Roundup

On To November!

Primary election winners will face off
for Congress, governor and local races.

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n the Aug. 3 primary, Michigan vot-
ers narrowed the races for the Nov.
2 general election. Candidates for
selected races within the JN readership
area follow, with the primary
winners in black typeface:

• 9th District — Pontiac, Lake Angelus,
Keego Harbor, Sylvan Lake, Orchard
Lake, Farmington, Farmington Hills,
Franklin, Bingham Farms, Beverly
Hills, Birmingham, Berkley, Royal
Oak, Clawson, Troy, Bloomfield Hills,
Rochester, Rochester Hills, Auburn Hills,
West Bloomfield Township, Oakland
Township, most of Waterford Township
and part of Orion Township
R: Paul Welday, Andrew
Raczkowski, both of Farmington Hills;
Richard D. Kuhn of Waterford; Anna
Janek of West Bloomfield Township
D: Gary Peters, incumbent, of
Bloomfield Township

• 11th District — western Wayne
County and the Oakland County commu-
nities of Highland, White Lake, Milford,
Commerce, Lyon and part of Waterford
townships as well as Walled Lake,
Wolverine Lake, Wixom, Novi, South
Lyon, Milford and part of Northville
R: Thaddeus McCotter, incumbent,
of Livonia
D: Natalie Mosher of Canton

• 12th District — much of Macomb
County plus Southfield, Lathrup Village,
Huntington Woods, Oak Park, Royal Oak
Township, Ferndale, Pleasant Ridge, Hazel
Park, Madison Heights and part of Royal
Oak
R: Donald Cecil Volaric of Clinton
Township
D: Sander Levin, incumbent, of
Royal Oak, Mike Switalski of Roseville

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2010

Governor

State Senate

State House

R: Mike Bouchard of Birmingham, Pete
Hoekstra of Holland, Mike Cox of Livonia,
Rick Snyder of Ann Arbor and Tom
George of Kalamazoo County
D: Andy Dillon of Redford Township
and Virg Bernero of Lansing

• District 13 — Birmingham,
Bloomfield Hills, Royal Oak, Clawson,
Madison Heights, Troy and Bloomfield
Township
R: John Pappageorge, incumbent,
of Troy, Roi Chinn of Bloomfield Hills
and David Kniffen of Troy
D: Aaron Bailey of Royal Oak

• District 26 — Royal Oak, Madison
Heights
R: Ken Rosen and William A. Shaw,
both of Royal Oak
D: Kevin K. McLogan and Jim
Townsend, both of Royal Oak

U.S. Congress

• 8th District — From Lansing
to the north Oakland County com-
munities of Holly, Groveland, Brandon,
Oxford, Addison, Rose, Springfield and
Independence townships and part of
Orion Township
Republican: Mike Rogers, incum-
bent, of Brighton
Democrat: Kande Nglamulaume of
East Lansing

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The governor serves a four-year term.

Oakland County Board
Of Commissioners

• District 5 — Lake Angelus, Keego
Harbor, Sylvan Lake, parts of Waterford
and West Bloomfield townships
R: John Scott, incumbent, and
James F. McCarthy, both of Waterford
Township [No Democrat filed]

• District 9 — Novi, Novi Township,
part of Northville
R: Kim T. Capello, incumbent, of Novi;
Kathy Crawford and Jeffrey Bowdell,
both of Novi [No Democrat filed]

• District 14 — Farmington and the
western section of Farmington Hills
R: Bill Dwyer of Farmington Hills
D: Steven Schwartz, incumbent, of
Farmington Hills

• District 16 — West Bloomfield and
Bloomfield Townships and Orchard Lake
R: Shelley Goodman Taub, incum-
bent, of West Bloomfield
D: Kathy Hagopian of West Bloomfield

• District 20 — Birmingham,
Bloomfield Hills, parts of Troy and
Bloomfield Township
R: David Potts, incumbent, of
Birmingham; David L. Wisz and E.
Lynne Risdon, both of Birmingham
D: Daniel J.K. Murray of
Bloomfield Hills

• District 23 — most of Southfield
D: Ronald R. James, Nancy L.
Quarles, John E. Reeves and Tim Wirkus,
all of Southfield [No Republican filed]

• District 25 — Ferndale, Hazel Park,
part of Royal Oak
R: Richard Parisi of Hazel Park
D: Craig Covey of Ferndale and
Ruel E. McPherson of Hazel Park

• District 14 — Farmington,
Farmington Hills, Southfield, Franklin,
Bingham Farms, Beverly Hills, Lathrup
Village, Southfield Township, Berkley,
Huntington Woods, Oak Park, Royal Oak
Township, Pleasant Ridge, Ferndale and
Hazel Park
D: State Rep. Vincent Gregory of
Southfield, County Commissioner David
Coulter of Ferndale, Howard Worthy,
Anthony Stafford McDonald and Derhun
Daniel Saunders, all of Southfield
R: Michael A. Peters of Farmington
Hills and James M. Hardin of Southfield

• District 15
— Holly, Rose,
Highland, White
Lake, Milford, Lyon,
Commerce and West
Bloomfield town-
ships and Orchard
Lake, Walled Lake,
Wolverine Lake,
Wixom, Novi and
part of Northville
R: Kerry Bentivolio
of Milford, Mike
Kowall of White
Lake Township and
John Cyrus Mohi of West Bloomfield,
Alan Stephens of Milford, Paul Graves of
Milford and Steven Valentini of Novi
D: Tom Crawford of Milford,
Christopher P. Maloney of Northville and
Pam Jackson of Commerce Township

State senators serve four-year terms.

Of Note: Former State Sen. Burton
Leland of Detroit won the Democratic
nod for a second term on the 7th District,
Wayne County Board of Commissioners.
He will face no Republican opponent.

• District 35 — Southfield
R: Michael Weinenger of
Southfield
D: Eric Coleman of Southfield and
Rudy Hobbs of Lathrup Village

• District 39 — most of West
Bloomfield Township, Commerce
Township, Wolverine Lake
R: Lois Shulman of West Bloomfield
Township, Albert Clawson of Commerce
Township, David Wolkinson of West
Bloomfield Township and Karl Sipfle of
Commerce Township
D: Incumbent Lisa Brown of West
Bloomfield Township

• District 43 —
Waterford Township,
Lake Angelus, part
of West Bloomfield
Township
R: incumbent
Gail Haines of
Lake Angelus and
Neil Billington of
Waterford Township
D: Regina
Strong Scott of
West Bloomfield
Township

• District 44 — Highland, White Lake,
Springfield and Independence town-
ships
R: Eileen Kowall, incumbent,
of White Lake Township and Rick
Gutowski of Clarkson
D: Phil Fabrizio of Highland
Township

State representatives serve two-year terms.

Compiled by JN Senior Copy Editor
David Sachs.

The general election will be held Nov. 2.

A key responsibility of the 25-member coun-

U.S. representatives serve two-year terms.

ty commission is to approve the county bud-

get. Commissioners serve two-year terms.

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August 12 • 2010

The deadline to register to vote is Oct. 4.