Election results from across the region

Election 2009

November 4, 2009

Anonymous The Record Eagle Wed Nov 04, 2009, 01:05 AM EST

Antrim CO.

No elections

Benzie CO.

Animal Control Services

Benzie County voters approved by a 2,462 to 699 count a 1-mill levy renewal for four years to pay for Animal Control Services.

Benzie County Central Schools

School Board member, two, four-year terms

Katherine Ross1,520

Douglas Taylor1,429

Voters approved an operating millage renewal request for five years at 18 mills on non-homestead properties by a 1,418 to 672 margin. The proposed millage renewal will replace a levy set to expire this year.

Voters approved an additional operating millage request for a Headlee override at 2.5 mills for five years by a 1,238 to 843 count.

City of Frankfort

Council member, two, four-year terms and one, two-year term

Jim Campbell142

Norma Elias135

Susanne Glynn171

William Higman224

JoAnn Holwerda235

Robert Johnson278

Ken Lake58

Frankfort-Elberta

Area Schools

School Board member, two, four-year terms

Teresa Mensching695

William Allin Storrer349

Troy Terwilliger629

Voters supported an operating millage renewal request for five years at 18 mills on non-homestead properties 801 to 292. Voters also approved by a 717 to 372 count an additional operating millage request for a Headlee override at 2.5 mills for five years.

Homestead Township

Voters in Homestead Township defeated 206 to 167 a proposal to rezone property owned by Presidium Antrim West LC, at 18708 Honor Highway, from rural residential district to general commercial district.

Inland Township

Inland Township voters defeated a plan to rezone property owned by Presidium Antrim West LC, at 18708 Honor Highway, from rural residential district to general commercial district by a 206 to 90 count.

CHARLEVOIX CO.

City of Boyne City

City commissioner, three, four-year terms

Daniel Adkinson327

Joe Gerant81

Ron Grunch320

Robert MacKenzie248

Lynn Murray159

Laura Sansom295

Delbert Gene Towne228

City of Charlevoix

Clerk, two-year term

Carol Ochs166

Council member, three, two-year terms

Dennis Kusina58

Jill Picha53

Bryan Vollmer42

City of East Jordan

City commissioner, three, four-year terms

Jane Booze291

Thomas Breakey245

Russell Peck246

Mark Postma114

Carron Rogers148

Lee Symonds106

Norwood Township

Voters defeated a millage request for fire and emergency responder services by a 144 to 94 margin and defeated a road millage proposal 167 to 71.

cheboygan CO.

No elections

crawford CO.

City of Grayling

Council member, two, four-year terms

Dan Bonamie II103

Karl DeVries137

Karl Schreiner131

Thomas Wellman106

Council member, one partial term ending in November 2011

Dee Maybury164

emmet CO.

Results were incomplete Tuesday night.

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Acme Township

Township voters defeated a 1-mill levy for road improvements by a 709 to 535 tally.

East Bay Township

Township voters defeated a 1-mill levy for road improvements, 1,539 to 717.

Kingsley Area Public Schools

School Board, two, four-year terms

Jack Ocobock271

City of Traverse City

Mayor, two-year term

Chris Bzdok1,925

City Commission, three, four-year terms

Jody Bergman1,729

Michael Gillman1,803

MaryAnn Moore1,757

Denise Scrudato1,065

Traverse City Area

Public Schools

*Does not include Benzie and Leelanau county votes

School Board, two, four-year terms

Suzann Brooke3,276

Julie Davis1,905

Kelly Hall4,842

Mary Ufford Manner1,479

Julie Puckett4,892

School Board, one partial term ending in December 2012

Gary Appel6,008

Diane Viskochil2,881

Whitewater Township

Township voters defeated a 0.25-mill levy for ambulance services 471 to 133.

kalkaska CO.

Results were incomplete Tuesday night.

leelanau CO.

Leland Public Schools

School Board, two, four-year terms

Sarah Grosvenor 426

Tobin Sprout 359

School Board, one partial term ending December 2012

Bill Robinson 408

Operating millage renewal

Yes 386

No 100

Sinking fund request

Yes359

No 129

Suttons Bay Public Schools

Sinking fund request

Yes 534

No 373

manistee CO.

Results were incomplete Tuesday night.

missaukee CO.

City of Lake City

Mayor, two-year term

Micheal Russell 75

Clerk, four-year term

Daraleen Wilms 80

Council member, three, four-year terms

Judy Luter 76

Robert Luter 70

William Woodward 81

Council member, two partial terms

Roger Adams 76

Stacey Kaminski68

City of McBain

Mayor, two-year term

Donald Schepers 128

Clerk, two-year term

Evelyn Lucas 61

Marcia Smith 89

Treasurer, two-year term

Rhonda Forbes61

Heidi Heuker 83

Council member, three, four-year terms

Daniel Bronsink 90

Susan Heuker 88

Harvey Lucas 106

Patrick Smith 126

otsego CO.

City of Gaylord

Mayor, two-year term

John Jenkins 352

Joe Wambold 121

Clerk, two-year term

Rebecca Curtis 419

Treasurer, two-year term

David Duffield 417

Council member, three, four-year terms

William Blaker 219

Russell Jann 160

Stephen Johnson 288

Patrick Mankowski 272

Vic Ouellette 208

Dan Yarsevich 69

wexford CO.

Cadillac Area Public Schools

Board member, two, six-year terms

Eric Baker 1,274

Craig Weidner 1,439

City of Cadillac

Mayor, two-year term

William Barnett 1,041

Jay Thiebaut 547

Council member, Ward 2, one four-year term

Antoinette Schippers 1,064

Council member, Ward 4, one four-year term

James Dean 552

Douglas Mellema 970

City voters approved by a 976 to 528 tally an amendment to the city's charter to allow for the city's Board of Review to be reduced from seven to five members, and to authorize the City Council to appoint alternates for council and non-council positions.

City of Manton

Mayor, two-year term

Adam Hagstrom 140

Ruth Tiszai 34

Treasurer, four-year term

Debra Bever 159

Commissioner, three, four-year terms

Chuck Brandt 136

Michael MacCready 55

Wayne Seger Sr. 66

Christine Stuart 106

Bertha Vincent 102

Board of Review, two, two-year terms

No candidates

Write-in votes 6

Mesick Consolidated Schools

Board member, one four-year term

Randy Brewer 91

Board member, one partial term ending in 2011

Michael Chandler 107

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Election 2009

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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Nov 4, 2009 6:32 am 3 Photos
Grand Traverse County Election Results

Results from the 2009 November 3 general election, updated as the numbers come in.
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Nov 4, 2009 6:09 am
Benzie County Election Results

Results from the 2009 November 3 general election, updated as the numbers come in.
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Nov 4, 2009 6:07 am
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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Nov 3, 2009 10:40 pm 1 Photo
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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Nov 3, 2009 10:20 pm 3 Photos
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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Nov 3, 2009 9:33 pm
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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Nov 3, 2009 9:22 pm
Crawford County Election Results

Results from the 2009 November 3 general election, updated as the numbers come in.
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Nov 3, 2009 12:25 pm
Emmet County Election Results

Results from the 2009 November 3 general election, updated as the numbers come in.
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Nov 3, 2009 12:25 pm
Charlevoix County Election Results

Results from the 2009 November 3 general election, updated as the numbers come in.
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Nov 3, 2009 12:25 pm
Kalkaska County Election Results

Results from the 2009 November 3 general election, updated as the numbers come in.
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Nov 3, 2009 12:24 pm
Manistee County Election Results

Results from the 2009 November 3 general election, updated as the numbers come in.
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Nov 3, 2009 12:24 pm
Wexford County Election Results

Results from the 2009 November 3 general election, updated as the numbers come in.
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Nov 3, 2009 12:23 pm
Missaukee County Election Results

Results from the 2009 November 3 general election, updated as the numbers come in.
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Nov 3, 2009 12:23 pm
Otsego County Election Results

Results from the 2009 November 3 general election, updated as the numbers come in.
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Nov 3, 2009 12:23 pm
Leelanau County Election Results

Results from the 2009 November 3 general election, updated as the numbers come in.
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Nov 3, 2009 12:22 pm
November 2, 2009
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.)
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Nov 2, 2009 11:31 am
October 31, 2009
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.
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Oct 31, 2009 9:30 pm
October 30, 2009
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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Oct 30, 2009 11:50 pm 1 Photo
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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Oct 30, 2009 11:50 pm
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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Oct 30, 2009 11:50 pm 1 Photo
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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Oct 30, 2009 7:25 am
Letters At Issue: Elections: 10/30/2009

Letters regarding the upcoming Nov. 3 elections.
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Oct 30, 2009 7:25 am
What about spending by city candidates?

All but one candidate for Traverse City commission offices filed campaign finance statements.
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Oct 30, 2009 7:25 am
October 29, 2009
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
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Oct 29, 2009 7:25 am
October 28, 2009
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
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Oct 28, 2009 7:50 am
October 25, 2009
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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Oct 25, 2009 8:30 am
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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Oct 25, 2009 8:30 am
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.
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Oct 25, 2009 6:28 am 1 Photo
October 24, 2009
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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Oct 24, 2009 12:55 am
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.
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Oct 24, 2009 12:55 am 1 Photo
October 23, 2009
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.
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Oct 23, 2009 7:40 am 1 Photo
October 22, 2009
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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Oct 22, 2009 7:40 am 1 Photo
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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Oct 22, 2009 7:40 am 1 Photo
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
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Oct 22, 2009 7:30 am
October 21, 2009
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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Oct 21, 2009 7:50 am 1 Photo
October 20, 2009
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.
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Oct 20, 2009 7:10 am 1 Photo
October 19, 2009
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.
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Oct 19, 2009 7:08 am 1 Photo
October 18, 2009
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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Oct 18, 2009 8:07 am 1 Photo
October 16, 2009
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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Oct 16, 2009 7:45 am 2 Photos
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.
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Oct 16, 2009 7:27 am 1 Photo
October 15, 2009
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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Oct 15, 2009 7:28 am 1 Photo
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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Oct 15, 2009 7:25 am
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.
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Oct 15, 2009 7:25 am
October 14, 2009
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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Oct 14, 2009 8:02 am 1 Photo
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.
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Oct 14, 2009 7:19 am 1 Photo
October 8, 2009
Unions endorse school board candidates

Employee unions in Traverse City's public schools endorsed an incumbent and two new candidates for school board.
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Oct 8, 2009 7:35 am
August 17, 2009
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.
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Aug 17, 2009 7:15 am
August 13, 2009
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.
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Aug 13, 2009 7:05 am 1 Photo
August 12, 2009
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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Aug 12, 2009 3:35 pm 6 Photos
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.
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Aug 12, 2009 7:00 am
August 1, 2009
Aug. 4 elections in northern Michigan

Northern Michigan elections set for Tuesday, Aug. 4.
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Aug 1, 2009 8:25 pm
July 21, 2009
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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Jul 21, 2009 7:00 am