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West Bloomfield trustee Marc Shulman
defeats Debbie Schlussel, three others.
Shulman's record as a West Bloomfield
Township trustee, claiming he has
raised taxes throughout his tenure on
ebbie Schlussel said she ran
the board.
a great campaign but
Shulman ignored the accusations
couldn't beat the "well-
and said, "I'm glad that the voters sup
oiled machine" of Marc
ported me, but I still have another
Shulman.
election to prepare for in November-J -7Y\
Shulman, a trustee in West
tried to run my campaign in a highly
Bloomfield Township for
statesmanlike manner."
the last six years, will face
Margaret Scott, an
off in the Nov. 3 general
assistant prosecutor in
election against Democrat
Oakland County, placed
Maxine Brickner to serve
third. She attributed the
the 39th District in the
result to a combination of
state House of
her opponent's deep
Representatives. The dis-
pockets and too much
trict, which covers Commerce
publicity, along with low voter
Township, West Bloomfield,
turnout in Commerce Township.
Wolverine Lake, Keego Harbor and
"I was outspent five to one, and in
Orchard Lake, usually votes
the 'any publicity is good publicity'
Republican.
way of thinking, it certainly helped
"It was a David vs. Goliath, and it's
him," she said, referring to Shulman.
hard to beat Goliath," said Schlussel.
Ron Wolf, a retired school
Both she and Shulman had pro-
teacher, was even more candid.
moted their Jewish
"I was never
ties as assets in the
under the illusion of
race, with Schlussel
winning," he said.
ironically character-
only ran to defeat
izing herself as
him."
more than just a
Henry G. Leeds, the
nice Jewish girl."
fifth candidate,
Shulman was the
could not be
top vote-getter,
reached.
with an unofficial
State representatives
total of 3,232, in a
serve two-year terms
five-way race to fill Republican nom- Democratic
and are paid
inee Marc
nominee Maxine $53,192 annually. E,
a seat vacated by
Shulman.
Brickner.
term-lirnited
Republican Barbara
Dobb. Dobb lost her bid to
unseat incumbent state Sen.
State House of Representatives
Willis Bullard in the 15th
39th District
District. That state Senate
district — West Bloomfield,
Candidate
Total Vote* Percentage
Commerce Township, Novi,
Farmington/Farmington
Marc Shulman
3,232
37.5
Hills, Milford, Lyon and
Debbie Schlussel
2,860
33.2
Highland =. usually votes
Margaret Scott
2,002
23.2
Republican.
Ron Wolf
281
3.2
The race for the state
Henry G. Leeds
250
2.9
representative's seat was
Next up: Maxine Brickner (D)
hotly contested.
Schlussel slammed
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