Election Results

November 8, 2022 General Election

Official Results

Straight Party Ticket

106 of 106 precincts reporting

Candidate	Party	Total Votes
Democratic Party	Democratic Party	38,096
Republican Party	Republican Party	24,473
Libertarian Party	Libertarian Party	412
U. S. Taxpayers Party	U.S. Taxpayers Party	84
Working Class Party	Working Class Party	277
Green Party	Green Party	122
Natural Law Party	Natural Law Party	63

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Governor

106 of 106 precincts reporting

4 year term

Candidate	Party	Total Votes
Gretchen Whitmer	Democratic Party	72,516
Tudor M. Dixon	Republican Party	42,436
Mary Buzuma	Libertarian Party	1,142
Donna Brandenburg	U.S. Taxpayers Party	311
Kevin Hogan	Green Party	263
Daryl M. Simpson	Natural Law Party	108
Write-in	Nonpartisan	61

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Secretary of State

106 of 106 precincts reporting

4 year term

Candidate	Party	Total Votes
Jocelyn Benson	Democratic Party	72,625
Kristina Elaine Karamo	Republican Party	40,394
Gregory Scott Stempfle	Libertarian Party	1,558
Christine C. Schwartz	U.S. Taxpayers Party	659
Larry James Hutchinson, Jr.	Green Party	447
Write-in	Nonpartisan	85

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Attorney General

106 of 106 precincts reporting

4 year term

Candidate	Party	Total Votes
Dana Nessel	Democratic Party	69,563
Matthew DePerno	Republican Party	42,570
Joseph W. McHugh, Jr.	Libertarian Party	2,053
Gerald T. Van Sickle	U.S. Taxpayers Party	713
Write-in	Nonpartisan	132

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Representative in Congress 4th District

98 of 98 precincts reporting

2 year term

Candidate	Party	Total Votes
Joseph Alfonso	Democratic Party	58,903
Bill Huizenga	Republican Party	42,693
Lorence Wenke	Libertarian Party	3,800
Curtis Michael Clark	U.S. Taxpayers Party	660
Write-in	Nonpartisan	123

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Representative in Congress 5th District

8 of 8 precincts reporting

2 year term

Candidate	Party	Total Votes
Bart Goldberg	Democratic Party	3,173
Tim Walberg	Republican Party	5,058
Norman M. Peterson	Libertarian Party	131
Ezra Scott	U.S. Taxpayers Party	57
Write-in	Nonpartisan	12

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State Senator 18th District

2 of 2 precincts reporting

4 year term

Candidate	Party	Total Votes
Kai W. Degraaf	Democratic Party	548
Thomas A. Albert	Republican Party	1,176
Write-in	Nonpartisan	4

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State Senator 19th District

104 of 104 precincts reporting

4 year term

Candidate	Party	Total Votes
Sean McCann	Democratic Party	67,693
Tamara Mitchell	Republican Party	44,245
Write-in	Nonpartisan	332

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State Representative 40th District

36 of 36 precincts reporting

2 year term

Candidate	Party	Total Votes
Christine Morse	Democratic Party	25,989
Kelly Sackett	Republican Party	18,338
Write-in	Nonpartisan	60

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State Representative 41st District

35 of 35 precincts reporting

2 year term

Candidate	Party	Total Votes
Julie M. Rogers	Democratic Party	23,214
Terry Haines	Republican Party	6,218
Rafael Wolf	Libertarian Party	725
Write-in	Nonpartisan	71

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State Representative 42nd District

33 of 33 precincts reporting

2 year term

Candidate	Party	Total Votes
Justin Mendoza	Democratic Party	16,364
Matt Hall	Republican Party	20,217
Write-in	Nonpartisan	80

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State Representative 45th District

3 of 3 precincts reporting

2 year term

Candidate	Party	Total Votes
Ron Hawkins	Democratic Party	891
Sarah Lightner	Republican Party	1,829
Write-in	Nonpartisan	8

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State Board of Education

106 of 106 precincts reporting

8 year term

Candidate	Party	Total Votes
Pamela Pugh	Democratic Party	61,793
Mitchell Robinson	Democratic Party	59,275
Tamara D. Carlone	Republican Party	42,745
Linda Lee Tarver	Republican Party	41,289
Donna Gundle-Krieg	Libertarian Party	2,735
Bill Hall	Libertarian Party	2,795
Ethan Hobson	U.S. Taxpayers Party	1,149
Mary Anne Hering	Working Class Party	4,103
Write-in	Nonpartisan	250

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University of Michigan Regent

106 of 106 precincts reporting

8 year term

Candidate	Party	Total Votes
Mike Behm	Democratic Party	58,139
Kathy White	Democratic Party	60,093
Lena Epstein	Republican Party	42,315
Sevag Vartanian	Republican Party	39,596
Eric Larson	Libertarian Party	4,013
Joe Sanger	U.S. Taxpayers Party	1,702
Sherry A. Wells	Green Party	2,615
Kathleen Oakford	Natural Law Party	1,339
Write-in	Nonpartisan	397

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Michigan State University Trustee

106 of 106 precincts reporting

8 year term

Candidate	Party	Total Votes
Dennis Denno	Democratic Party	57,661
Renee Knake Jefferson	Democratic Party	59,724
Mike Balow	Republican Party	42,551
Travis Menge	Republican Party	41,553
Claranna Gelineau	Libertarian Party	3,200
Max Riekse	Libertarian Party	2,466
Robin Lea Laurain	Green Party	2,541
Write-in	Nonpartisan	403

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Wayne State University Governor

106 of 106 precincts reporting

8 year term

Candidate	Party	Total Votes
Danielle Atkinson	Democratic Party	58,508
Marilyn Kelly	Democratic Party	58,590
Christa Murphy	Republican Party	42,431
Craig Wilsher	Republican Party	40,026
Bruce Jaquays	Libertarian Party	3,354
Marc Joseph Sosnowski	U.S. Taxpayers Party	1,704
Susan Odgers	Green Party	2,365
Write-in	Nonpartisan	438
Paul Foust		5

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County Commissioner 1st District

12 of 12 precincts reporting

2 year term

Candidate	Party	Total Votes
Tami Rey	Democratic Party	6,697
Write-in	Nonpartisan	245

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County Commissioner 2nd District

9 of 9 precincts reporting

2 year term

Candidate	Party	Total Votes
Jen Strebs	Democratic Party	7,560
Write-in	Nonpartisan	172

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County Commissioner 3rd District

13 of 13 precincts reporting

2 year term

Candidate	Party	Total Votes
Monteze O. Morales	Democratic Party	9,538
Nicole Sabel	Republican Party	2,726
Write-in	Nonpartisan	28

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County Commissioner 4th District

10 of 10 precincts reporting

2 year term

Candidate	Party	Total Votes
Abigail Wheeler	Democratic Party	7,992
Charley Coss	Republican Party	5,706
Write-in	Nonpartisan	21

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County Commissioner 5th District

12 of 12 precincts reporting

2 year term

Candidate	Party	Total Votes
John Patrick Taylor	Democratic Party	7,206
Peter Strazdas	Republican Party	5,500
Write-in	Nonpartisan	23

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County Commissioner 6th District

14 of 14 precincts reporting

2 year term

Candidate	Party	Total Votes
Anthony M. Bates	Democratic Party	5,844
John Gisler	Republican Party	7,832
Write-in	Nonpartisan	30

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County Commissioner 7th District

13 of 13 precincts reporting

2 year term

Candidate	Party	Total Votes
Luke Howell	Democratic Party	6,694
Jeff Heppler	Republican Party	8,332
Write-in	Nonpartisan	37

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County Commissioner 8th District

11 of 11 precincts reporting

2 year term

Candidate	Party	Total Votes
Stephanie Willoughby	Democratic Party	6,897
Wendy Mazer	Republican Party	7,999
Write-in	Nonpartisan	30

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County Commissioner 9th District

12 of 12 precincts reporting

2 year term

Candidate	Party	Total Votes
Dale Deleeuw	Democratic Party	6,714
Tom Graham	Republican Party	5,347
Write-in	Nonpartisan	31

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Clerk Alamo Township

2 of 2 precincts reporting

Partial Term ending 11/20/2024

Candidate	Party	Total Votes
Barbara Venema	Republican Party	1,550
Write-in	Nonpartisan	28

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Supervisor Ross Township

2 of 2 precincts reporting

Partial Term ending 11/20/2024

Candidate	Party	Total Votes
Christina M. Hutchings	Republican Party	2,123
Write-in	Nonpartisan	70

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Clerk Ross Township

2 of 2 precincts reporting

Partial Term ending 11/20/2024

Candidate	Party	Total Votes
Alexander D. Harris	Republican Party	1,803
Write-in	Nonpartisan	476
Mary Stage		281

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Trustee Ross Township

2 of 2 precincts reporting

Partial Term ending 11/20/2024

Candidate	Party	Total Votes
Diana Langshaw	Republican Party	1,797
Kenneth Case	No Party Affiliation	641
Write-in	Nonpartisan	3

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Justice of Supreme Court

106 of 106 precincts reporting

8 year term

Candidate	Total Votes
Richard Bernstein	57,220
Kyra Harris Bolden	42,469
Paul Hudson	22,456
Kerry Lee Morgan	11,490
Brian Zahra	37,833
Write-in	907

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Court of Appeals - 1st District

106 of 106 precincts reporting

6 year term

Candidate	Total Votes
Thomas Cameron	58,590
Kristina Robinson Garrett	63,608
Write-in	1,354

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Court of Appeals - 1st District Partial-Term

106 of 106 precincts reporting

Partial Term ending 1/1/2027

Candidate	Total Votes
Noah P. Hood	67,730
Write-in	1,328

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Circuit Court - 9th Circuit

106 of 106 precincts reporting

6 year term

Candidate	Total Votes
Ken Barnard	37,116
Rebecca D'Angelo	48,096
Josh Hilgart	32,516
Julie Jensen	34,326
Write-in	1,301

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Judge of Probate Court

106 of 106 precincts reporting

6 year term

Candidate	Total Votes
Scott Pierangeli	69,337
Write-in	1,433

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Judge of District Court Partial-Term

106 of 106 precincts reporting

Partial Term ending 1/1/2027

Candidate	Total Votes
Namita Sharma	69,264
Write-in	1,418

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Judge of District Court Partial-Term 2

106 of 106 precincts reporting

Partial Term ending 1/1/2025

Candidate	Total Votes
Alisa Parker-LaGrone	68,252
Write-in	1,320

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Judge of District Court

106 of 106 precincts reporting

6 year term

Candidate	Total Votes
Lana Maria Escamilla	41,850
Becket Jones	42,243
Write-in	953

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Board Member Kalamazoo Valley Community College

116 of 116 precincts reporting

6 year term

Candidate	Total Votes
Patrick Alan Farmer	30,754
Paul Foust	29,861
Jeff Patton	35,738
Gary Sigman	28,245
Write-in	1,690

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Board Member Kellogg Community College

1 of 1 precincts reporting

6 year term

Candidate	Total Votes
Matt Davis	38
Lisa Mueller	31
Anthony Pennock	18
Thomas W. Wood	22
Write-in	0

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Board Member Glen Oaks Community College

2 of 2 precincts reporting

6 year term

Candidate	Total Votes
Elizabeth Datkovic	5
Bruce S. Gosling	6
Rod Lopez	6
Write-in	0

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Mayor City of Galesburg

1 of 1 precincts reporting

2 year term

Candidate	Total Votes
Linda J. Marble	357
Richard Mau	234
Write-in	5

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Councilmember City of Galesburg

1 of 1 precincts reporting

4 year term

Candidate	Total Votes
Ryan Harnden	343
Carol L. Wortinger	380
Write-in	30
Stanley Sonney Chovanek	10

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Councilmember City of Galesburg Partial-Term

1 of 1 precincts reporting

Partial Term ending 12/31/2024

Candidate	Total Votes
Write-in	52
Glen Hawes	6

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President Village of Schoolcraft

1 of 1 precincts reporting

2 year term

Candidate	Total Votes
Keith F. Gunnett	413
Write-in	34

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Trustee Village of Augusta

2 of 2 precincts reporting

4 year term

Candidate	Total Votes
Kim Carlton	203
Ann Daly	193
Archie Silkworth	177
Write-in	3

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Trustee Village of Augusta Partial-Term

2 of 2 precincts reporting

Partial Term ending 11/20/2024

Candidate	Total Votes
Valerie Silkworth	244
Write-in	3

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Trustee Village of Climax

1 of 1 precincts reporting

4 year term

Candidate	Total Votes
Joline E. Chaney	183
Carolyn Kelly	195
David R. Miller	166
Write-in	22
Matthew James Roebuck	17

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Trustee Village of Richland

1 of 1 precincts reporting

4 year term

Candidate	Total Votes
Steve Anschuetz	282
Deanne Austin	301
Kim Lewis	316
Write-in	10

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Trustee Village of Richland Partial-Term

1 of 1 precincts reporting

Partial Term ending 11/20/2024

Candidate	Total Votes
John T. Smith	355
Write-in	8

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Trustee Village of Schoolcraft

1 of 1 precincts reporting

4 year term

Candidate	Total Votes
Joseph A. Beck	337
Todd S. Carlin	329
Kathy L. Mastenbrook	392
Write-in	16

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Trustee Village of Vicksburg

2 of 2 precincts reporting

4 year term

Candidate	Total Votes
Denise Herald	553
Rick Holmes	808
Carl E. Keller	618
Wendy Pheils	704
Write-in	35

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School Board Member Gull Lake Community Schools

14 of 14 precincts reporting

6 year term

Candidate	Total Votes
Brad Bagley	2,552
Shane Jones	1,019
Bruce Krogel	2,553
Desiree A. LaDuke	3,915
Mini Murphy	3,448
Jason Ramer	1,418
Write-in	74

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School Board Member Kalamazoo Public Schools

45 of 45 precincts reporting

6 year term

Candidate	Total Votes
Allan Haggar	4,109
Arius D. Herndon	5,821
Jennie Hill	17,932
Dan Koshelnyk	5,383
Karla Murphy	14,181
Write-in	657

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School Board Member Otsego Public Schools

4 of 4 precincts reporting

6 year term

Candidate	Total Votes
Shannon Goodwin	1,133
Rebecca Gross	1,001
Mike Keeler	1,021
Write-in	37

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School Board Member Partial-Term Otsego Public Schools

4 of 4 precincts reporting

Partial Term ending 12/31/2024

Candidate	Total Votes
Daniel Djerf	748
Brian T. Ouellette	1,073
Write-in	32

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School Board Member Parchment School District

9 of 9 precincts reporting

6 year term

Candidate	Total Votes
Corinne Bradley	1,835
J. Ethan Garner	1,266
Dodi L. Leckie	2,037
Write-in	53

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School Board Member Partial-Term Parchment School District

9 of 9 precincts reporting

Partial Term ending 12/31/2026

Candidate	Total Votes
Amy Followell	2,765
Write-in	54

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School Board Member Schoolcraft Community Schools

5 of 5 precincts reporting

6 year term

Candidate	Total Votes
Randy Blankenship	1,364
Jennifer Gottschalk	1,598
Brian J. Kudary	994
Write-in	32

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School Board Member Partial-Term Schoolcraft Community Schools

5 of 5 precincts reporting

Partial Term ending 12/31/2024

Candidate	Total Votes
Christopher Blodgett	1,961
Write-in	24

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School Board Member Vicksburg Community Schools

11 of 11 precincts reporting

6 year term

Candidate	Total Votes
Jennifer Buikema	2,493
Christina Forsyth	2,596
Dennis LaPoint	1,644
Meghan Lovins	1,616
Brian Somers	1,529
Kimm Willmont	1,070
Write-in	72

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School Board Member Colon Community Schools

1 of 1 precincts reporting

6 year term

Candidate	Total Votes
Becky Jackson	3
Write-in	0

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School Board Member Lawton Community Schools

1 of 1 precincts reporting

6 year term

Candidate	Total Votes
Stephen E. Carroll	10
Matt Riggs	13
Write-in	0

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School Board Member Partial-Term Lawton Community Schools

1 of 1 precincts reporting

Partial Term ending 12/31/2024

Candidate	Total Votes
Eric Smith	14
Write-in	0

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School Board Member Comstock Public Schools

11 of 11 precincts reporting

4 year term

Candidate	Total Votes
Richard B. Hathaway	2,418
Saralyn Heckema-Brown	2,543
Paul Lamphear	2,397
Dori Scholly	2,572
Matthew D. Schreiner	2,501
Write-in	178

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School Board Member Galesburg-Augusta Community Schools

5 of 5 precincts reporting

4 year term

Candidate	Total Votes
Christy Corsi	1,377
Jeffrey McCubbin	1,083
Erik Reed	1,038
Diana L. Shoup	1,304
Diana Walker	1,290
Laura Wilks	1,349
Write-in	73

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School Board Member Plainwell Community Schools

4 of 4 precincts reporting

4 year term

Candidate	Total Votes
Laura L. Alderton	465
Andrea Barrows	784
Julli Bennett	1,017
Derek Dunn	905
Rex Hall, Jr.	1,087
Carla Hux	453
Eric Jorgensen	557
Monique MacQueen	583
Chris Miller	846
Shannon Zabaldo	851
Write-in	16

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School Board Member Athens Area Schools

1 of 1 precincts reporting

4 year term

Candidate	Total Votes
Mike R. Harvey	60
John Knowles	60
Jeffrey A. Penick	43
Hilary Setlak	56
Write-in	0

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School Board Member Partial-Term Athens Area Schools

1 of 1 precincts reporting

Partial Term ending 12/31/2024

Candidate	Total Votes
Teri S. Loew	67
Write-in	3

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School Board Member Mattawan Consolidated School

8 of 8 precincts reporting

6 year term

Candidate	Total Votes
Onur Arugaslan	3,400
Rick George	3,941
Marika Hawes-Ruhrup	3,548
Shari Magrath	4,419
Write-in	128

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School Board Member Portage Public Schools

25 of 25 precincts reporting

4 year term

Candidate	Total Votes
Kevin Belson	4,773
Emily Crawford	9,733
Keith Crowell	7,579
Ean Patrice Hamilton	7,984
Kevin Hoffer	3,291
Kimberly Larson	9,813
Randy Van Antwerp	9,751
Write-in	328

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School Board Member Climax-Scotts Community Schools

6 of 6 precincts reporting

4 year term

Candidate	Total Votes
Matt Birkam	936
Terri VandeGiessen	1,095
Steve Wurtzel	1,081
Write-in	21

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School Board Member Mendon Community Schools

1 of 1 precincts reporting

4 year term

Candidate	Total Votes
Roger P. Cupp	5
Sonya Moyle	4
Write-in	0

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District Library Board Member Kalamazoo Library District

48 of 48 precincts reporting

4 year term

Candidate	Total Votes
Emily Greenman Wright	12,128
Nate Hawthorne	8,594
Linda S. Mah	15,844
Jeff Messer	6,769
Denise Miller	15,055
Kara Trainor	11,574
Write-in	975

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District Library Board Member Partial-Term Kalamazoo Library District

48 of 48 precincts reporting

Partial Term ending 12/31/2024

Candidate	Total Votes
Kori Jock	24,755
Write-in	581

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District Library Board Member Parchment Library District

9 of 9 precincts reporting

4 year term

Candidate	Total Votes
Margaret Beals	2,295
Robert B. Heasley	2,037
Ruth Layne	2,090
Write-in	101

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District Library Board Member Partial-Term Parchment Library District

10 of 10 precincts reporting

Partial Term ending 12/31/2024

Candidate	Total Votes
Write-in	380
Austin Williams	31
Alvin Ritsema	5
Nancy Neumann	34

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District Library Board Member Portage District Library

22 of 22 precincts reporting

4 year term

Candidate	Total Votes
Jeanne M. Friedman	13,777
Cara Terry	13,372
Donna Beth VanderVries	13,645
Write-in	344

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Proposal 22-1

106 of 106 precincts reporting

Proposal Response	Total Votes
Yes	82,823
No	29,639

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Proposal 22-2

106 of 106 precincts reporting

Proposal Response	Total Votes
Yes	77,419
No	36,167

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Proposal 22-3

106 of 106 precincts reporting

Proposal Response	Total Votes
Yes	74,382
No	40,741

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County Offset Millage Rollback

106 of 106 precincts reporting

Proposal Response	Total Votes
Yes	50,245
No	55,786

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Lawton School Proposal Lawton Community Schools

1 of 1 precincts reporting

Proposal Response	Total Votes
Yes	5
No	14

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Plainwell Operating Millage Plainwell Community Schools

4 of 4 precincts reporting

Proposal Response	Total Votes
Yes	1,311
No	1,374

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Lawrence Memorial District Library Proposal

2 of 2 precincts reporting

Proposal Response	Total Votes
Yes	666
No	661

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