Monday, August 13, 2012 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, August 13, 2012 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 13 Michigan coach Brady Hoke addresses the media at Michigan Media Day on Sunday. MICG A N M[ED IA D AY Players,.coaches excited for upcoming season Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich,) celebrates the next step in his journey to his 29th term in Congress. Senate, Congress and city ele Primary election exciting despite low voter turnout By JOSEPH LICHTERMAN, ADAM RUBENFIRE and STEVE ZOSKI Editorin ChiefandDailyNewsEditors Precinct 4-1 ha while 3-2 had cc In an inter Jacqueline Bear elections during to have lower st outs. "Obviously w that the predo precincts have in August," Be. Senior Denard Robinson believes he can beat Usain Bolt ina 40-yard dash. By LUKE PASCH on Monday. DailySportsEditor "The guys, as teammates, we love them," Hoke said. "But there's At Michigan football's Media Day consequences for their behavior. on Sunday morning, second-year They're paying a price, and they coach Brady Hoke wasted little time will continue to pay that price for a in addressing the elephant in the little bit. room - that he still has not decided "I haven't made any of that (deci- whether redshirt junior running sion regarding their eligibility), and back Fitzgerald Toussaint will play I won't make that decision for a in the season opener against Ala- while." bama in light of his recent Driving Should Toussaint be forced to sit Under the Influence offense. out against Alabama, sophomore Reporters left the room frus- Thomas Rawls is widely expected trated again, though, as Hoke's to be the starter in the backfield, only update on the situation is that and the coaches continued to sing Toussaint and sophomore defensive his praise on Sunday. end Frank Clark, who has been sus- "First of all, a lot of people don't pended on home invasion charges, realize he's real fast," said running will begin practicing with the team backs coach Fred Jackson of Rawls. T eVlae 0 i e a 99.5% F INSU ANC4E IS AC AND OUT OF-STA E PR RtPINS 1112 South Uniersity Avenue Ann Arbor, M 48104 ('34) 663-551 "I saw the kid in high school run a 10.6 (second)100 meters. So the kid is real fast, but he's powerful. And he knows that when he's got a shal- low cut to go through a guy, he'll do it. But he's also got enough 'wiggle' in him to make the guy miss and go." Senior running back Vincent Smith will also likely see snaps from the backfield, and his veteran pres- ence there should help fill the void if Toussaint misses any game action. ROUNDTREE PATCHED UP: SeniorwidereceiverRoyRoundtree underwent arthroscopic surgery on Friday to remove cartilage in his knee. The surgery was considered a success, and he is expected to return to practice in two weeks. Roundtree is the veteran leader of a receiving corps that severely lacks depth following the depar- tures of Junior Hemingway, Darryl Stonum and Martavious Odoms. With the role in mind, he continues to be a presence even as he recovers from surgery. "Roy is great," said wide receiv- ers coach Jeff Hecklinski. "He's out there helping, he's in meetings helping. He's great. Like I said, the expectations are for the position, and when you're in Roy's position, you're expected to help." To potentially help shore up depth issues at receiver, it is well known that junior quarterback Devin Gardner has been occasion- ally lining up on the outside for snaps in practice. But coaches and players remained hush on Sunday regarding the decision to actually line up Gardner at receiver come gameday. "I think Devin will do whatever's best for the team," Hecklinski said. "I think (offensive coordinator Al Borges) and coach Hoke have to sit down and say, 'Okay, this is what we're going to do,' and that hasn't taken place yet." Added Gardner: "They haven't expressed to me how much I'm going to play there. I'm just trying to get reps whenever I'm not play- ing quarterback right now, and they haven't said much. I guess it's a secret for you guys - it's a secret for me, too." CARTER WALKS: Hoke announced Sunday that redshirt freshman defensive back Tamani Carter has decided to leave the pro- gram, but he did not disclose any particular reason. "Tamani Carter has decided to leave Michigan," Hoke said. "He's a great, young man, a tremendous kid. But he decided to leave, and I'll leave it at that." The Pickerington, Ohio native was actually Hoke's first commit at Michigan, decommitting from Minnesota and deciding to become a Wolverine just nine days after Hoke took the job back in January 2011. Carter was not likely to see play- ing time this year, as he is very low on the depth chart in the secondary. SHOELACE VERSUS BOLT: When senior quarterback Denard Robinson watched Usain Bolt defend his gold in the tOO-meter and 200-meter races in the London Olympics, he was both a fan and a critic. In high school, Robinson clocked a 10.4-second 100-meter, which wouldn't come close to touching Bolt's 9.6-second Olympic record. But Michigan's quarterbacknoted that Bolt was a little slow getting off the blocks in his races last week. "I think I'd get Usain Bolt in the 40-yard dash," Robinson said. "I watched his start the other day, and I think I'd get him in the 40. See, the (60-yard dash), I don't know about that. He'd probably start pulling away from me." Butmaybe ifBoltuntiedhisshoe- laces, Robinson would actuallyhave a chance. Last Tuesday, when ballots of the students for the primary election were summer." being cast across polling stations Working att throughout Ann Arbor, it was cinct 1-2 was A clear it wasn't a typical August Carol Simmons day- along State Street there Simmons, wI were cars with special "election book alongside day" parking passes, rooms in the her co-workers Union full of poll workers and a no one came to plethora of political signs. uted the lack of Voters made decisions in sev- vacation. eral primary races which chose "I don't thi the Democratic and Republican matter of peop candidates for the new 12th con- just that nobo gressional district, the Repub- mons added. lican Senate candidate to face Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) in U.S. Senate the fall, and the Ann Arbor City Council Democrats to likely face PONTIAC - little to no Republican opposition former U.S. con in November. ed Clark Duran At the Union, registered vot- and Randy H ers from student-heavy precincts Rapids in Mich such as 1-2, 4-1 and 1-1 could vote, primary electio and as of 3:30 p.m., zero votes had Winning by been counted at Precinct 1-2, four according toi votes had been counted at Pre- Hoekstra will cinct 4-1 and nine votes had been bent Sen. Debt counted at Precinct 1-1. Mich.) in Nove: At the end of the day precinct Hoekstra tE 1-1 had counted 15 ballots. porters for helt Precinct 1-2 had counted 4 votes. pledged that d counted 8 ballots ounted 59 ballots. view, City Clerk udry said primary ithe summer tend >tudent voter turn- we see historically minantly student a lower turnout audry said. "A lot are away for the the polls for Pre- nn Arbor resident . ho had a hardcover her, said she and waited all day, but vote. She attrib- voters to summer nk that it's just a le not voting; it's ody's here," Sim- Pete Hoekstra, a gressman, defeat- it of Grosse Pointe ekman of Grand igan's Republican n for U.S. Senate. about 20 percent unofficial results, now face incum- bie Stabenow (D- mber. hanked his sup- ping him win, and Republicans will take back the come November Durant is a "rebel with a his toss, he tole believed Hoekst: benow's senate:s ber. Rob Steele, af professor and a didate for the U of Regents, also ante at Hoekstr "I think it's gi close election,a the information now's record, it said. "She's beer the past." U.S. Congres U.S. Rep. Ji Mich.) is one st ning his 29thc Congress, after the first primar faced in a decad Dingell's dist following the2 he's now runnin new 12th cong which includes lanti, Dearborn southern Wayne Dingell, 86, to the House i longest-serving In November Cynthia Kallgr Republican nom When asked tory in an int speech, Dingell said, "Well, it feels great." He added that the campaign for the fall would have a wide focus. "It's always been my job to see to it that we run a clean, vigor- ous campaign in this district that helps all of our Democrats," Ding- ell said. "We will be very busy getting ready to run that kind of campaign. We're going to be talk- ing about jobs, the economy, eco- nomic opportunity and building and rebuilding Michigan's eco- nomic success." And while he lost in a land- slide, Dingell's challenger Daniel Marcin, who's studying for his Ph.D. in economics at the Uni- versity, could be pleased with the result. In an interview before the votes were counted, Marcin said he'd be happy if he garnered 15 to 20 percent of the vote. PATRICK BARRON/Daly Though he spent more than $12,000 of his own money on the losing effort, Marcin said he Ction11s didn't regret running. "pu about one semester of University of Michigan tuition U.S. government into this race," he quipped. r. Marcin said he made policy the self-proclaimed focus of his campaign, and one of cause." Despite the issues he focused on was the d the AP that he legalization of same-sex mar- tra will clinch Sta- riage. eat come Novem- Marcin claimed his pres- sure on Dingell contributed to former University him changing his mind on that Republican can- issue, but Dingell said his views Jniversity's Board had undergone "evolution and made an appear- change," explaining that the a's party. Defense of Marriage Act "raised oing to be a tough, constitutional questions" and and if we can get was "hurting a lot of people in n out on Stabe- ways that I found improper." 's critical," Steele Citing strong disagreements n tough to beat in with Dingell over over economic and environmental policy, Mar- tin said he had no plans, as of ss,12th District now, to work on Dingell's fall campaign. He added that he also ohn Dingell (D- wasn't thinking about running ep closer to win- for another office anytime soon. complete term in "I'm going to write a disserta- handily defeating tion now," Marcin said y challenger he's e. City Council rict was redrawn 2010 census, and Two Democratic spots were g to represent the open to newcomers because ressional district, Councilmembers Sandi Smith Ann Arbor, Ypsi- (D-Ward 1) and Carsten Hohnke and other parts of (D-Ward 5) decided not to seek e County. re-election. was first elected By defeating Eric Sturgis last n 1955 and is its night, Sumi Kailasapathy will member. have a chance to run for Smith's" , Dingell will face vacant seat as a Democrat in the en, who won the fall. She won with 863votes, total- iination. ing 57.69 percent, to his 628 votes, about his vic- totaling 41.98 percent, accord- erview after his ing to unofficial results from the Washtenaw County Clerk's office as of 1:35 a.m. Hohnke's seat was won by Chuck Warpehoski, who defeated Vivienne Armentrout. He had 1,709 votes, totaling 56.33 per- cent, while she had 1,320 votes, totaling 43.51 percent. Christopher Taylor (D-Ward 3) had no challenger in the pri- mary. In Ward 2, Tony Derezinski (D-Ward 2) lost to Sally Hart Petersen. He had 938 votes, totaling 44.65 percent, while she had 1160 votes, totaling 55.21 percent. In the Ward 3 Democratic pri- mary, Margie Teall (D-Ward 4) defeated Jack Eaton by a mere 1.5 percent. She had 866 votes, totaling 50.47 percent, to his 848 votes, totaling 49.42 percent. Eaton, who had run against Teall in the 2010 primary, held a results-viewing event at Conor O'Neill's Pub Tuesday along with Railasapathy. Councilmember Stephen Runselman (D-Ward 3) attended along with councilmem- ber Jane Lumm (I-Ward 2). In an interview after she declared her victory, Kailasapa- thy said she expected her win and added that it was an indication of resident's will. "I was expecting to win because I could see the writing on the wall. People really more than anything else, they just wanted a change," Kailasapathy said. Meanwhile, at The Last Word bar where Lumm attended, Petersen and supporters awaited the results of her race against four-year incumbent Derezinski. In an interview just before the final election results were known, Petersen said she would bring a fresh expertise to city council because of her business back- ground. However, Petersen said the election was not an indication that there was any kind of council establishment or status quo party up against a newcomer party to bring change. "(Kailasapathy) has an accounting background, and she's going to approach it from that perspective," Peterson said. "I have a business background, I'm going to approach it from a slightly different perspective. I think you're going to have a lot of diversity of voices on City Council." Managing Editor Giacomo Bologna contributed to this report.