Roundup On To November! Primary election winners will face off for Congress, governor and local races. I 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 • • • 0 0 V * • • • • V • V . V . • • • • * * ........ 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 • • • • • 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. 12 August 12 • 2010 The deadline to register to vote is Oct. 4.