Many Republican incumbents in the Thumb area held onto their seats following last night’s election. By midnight, several media outlets called District 9 a victory for incumbent Lisa McClain, beating democrat Brian Jaye for the congressional seat with over 90,000 votes cast for her from the Thumb area.
Meanwhile, former drain commissioner Gregory Alexander won his first term in the Michigan House of Representatives, where he will begin his two-years serving the 98th district in January, alongside re-elected representatives and fellow republicans Andrew Beeler (District 64), Jaime Greene (District 65) and Matthew Bierlein (District 97).
For state senate races, incumbent Daniel Lauwers took a very commanding lead over democrat candidate Bert Van Dyke and thus kept his position representing the 25th district, with his 26th district counterpart, republican Kevin Daley, also doing well in his race.
Sanilac County Clerk Leslie Hilgendorf survived her first election as county clerk, both in terms of her job duties and her race against Kimberly Ann Corey, with Hilgendorf receiving about four times the votes as her opponent. And long-term incumbent of Port Sanilac, Raymond Mach, has been unseated as village president, losing his race to new face Damien Falcon.
The sole countywide proposal on the ballot in Sanilac County–the Sanilac Medical Care Facility millage renewal–was overwhelmingly approved by voters. Meanwhile, in Buel Township, voters turned down a controversial proposal to allow marijuana establishments in the township.
In Sanilac County school board elections, local business-owner Troy Tank lost his bid for one of three seats on the Sandusky School Board, with incumbents Carolyn Stoutenburg and Bob Hassler being joined by newcomer Justin Radloff, who takes over retired board member Susan Dreyer’s seat.
Meanwhile, in the Cros-Lex school district, incumbents Dennis Gardner, Amie Stilson and Michael Noll beat out newcomers Gwen Powell and John Hollingsworth to earn another 6-year term on the board, while John O’Hair and John Maxey will both serve a partial two-year term.
Two full-term seats were up for grabs in the Deckerville School District, with newcomers Richard Hammil and Kendra Messing beating incumbent Spencer Osborne and fellow newcomer Anthony Kubick to earn their spots on the board. Also in Deckerville, Jason McConnachie beat Danielle Walsh in the contest for a single partial term seat on the school board.
In Marlette, incumbents Nik Woods and Jaime Macumber retained their seats, while newcomer Jill Thomas won the third available seat and leaving other newcomers, Daniel Klatze and Rachel Hager, in the dust. Woods, Macumber and Thomas all had vote totals exceeding one thousand, with Hager and Klatze having less than 800 and 700 votes, respectively.
