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Metro

2010

The Voters Speak

Election winners to a ssume reins in Congress, state and local posts.

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n the Nov. 2 election, voters selected who
will represent them in upcoming years.
Results for major party candidates in
selected races within the IN readership area
follow with the winners in black type:

ATTORNEY GENERAL
R: BM Schuette of Midland
D: David Leyton of Flint

U.S. CONGRESS
• 8th District — From Lansing to the
north Oakland County communities of
Holly, Groveland, Brandon, Oxford, Addison,
Rose, Springfield and Independence town-
ships and part of Orion Township
Republican: Mike Rogers, incumbent,
of Howell
Democrat: Lance Enderle of East Lansing

• 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: Rocky Raczkowski, both of
Farmington Hills;
D: Gary Peters, incumbent, of
Bloomfield Township

• 11th District — western Wayne County
and the Oakland County communities 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

Park, Royal Oak Township, Pleasant Ridge,
Ferndale and Hazel Park
R: Michael A. Peters of Farmington Hills
D: Vincent Gregory of Southfield

• District 15 — Eastern Farmington Hills
R: Al Zaparackas of Farmington Hills
D: Jim Nash, incumbent, of Farmington
Hills

STATE SUPREME COURT
R: Bob Young, incumbent
R: Mary Beth Kelly of Grosse Ile
D: Alton Davis, incumbent
D: Denise Langford Morris of West
Bloomfield Township

• District 15 — Holly, Rose, Highland,
White Lake, Milford, Lyon, Commerce and
West Bloomfield townships and Orchard
Lake, Walled Lake, Wolverine Lake, Wixom,
Novi and part of Northville
R: Mike Kowall of White Lake Twp.
D: Pam Jackson of Commerce Township

• 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

Justices serve an eight-year term.

State senators serve four-year terms.

STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
R: Eileen Wiser of Ann Arbor
R: Richard Zeile of Detroit
D: Elizabeth W. Bauer, incumbent, of
Birmingham
D: Lupe Ramos-Montigny of Grand Rapids

STATE HOUSE
• District 26 — Royal Oak, Madison
Heights
R: Ken Rosen of Royal Oak
D: Jim Townsend of Royal Oak

The attorney general serves a four-year term.

State board members serve an eight-year term.

U. OF MICHIGAN REGENTS
R: Andrea Fischer Newman, incum-
bent, of Ann Arbor
R: Andrew C. Richner, incumbent, of
Grosse Pointe Park
D: Paul Brown of Ann Arbor
D: Greg Stephens of Dexter

U-M regents serve an eight-year term.

MICHIGAN STATE U. TRUSTEES
R: Brian Breslin of Okemos
R: Mitch Lyons of Rockford
D: Dennis Denno of East Lansing
D: Colleen McNamara, incumbent, of
Okemos

MSU trustees serve an eight-year term.

• 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 Twp.
D: Sander Levin, incumbent, of Royal
Oak

WAYNE STATE U. GOVERNORS
R: Diane Dunaskiss, incumbent, of
Lake Orion
R: Danialle Karmanos of West
Bloomfield Township
D: Ed Bruley of Clinton Township
D: Brenda Moon of Southfield

WSU governors serve an eight-year term.

U.S. representatives serve two-year terms.

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

GOVERNOR
R: Rick Snyder of Ann Arbor
D: Virg Bernero of Lansing

The governor serves a four-year term.

SECRETARY OF STATE
R: Ruth Johnson of Holly
D: Jocelyn Benson of Detroit

The secretary of state serves a four-year term.

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• District 14 — Farmington, Farmington
Hills, Southfield, Franklin, Bingham Farms,
Beverly Hills, Lathrup Village, Southfield
Township, Berkley, Huntington Woods, Oak

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

• District 39 — most of West Bloomfield
and Commerce townships, Wolverine Lake
R: Lois Shulman of West Bloomfield
Township
D: Lisa Brown, incumbent, of West
Bloomfield Township

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

• District 44 — Highland, White Lake,
Springfield and Independence townships
R: Eileen Kowall, incumbent, of White
Lake Township
D: Phil Fabrizio of Highland Township

State representatives serve two-year terms.

OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD
OF COMMISSIONERS
• District 5 — Lake Angelus, Keego
Harbor, Sylvan Lake, parts of Waterford and
West Bloomfield townships
R: John Scott, incumbent, of Waterford
D: Mike McGuinness of Waterford

• District 9 — Novi, Novi Township, part
of Northville
R: Kathy Crawford of Novi
D: Karen B. Zyczynski of Novi

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

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

• District 23 — most of Southfield
R: Charles Ehrenreich of Southfield
D: Nancy L Quarles, of Southfield

• District 25 — Ferndale, Hazel Park,
part of Royal Oak
R: Richard Parisi of Hazel Park
D: Craig Covey of Ferndale

A key reponsibility of the 25-member county
commission is to approve the county budget.

Commissioners serve two-year terms.

OAKLAND COUNTY
PROBATE COURT
Kathleen Ryan of Walled Lake
Dana Margaret Hathaway of Birmingham

Probate judges serve a six-year term.

47TH DISTRICT COURT
The court serves Farmington and
Farmington Hills.
Marla Parker, incumbent, unopposed

48TH DISTRICT COURT
The court serves Birmingham plus
the townships of Bloomfield and West
Bloomfield and inclusive cities and villages.
Marc Barron, incumbent
Gina U. Brand of West Bloomfield

District judges serve a six-year term.

Also Of Note
• Burton Leland, a Democrat, won a
second term on the 7th District, Wayne
County Board of Commissioners. He faced
no Republican opponent.

• David Alan Groner was reelected to
the Wayne County Circuit Court to serve a
six-year term.

Compiled by IN Senior Copy Editor
David Sachs.