, so she considers herself knowledgeable about how it operates. She would use that history to make decisions if elected Nov. 3 to the Traverse City school board.
Continued ... - October 23, 2009
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Manner says she understands challenges
Mary Ufford Manner knows what happens when organizations have to cut back. Last October, Manner's position as education director at the Great Lakes Children's Museum -- a role she'd held for six years -- was eliminated when the nonprofit restructured. Manner is vying Nov. 3 for one of two, four-year terms on the board, a race that includes incumbent Suzann Brooke and challengers Julie Davis, Kelly Hall and Julie Puckett.
Continued ... - October 22, 2009
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TCAPS candidate Davis wants to be involved
Julie Davis is frustrated when people don't show up to public meetings. Airing them on public-access television is a good alternative, she said, but even then they're limited to cable subscribers. Something more needs to be done.
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Retired teacher seeks second TCAPS term
Suzann Brooke believes being a school board member comes with a learning curve, just like anything else. Brooke used to be a teacher in Traverse City Area Public Schools, and didn't know much about the operations department before winning a seat on the board four years ago.
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Letters at Issue: Elections: 10/22/2009
Attuned to TC; Reach higher; Vote 'yes' for roads; Hall has experience; Support sinking fund; Most qualified; Vote 'no' on roads; Retain Gary Appel
Continued ... - October 21, 2009
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Former attorney views schools as business
Kelly Hall thinks of public education as a business. She calls it a "customer-driven enterprise" and cites real-world analogies from the private sector when discussing ways public schools can improve. These days, with increasing competition for students' attention from other public, private and charter schools, Hall isn't wrong.
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TCAPS candidate promises critical thinking
Julie Puckett didn't want to be a "single-issue candidate." Once a vocal opponent of shutting Bertha Vos Elementary, her daughters' school, she wants to use her experience from that time and her teaching background to help guide the district.
Continued ... - October 19, 2009
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Economy may determine millage outcome
Backers and opponents of a proposed road millage in Acme and East Bay townships agree on one thing -- the economy will likely determine the outcome of the Nov. 3 vote.
Continued ... - October 18, 2009
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Bzdok: Public input is key
Chris Bzdok is looking for a leadership role. Voters first elected Bzdok, 38, to a partial term on the Traverse City Commission in 2007, following his appointment earlier that year to a vacancy created when former Commissioner Rick Csapo resigned. Now hes running unopposed to become the citys mayor for two years, after serving this year as mayor pro tem.
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TCAPS, city candidates in the the spotlight
A host of hopefuls were featured at separate candidate forums for the Traverse City Commission and the Traverse City Area Public Schools' Board of Trustees.
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Candidate focuses on Hickory Hills
MaryAnn Moore wants to pay back the community she raised her family in. Moore, 71, is a semi-retired real estate broker making her first run for public office. She is seeking election to the Traverse City Commission, after serving on the city's Citizens Operational and Financial Analysis Committee.
Continued ... - October 15, 2009
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Retired attorney seeks city post
Michael Gillman, 70, is a retired lawyer who in 2007 joined Traverse City's Citizens Operational and Financial Analysis Committee as a way to ease himself into retirement. Instead, he's now making a bid for a seat on the Traverse City Commission.
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TC Chamber to host candidate forum
The Traverse City Area Chamber of Commerce will host a candidate forum for Traverse City Commission hopefuls.
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School board hopefuls at forum
The League of Women Voters Grand Traverse Area will host a forum with the seven candidates running for seats on the Traverse City Area Public Schools Board of Trustees.
Continued ... - October 14, 2009
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Scrudato isn't afraid to speak out
Traverse City Commissioner Deni Scrudato doesn't mind swimming against the political current. She's drawn praise for her independence on issues and criticism for the occasional slipup, including an off-hand remark last year that insulted a finalist for the then-vacant city manager's post.
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Bergman seeking another city council term
Traverse City Commissioner Jody Bergman wants to keep working on what she's started. Voters elected Bergman, 55, in 2005. She's completing her first term as commissioner and seeks another four years in office.
Continued ... - October 8, 2009
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Unions endorse school board candidates
Employee unions in Traverse City's public schools endorsed an incumbent and two new candidates for school board.
Continued ... - August 17, 2009
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Ballot is next step for Division overhaul
Traverse City commissioners are on the clock to get a November ballot question ready for city voters as part of a possible overhaul of Division Street.
Continued ... - August 13, 2009
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Acme ballot features road repair question
Acme Township voters will get their say on whether or not to fix local roads, but East Bay Township residents won't have the opportunity.
Continued ... - August 12, 2009
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Six to vie for four seats in city race
The candidate field in the race for City Commission has some fresh -- and familiar -- faces. Candidates for three four-year terms on the commission include incumbents Jody Bergman and Deni Scrudato, as well as two members of the city's Citizens Operational and Financial Analysis Committee in first-time candidates Michael Gillman and MaryAnn Moore.
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Seven to vie for three school board seats
Two incumbents and five other community members will seek three Traverse City school board seats this fall.
Continued ... - August 1, 2009
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Aug. 4 elections in northern Michigan
Northern Michigan elections set for Tuesday, Aug. 4.
Continued ... - July 21, 2009
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Deadline nears for city candidates
The filing deadline for this year's city elections is three weeks from today -- petitions have to be filed at the city clerk's office by 4 p.m. Aug. 11 -- and a handful of would-be office holders are completing the legwork and paperwork necessary to get on the November ballot.
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