Saturday, 11 November, 2006 2:02 AM
Nov.
7th General Election Results
Michigan
Candidates on the Ballot
WINNERS
ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN GREEN |
i
= incumbent, (R) = Republican, (D) = Democrat, (G) = Green Party,
(UST) = US Taxpayers, (L) = Libertarian
Governor
- 4 year term
|
CANDIDATE
/ RUNNING MATE |
VOTES |
%
VOTES |
Dick
DeVos / Ruth Johnson (R) |
1,606,058 |
42% |
Jennifer
M. Granholm / John D. Cherry Jr. (D) i |
2,139,839 |
55% |
Douglas
Campbell / David Skrbina (G) |
19,989 |
1% |
Bhagwan
Dashairya / Clara C. Pilchak (UST) |
7,070 |
1% |
Gregory
Creswell / Scotty Boman (L) |
23,493 |
1% |
Secretary
of State - 4 year term
|
CANDIDATE |
VOTES |
%
VOTES |
Terri
Lynn Land (R) i |
2,089,589 |
56% |
Carmella
Sabaugh (D) |
1,559,088 |
42% |
Lynn
Meadows (G) |
70,151 |
2% |
Attorney
General - 4 year term
|
CANDIDATE |
VOTES |
%
VOTES |
Mike
Cox (R) i |
1,986,241 |
54% |
Amos
Williams (D) |
1,602,508 |
43% |
Charles
F. Conces (UST) |
36,474 |
1% |
Bill
Hall (L) |
62,145 |
2% |
United
States Senator - 6 year term
|
CANDIDATE |
VOTES |
%
VOTES |
Michael
Bouchard (R) |
1,559,761 |
41% |
Debbie
Stabenow (D) i |
2,148,637 |
57% |
David
Sole (G) |
23,918 |
1% |
Dennis
W. FitzSimons (UST) |
18,291 |
1% |
Leonard
Schwartz (L) |
27,018 |
1% |
Wayne
County Executive - 4 year term
|
CANDIDATE |
VOTES |
%
VOTES |
Ramon
J. Patrick (R) |
120,106 |
19% |
Robert
A. Ficano (D) i |
492,297 |
80% |
1st
District Representative in Congress - 2 year term
|
CANDIDATE |
VOTES |
%
VOTES |
Don
Hooper (R) |
72,709 |
28% |
Bart
Stupak (D) i |
180,388 |
69% |
David
J. Newland (G) |
2,250 |
1% |
Joshua
J. Warren |
2,275 |
1% |
Kenneth
Proctor (L) |
2,195 |
1% |
2nd
District Representative in Congress - 2 year term
|
CANDIDATE |
VOTES |
%
VOTES |
Pete
Hoekstra (R) i |
182,879 |
66% |
Kimon
Kotos (D) |
86,803 |
32% |
Ronald
E. Graeser |
2,721 |
1% |
Steven
Van Til (L) |
2,716 |
1% |
3rd
District Representative in Congress - 2 year term
|
CANDIDATE |
VOTES |
%
VOTES |
Vernor
J. Ehlers (R) i |
171,182 |
63% |
James
R. Rinck (D) |
93,850 |
35% |
Rodger
Gurk (G) |
2,593 |
1% |
Jeff
A. Steinport (L) |
3,705 |
1% |
4th
District Representative in Congress - 2 year term
|
CANDIDATE |
VOTES |
%
VOTES |
Dave
Lee Camp (R) i |
127,918 |
60% |
Mike
Huckleberry (D) |
81,506 |
38% |
John
Emerick |
1,641 |
1% |
Allitta
Hren (L) |
1,556 |
1% |
5th
District Representative in Congress - 2 year term
|
CANDIDATE |
VOTES |
%
VOTES |
Eric
J. Klammer (R) |
60,957 |
25% |
Dale
E. Kildee (D) i |
176,144 |
73% |
Ken
Mathenia (G) |
2,293 |
1% |
Steve
Samoranski II (L) |
2,259 |
1% |
6th
District Representative in Congress - 2 year term
|
CANDIDATE |
VOTES |
%
VOTES |
Fred
S. Upton (R) i |
142,015 |
61% |
Kim
Clark (D) |
88,976 |
38% |
Kenneth
E. Howe (L) |
3,480 |
1% |
7th
District Representative in Congress - 2 year term
|
CANDIDATE |
VOTES |
%
VOTES |
Tim
Walberg (R) |
122,640 |
50% |
Sharon
Marie Renier (D) |
112,623 |
46% |
David
Horn |
3,664 |
2% |
Robert
L. Hutchinson (L) |
3,787 |
1% |
8th
District Representative in Congress - 2 year term
|
CANDIDATE |
VOTES |
%
VOTES |
Mike
Rogers (R) i |
156,414 |
55% |
Jim
Marcinkowski (D) |
121,576 |
43% |
Aaron
Stuttman (G) |
2,349 |
1% |
Richard
Carl Gach (L) |
2,756 |
1% |
9th
District Representative in Congress - 2 year term
|
CANDIDATE |
VOTES |
%
VOTES |
Joe
Knollenberg (R) i |
142,279 |
52% |
Nancy
Skinner (D) |
127,651 |
46% |
Matthew
R. Abel (G) |
2,466 |
1% |
Adam
Goodman (L) |
3,698 |
1% |
10th
District Representative in Congress - 2 year term
|
CANDIDATE |
VOTES |
%
VOTES |
Candice
S. Miller (R) i |
178,843 |
66% |
Robert
Denison (D) |
84,574 |
31% |
Candace
Ruth Caveny (G) |
1,894 |
1% |
F.
Richard Gualdoni |
1,894 |
1% |
Mark
Byrne (L) |
2,867 |
1% |
11th
District Representative in Congress - 2 year term
|
CANDIDATE |
VOTES |
%
VOTES |
Thaddeus
G. McCotter (R) i |
145,292 |
54% |
Tony
Trupiano (D) |
115,106 |
43% |
Charles
E. Tackett (UST) |
3,552 |
1% |
John
T. Tater (L) |
4,380 |
2% |
12th
District Representative in Congress - 2 year term
|
CANDIDATE |
VOTES |
%
VOTES |
Randell
J. Shafer (R) |
62,688 |
26% |
Sander
M. Levin (D) i |
168,501 |
70% |
Art
Myatt (G) |
1,735 |
1% |
Les
Townsend (CON) |
2,076 |
1% |
Andy
Lecureaux (L) |
3,259 |
1% |
Jerome
S. White |
1,863 |
1% |
14th
District Representative in Congress - 2 year term
|
CANDIDATE |
VOTES |
%
VOTES |
Chad
Miles (R) |
27,794 |
15% |
John
Conyers, Jr. (D) i |
156,928 |
85% |
15th
District Representative in Congress - 2 year term
|
CANDIDATE |
VOTES |
%
VOTES |
John
D. Dingell (D) i |
179,401 |
88% |
Aimee
Smith (G) |
9,379 |
5% |
Robert
F. Czak |
6,917 |
3% |
Gregory
Scott Stempfle (L) |
8,367 |
4% |
6th
District State Senator - 4 year term
|
CANDIDATE |
VOTES |
%
VOTES |
Laura
M. Toy (R) i |
47,590 |
48% |
Glenn
S. Anderson (D) |
52,492 |
52% |
19th
District State Representative - 2 year term
|
CANDIDATE |
VOTES |
%
VOTES |
John
R. Pastor (R) |
22,627 |
55% |
Brian
Duggan (D) |
18,372 |
45% |
Justice
of the MI Supreme Court - 8 year term
|
CANDIDATE |
VOTES |
%
VOTES |
Jane
M. Beckering |
560,475 |
11% |
Michael
F. Cavanagh |
1,981,259 |
40% |
Maura
Denise Corrigan |
1,687,850 |
34% |
Kerry
L. Morgan |
367,794 |
7% |
Marc
Schulman |
384,794 |
8% |
Member
of the Wayne State University Board of Governors
|
CANDIDATE |
VOTES |
%
VOTES |
John
Akouri (R) |
1,291,010 |
20% |
Andrew
G. McLemore, Jr. (R) |
1,284,385 |
20% |
Debbie
Dingell (D) |
1,801,511 |
28% |
Eugene
Driker (D) |
1,574,475 |
25% |
Margaret
Guttshall (G) |
81,676 |
1% |
Michael
Merriweather (G) |
68,116 |
1% |
Philip
Johnson (UST) |
63,662 |
1% |
Thomas
Jones |
67,094 |
1% |
Bob
Schubring |
58,343 |
1% |
Tara
Stegner |
54,334 |
1% |
Robert
Bemmelen |
40,154 |
1% |
State
of Michigan Proposal 1:
|
DECISION |
VOTES |
%
VOTES |
YES |
2,909,132 |
81% |
NO |
679,567 |
19% |
A
PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO REQUIRE THAT MONEY HELD IN
CONSERVATION AND RECREATION FUNDS CAN ONLY BE USED FOR THEIR INTENDED
PURPOSES
The
proposed constitutional amendment would:
- Create
a Conservation and Recreation Legacy Fund within the Constitution
and establish existing conservation and recreation accounts as
components of the fund.
- Use
current funding sources such as state park entrance and camping
fees; snowmobile, ORV and boating registration fees; hunting and
fishing license fees; taxes and other revenues to fund accounts.
- Establish
the current Game and Fish Protection Fund and the Nongame Fish
and Wildlife Fund within the Constitution.
- Provide
that money held in Funds can only be used for specific purposes
related to conservation and recreation and cannot be used for
any purpose other than those indended.
State
of Michigan Proposal 2:
|
DECISION |
VOTES |
%
VOTES |
YES |
2,137,574 |
58% |
NO |
1,552,459 |
42% |
MICHIGAN
CIVIL RIGHTS INITIATIVE PETITION
A
PROPOSAL TO AMEND THE STATE CONSTITUTION TO BAN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
PROGRAMS THAT GIVE PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT TO GROUPS OR INDIVIDUALS
BASED ON THEIR RACE, GENDER, COLOR, ETHNICITY OR NATIONAL ORIGIN
FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION OR CONTRACTING PURPOSES
The proposed constitutional amendment would:
- Ban
public institutions from using affirmative action programs that
give preferential treatment to groups or individuals based on
their race, gender, color, ethnicity or national origin for public
employment, education or contracting purposes. Public institutions
affected by the proposal include state government, local governments,
public colleges and universities, community colleges and school
districts.
- Prohibit
public institutions from discriminating against groups or individuals
due to their gender, ethnicity, race, color or national origin.
(A separate provision of the state constitution already prohibits
discrimination on the basis of race, color or national origin.)
State
of Michigan Proposal 3:
|
DECISION |
VOTES |
%
VOTES |
YES |
1,135,687 |
31% |
NO |
2,529,432 |
69% |
DOVE
HUNTING REFERENDUM
A
REFERENDUM ON PUBLIC ACT 160 OF 2004 – AN ACT TO ALLOW THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF A HUNTING SEASON FOR MOURNING DOVES
Public
Act 160 of 2004 would:
- Authorize
the Natural Resources Commission to establish a hunting season
for mourning doves.
- Require
a mourning dove hunter to have a small game license and a $2.00
mourning dove stamp.
- Stipulate
that revenue from the stamp must be split evenly between the Game
and Fish Protection Fund and the Fish and Wildlife Trust Fund.
- Require
the Department of Natural Resources to address responsible mourning
dove hunting; management practices for the propagation of mourning
doves; and participation in mourning dove hunting by youth, the
elderly and the disabled in the Department’s annual hunting
guide.
State
of Michigan Proposal 4:
|
DECISION |
VOTES |
%
VOTES |
YES |
2,909,377 |
80% |
NO |
722,395 |
20% |
SENATE
JOINT RESOLUTION E
A
PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO PROHIBIT GOVERNMENT FROM TAKING
PRIVATE PROPERTY BY EMINENT DOMAIN FOR CERTAIN PRIVATE PURPOSES
The proposed constitutional amendment would:
- Prohibit
government from taking private property for transfer to another
private individual or business for purposes of economic development
or increasing tax revenue.
- Provide
that if an individual’s principal residence is taken by
government for public use, the individual must be paid at least
125% of property’s fair market value.
- Require
government that takes a private property to demonstrate that the
taking is for a public use; if taken to eliminate blight, require
a higher standard of proof to demonstrate that the taking of that
property is for a public use.
Preserve existing rights of property owners.
State
of Michigan Proposal 5:
|
DECISION |
VOTES |
%
VOTES |
YES |
1,364,751 |
38% |
NO |
2,254,657 |
62% |
EDUCATIONAL
FUNDING GUARANTEE
A
LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVE TO ESTABLISH MANDATORY SCHOOL FUNDING LEVELS
The
proposed law would:
- Increase
current funding by approximately $565 million and require State
to provide annual funding increases equal to the rate of inflation
for public schools, intermediate school districts, community colleges,
and higher education (includes state universities and financial
aid/grant programs).
- Require
State to fund any deficiencies from General Fund.
- Base
funding for school districts with a declining enrollment on three-year
student enrollment average.
- Reduce
and cap retirement fund contribution paid by public schools, community
colleges and state universities; shift remaining portion to state.
- Reduce
funding gap between school districts receiving basic per-pupil
foundation allowance and those receiving maximum foundation allowance.
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