Traverse City Record-Eagle

Local incumbents stay, go

By Vanessa McCray
vmccray@record-eagle.com

— TRAVERSE CITY — Voters returned some incumbents to their elected seats while welcoming a few challengers.

By 11:30 p.m. tonight, votes counted so far showed these contestants leading:

• Traverse City Area Public Schools: Scott Hardy and Erik Falconer
• Northwestern Michigan College board: Cheryl Gore Follette and Bob Brick
• 104th District state House: Republican incumbent Wayne Schmidt
• 35th District state Senate: Republican Darwin Booher
• 101st District state House: Republican Ray Franz beats incumbent Democrat Dan Scripps
• 105th District state House: Republican Greg McMaster
• Voters also decided several local ballot issues.
• Traverse City Proposal 1, to turn control of the city utility to the city government: No
• Traverse City Proposal 2, to give voters a chance to vote on power plants: Yes
• Senior Center Operational Expenses: Yes
• Grand Traverse County Road Commission Millage: No

See Wednesday’s Record-Eagle for full stories on each race and issue.