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A Strange Twist
Election-night results yield surprises for local candidates.
JENNIFER FINER STAFF WRITER
udge Susan Moiseev tried to Republican side, voters in South-
maintain a positive outlook field and West Bloomfield spoke
on election night. After all, their minds in some other key
the first round of vote totals elections.
came in from parts of Oakland
The West Bloomfield race, one
County the judge didn't expect to of the most fierce in the metro De-
carry.
troit area, came to an anti-cli-
But for the district court judge, mactic end Tuesday night.
one of four candidates running for
With only absentee votes to be
an open seat on the Oakland counted, incumbent Jeddy Hood
Country Circuit Court, subse- easily beat out challenger Larry
quent results would not get any Wasserman for township super-
better.
visor, despite allegations of anti-
As the evening wore on, the at- Semitism against Ms. Hood made
mosphere at her parents' South- by Mr. Wasserman in an ad
field home was somber. Friends placed in The Jewish News.
and family stopped by for brief
"I got a lot of support from peo-
visits, and much of the conversa- ple who understand the real prob-
tion was kept just above a whis- lem in this township," said Mr.
per.
Wasserman, who also said he
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"In past elections, I ran for re-
election (Ms. Moiseev was ap-
pointed to her seat), and I was
confident I could win. This time,
the race was more wide open,"
said Judge Moiseev, after spend-
ing 13 hours campaigning outside
a senior center in Milford. "At
least next week, when I go back
to work, I'll still be a judge."
She lost to John O'Brien and
Nanci Grant, both of whom will
face off for an open circuit court
seat in November.
"She did extremely well in
Southfield, where she was
known," said Judge Moiseev's
campaign manager, Alan Feuer.
"But, moving your message across
a county of a million people is dif-
ficult. I think fame and money
won out."
Other races were just as wide
open as the one for circuit court.
So, when the ballots were count-
ed Tuesday night, the results
yielded a few surprises.
In addition to the close Nichol-
son-Romney race and Dave Gor-
cyca's upset of Oakland County
Prosecutor Dick Thompson on the
County Commissioner who re-
ceived key endorsements in her
race, easily beat her closet con-
tender, Carol King. Ms. Quarles
faces Republican Roderick Fra-
cassi in November. Because the
district, comprising Southfield
and Lathrup Village, is so heav-
ily Democratic, Tuesday's race
represented the biggest hurdle to
the seat in Lansing.
If anyone was encouraged by
Tuesday's results, it was Oakland
County Prosecutor candidate
Steve Kaplan. Mr. Kaplan, a De-
mocrat, was uncontested in his
race, but in November, he faces
off against Mr. Gorcyca. Before
the polls closed on Tuesday night,
he was fairly certain he would be
faking on Mr. Thompson.
E.- "I thought the Right To Life
would give Dick Thompson the
g, support he needed," said Mr. Ka-
plan, currently an assistant pros-
?, ecutor in the Macomb County
Prosecutor's Office. "I think Oak-
land County voters sent a clear
message [on Tuesday] that the
county is intolerant of prosecutors
who waste resources on cases that
can't be won."
Mr. Kaplan said he was espe-
cially encouraged by a Free Press
poll which indicated a majority of
voters supported Gorcyca as a
protest vote against Mr. Thomp-
son.
Mr. Kaplan said he had a cam-
paign plan for both Republican
candidates.
"If Thompson won, I would
have been mining against a man
who wastes trial resources," he
said. "With Gorcyca, I plan to
compare our experience. I've tried
more than 150 felony jury cases.
He's tried six."
Mr. Kaplan, who ran for Oak-
land County Prosecutor against
Mr. Thompson in 1992, lost that
race by 30,000 votes or five per-
centage points.
Judicial candidate Nanci Grant
spent Tuesday night flanked by
her family. Ms. Grant, the daugh-
ter of Oakland Probate Judge
Barry Grant, said she wasn't sur-
prised by her victory.
"I worked very hard," she said.
"I was out every day letting peo-
ple know how I feel about mak-
ing the courts more efficient, and
the voters paid attention."
Ms. Grant, a trial attorney, was
the only candidate in her race who
purchased television spots.
"I don't think television was as
critical as going out and meeting
people. [Meetin people] was
what my campaign was based
on," she said. CII
doesn't believe his ad backfired.
Voters also denied places on the
November ballot to incumbent
trustees Michael Schwartz and
Dennis Vatsis. Instead, candi-
dates on the slate of a newly
formed organization of West
Bloomfield residents, called 3Rs
(Citizens for Responsible, Rea-
sonable & Respectful Candi-
dates), won their primary races.
The victories included those of in-
cumbent trustees Marc Shulman
and Ray Holland and trustee can-
didates Debbie Macon and David
Turnquist. Other 3Rs victors in-
cluded Ms. Hood, treasurer
Denise Hammond and clerk
Sharon Law, who are unopposed
in November.
West Bloomfield voters helped
Kim Small make it out of the 48th
District Court primary. She faces
incumbent Thomas Brookover in
the general election.
Less than 20 miles away, in
Southfield, voters helped Nancy
Quarles write her ticket to Max-
ine Berman's seat in the state
House.
Mara Reinstein contributed to
Ms. Quarles, an Oakland this report.