A guide to the Aug. 5 primary election.

Michael Higer
JN Intern

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s the Aug. 5 primary election
draws closer, Michigan voters
are faced with tough decisions
in a number of races. The categories below
include districts within the JN readership:

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U.S. Congress
U.S. Representatives serve a two-year term.

8th District: Brighton, Clarkston,
East Lansing, Holly, Haslett, Howell,
Independence, Lansing (east of Waverly
Road), Mason, Okemos, Oxford, Rochester,
part of Rochester Hills and Springfield.
■ Republican: Mike Bishop of Rochester
and State Rep. Tom McMillin of Rochester
Hills
■ Democrat: Ken Darga of Lansing, Susan
Grettenberger of Lansing, Jeffrey Hank of
East Lansing and Eric Schertzing of East
Lansing

9th District: Berkley, Beverly Hills,
Bingham Farms, Bloomfield Township, part
of Clawson, Center Line, Clinton Township,
Eastpointe, Ferndale, Franklin, Fraser, Lake
Township, Hazel Park, Huntington Woods,
Madison Heights, Mount Clemens, Pleasant
Ridge, Roseville, Royal Oak, Southfield
Township, St. Clair Shores, part of Sterling
Heights, and Warren.
■ Republican: George Brikho of Troy
■ Democrat: U.S. Rep. Sander Levin of
Roseville

11th District: Auburn Hills, Birmingham,
Bloomfield Hills, Canton Township,
part of Clawson, Commerce Township,
Farmington, Highland Township, Lake
Angelus, Livonia, Lyon Township, Milford
Village and Township, Northville, Novi,

Novi Township, part of Rochester Hills,
Plymouth, Plymouth Township, South Lyon,
Troy, Walled Lake, Waterford Township,
part of West Bloomfield Township, White
Lake Township and Wixom.
■ Republican: U.S. Rep. Kerry Bentivolio
of Milford and David Trott of Birmingham
■ Democrat: Bobby McKenzie of Canton,
Anil Kumar of Bloomfield, Bill Roberts of
Redford and Nancy Skinner of Birmingham

14th District: Farmington Hills, the Grosse
Pointes, Hamtramck, Harper Woods, Keego
Harbor, Lathrup Village, northern and
Downtown Detroit, Oak Park, Orchard
Lake, Pontiac, Royal Oak, Southfield, Sylvan
Lake and West Bloomfield Township.
■ Republican: Christina Conyers of Detroit
■ Democrat: Hansen Clarke of Detroit,
Burgess Foster of Detroit, Rudy Hobbs
of Southfield and Brenda Lawrence of
Southfield

State Senate
State Senators serve a four-year term.

7th District: Canton Township, Livonia,
Northville, Northville Township, Plymouth,
Plymouth Township and Wayne
■ Republican: Sen. Patrick Colbeck of
Canton and Matthew Edwards of Plymouth
■ Democrat: Rep. Dian Slavens of Canton
Township

11th District: Farmington, Farmington
Hills, Ferndale, Hazel Park, Huntington
Woods, Lathrup Village, Madison Heights,
Oak Park, Pleasant Ridge, Royal Oak
Township and Southfield
■ Republican: Boris Tuman of Oak Park
■ Democrat: Sen. Vincent Gregory of
Southfield, Rep. Vicki Barnett of Farmington
Hills and Rep. Ellen Cogen Lipton of
Huntington Woods

12th District: Auburn Hills, Addison
Township, Bloomfield Township, Clarkston
Village, Independence Township, Keego
Harbor, Oakland Township, Orion
Township, Oxford Township, Pontiac,
Southfield Township and Sylvan Lake.
■ Republican: Sen. Jim Marleau of Lake
Orion and Bob Gray of Auburn Hills
■ Democrat: Paul Secrest of Bloomfield
Hills and Kenneth VanNorwick of
Bloomfield Hills

13th District: Berkley, Birmingham,
Bloomfield Hills, Clawson, Rochester,
Rochester Hills, Royal Oak and Troy
■ Republican: Ethan Baker of

Birmingham, Marty Knollenberg of Troy,
Chuck Moss of Birmingham and Andrew
"Rocky" Raczkowski of Farmington Hills
■ Democrat: Ryan Fishman of
Birmingham and Cyndi Peltonen of
Clawson

15th District: Commerce Township, Lyon
Township, Milford Village and Township,
Northville, Novi, Novi Township, Orchard
Lake, South Lyon, Walled Lake, West
Bloomfield Township, White Lake Township
and Wixom
■ Republican: Sen. Mike Kowall of White
Lake, Matt Maddock of Milford and Ron
Molnar of White Lake
■ Democrat: Tom Crawford of Milford
and Michael D. Smith of White Lake

State House
State representatives serve a two-year term.

20th District: Canton Township, Northville,
Northville Township, Plymouth and
Plymouth Township
■ Republican: Rep. Kurt Heise of Plymouth
■ Democrat: Nate Smith-Tyge of
Plymouth

26th District: Madison Heights and Royal
Oak
■ Republican: Greg Dildilian of Royal Oak
■ Democrat: Rep. Jim Townsend of Royal
Oak

27th District: Berkley, Ferndale, Hazel Park,
Huntington Woods, Oak Park, Pleasant
Ridge and Royal Oak Township
■ Republican: Mark Manier of Ferndale
and Michael Ryan of Berkley
■ Democrat: Andrew Robert Cissell of Oak
Park, Joe McHugh of Berkley, Rudy Serra
of Ferndale, Kelli Williams of Oak Park and
Robert Wittenberg of Oak Park

29th District: Auburn Hills, Keego Harbor,
Orchard Lake Village, Pontiac and Sylvan
Lake
■ Republican: Christina Barr of Pontiac
and David Lonier of Auburn Hills
■ Democrat: Rep. Tim Greimel of Auburn
Hills

35th District: Lathrup Village, Southfield
and Southfield Township
■ Republican: Robert Brim of Lathrup
Village
■ Democrat: Nicole Brown of Lathrup
Village, Darryle Buchanan of Southfield,
Jeremy Moss of Southfield and Charles
Roddis of Lathrup Village

37th District: Farmington and
Farmington Hills
■ Republican: Julie Grippo of
Farmington Hills and Richard Lerner of
Farmington Hills
■ Democrat: Barry Brickner of
Farmington Hills, Christine Greig of
Farmington Hills and Theresa Rich of
Farmington Hills

38th District: Lyon Township,
Northville, Novi, Novi Township, South
Lyon and Walled Lake
■ Republican: Kathy Crawford of Novi
and Dan Lauffer of Walled Lake
■ Democrat: Jasper Catanzaro of Novi
and Jason Dorsch of Novi

39th District: Commerce Township,
part of West Bloomfield Township and
Wixom
■ Republican: Rep. Klint Kesto of
Walled Lake, Deb O'Hagen of West
Bloomfield and Alan Stephens of Milford
■ Democrat: Sandy Colvin of West
Bloomfield and Michael Saari of
Commerce Township

40th District: Birmingham, Bloomfield
Township, Bloomfield Hills and part of
West Bloomfield,
■ Republican: Rep. Michael McCready
of Birmingham
■ Democrat: Mary Belden of West
Bloomfield

43rd District: Clarkston, Independence
Township, Lake Angelus and most of
Waterford Township
■ Republican: Jose Aliaga of Clarkston,
Paul Greenawalt of Waterford, Nate
Knapper of Clarkston, Andrea Schroeder
of Clarkston and Jim Tedder of Clarkston
■ Democrat: Neil Billington of
Waterford, Robin McGregor of Waterford
and Dennis Ritter of Clarkston

44th District: Highland Township,
Milford Village and Township,
Springfield Township, part of Waterford
and White Lake Township
■ Republican: Liz Fessler Smith of
Union Lake, Dennis Garlick of Highland,
Jim Runestad of White Lake and Russ
Tierney of Highland
■ Democrat: Mark Venie of Davisburg

Unregistered voters: The deadline to reg-
ister for the Aug. 5 primary has passed.
Register for the Nov. 4 general election by
Oct. 6.

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