Your AnnArbor.com guide to results of the 2012 election

Posted on Tue, Nov 6, 2012 : 8:47 p.m.

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Democrats in the Atrium Ballroom at Weber's Inn celebrate after hearing President Barack Obama won Ohio.

Courtney Sacco I AnnArbor.com

Here's your guide to all the results from Tuesday's election in Washtenaw County. Some races were still being decided Wednesday morning. This list will be updated as more results become available.

Update at 7:54 a.m.: All of the townships have now reported their numbers.

Update at 1:40 a.m.: Some townships still are in the process of reporting their results to the county clerk. This guide will be updated with numbers and winners as information becomes available.

Find all final Washtenaw County results for contested races in the general election from Nov. 6, 2012 right here.

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(Bolding indicates a win)

President & Vice President of the United States

  • Mitt Romney & Paul Ryan, R
  • Barack Obama & Joe Biden, D
  • Virgil H. Goode, Jr., Jame N. Clymer, U.S. Taxpayers
  • Jill Stein & Cheri Honkala, Green
  • Ross C. Anderson & Luis Rodriguez, Natural Law party

U.S. Senator

  • Pete Hoekstra, R, Statewide: 848,637
  • Debbie Stabenow, D, Statewide: 1,218,113
  • Scotty Boman, Libertarian, Statewide: 41,559
  • Richard A. Matkin, U.S. Taxpayers, Statewide: 11,744
  • Harley Mikkelson, Green, Statewide: 13,412
  • John A. Litle, Natural Law Party, Statewide: 5,249

Representative in U.S. Congress - District 7

  • Tim Walberg, R, Statewide: 84,037
  • Kurt Richard Haskell, D, Statewide: 66,477
  • Ken Proctor, Libertatrian, Statewide: 4,097
  • Richard E. Wunsch, Green, Statewide: 1,701

Representative in U.S. Congress - District 12

  • Cynthia Kallgren, R, 31,003
  • John Dingell, D, 73,384
  • Richard J. Secula, Libertarian, 3,648

Ann Arbor City - Mayor

Ann Arbor City - Ward 5 Council Member


Augusta Township Supervisor

  • Pete Hafler, D, 1,746
  • Brian Shelby, R, 1516

Augusta Township Clerk

  • Kathy Giszczak, D, 1,770
  • Kathleen McDonald, R, 1,491

Augusta Township Treasurer

  • Susan Burek, D, 311
  • Nevel Overton Slack, R, 1,188
  • Lynda H. Dew, D, 1,717

Augusta Township Trustee (four)

  • Judy Thornton, D, 1,678
  • Douglas Newsome, R, 1,203
  • Dwight Parris Bennett, R, 1,268
  • Michael J. King, R, 1,335
  • Joseph Keefe, D, 1,659
  • Dennis Chie, R, 1,485
  • Ira Todd, D, 1,627
  • Cath Howard, D, 1,662


Dexter Township Supervisor

  • Pat A. Kelly, R, 1818
  • James L. Drolett, R, 1737

Dexter Township Treasurer

  • Libby Brushaber, R, 1817
  • Dana Bullen, D, 1633

Dexter Township Trustee (four)

  • Michael Howard, R, 1632
  • John T. Emerick, R, 1576
  • Bill Gajewski, R, 1630
  • Carl J. Lesser, R, 1802
  • Anne Sullivan Buchholz, D, 1631
  • Steve Feinman, D, 1504
  • Jason Maciejewski, D, 1647


Northfield Township Supervisor

  • Marilyn Handloser Engstrom, R, 2,074
  • Richard K. Rohrer, D, 1832

Northfield Township Treasurer

  • Robert Erickson, D, 2,013
  • Kathy Braun, R, 1,821

Northfield Township Trustee (four)

  • Wayne F. Dockett, R, 1,960
  • Jacqueline R. Otto>, R, 2,026
  • Athena Trentin, D, 1,551
  • Douglas R. Del Favero, D, 1,516
  • Jeffery Vega, R, 1,793
  • Janet M. Chick, R, 1,987
  • David E. Gibbons Jr., D, 1,675
  • Tracy S. Thomas, D, 1,881

Saline City - Mayor

Sharon Township Trustee

(two)

  • James Hopkins, R, 568
  • Katharyn Spiegel, No Party, 356
  • Patricia J. Farmer, No Party, 367

Superior Township Trustee
(four)

  • Lisa Lewis, D, 3143
  • Nancy E. Caviston, D, 3168
  • Alex Williams, D, 2957
  • Rodrick Green, D, 3011
  • Kevin Jardine, R, 1548


Sylvan Township Supervisor

  • Scott E. Cooper, R, 905
  • Robert W. Lange, No Party, 731

Sylvan Township Trustee
(two)

  • Kurt P. Koseck, R, 974
  • Sandra J. Egeler, D, 715
  • Roy Schmidt, R, 1001
  • Alex Slocum, No Party, 352

Webster Township Trustee (four)

  • Charles L. Estleman, R, 2,055
  • Denette Bolyard, No Party, 695
  • Bradley Gibson, D, 1,827
  • Gary J. Koch, R, 2,296
  • Richard Kleinschmidt, R, 2,198
  • John H. Westman, R, 2,061


York Township Supervisor

  • Joan Alexander, D, 1029
  • John W. Stanowski, R, 1616

York Township Trustee
(four)

  • Jane A. Kartje, R, 1577
  • Jill A. Hargrove, R, 1645
  • Brian F. Iott, R, 1664
  • Dan C. Pichla, R, 1498
  • Gary Zajac, D, 1122

Ypsilanti Township Trustee
(four)

  • Jean Hall Currie, D, 18,163
  • Scott Martin, D, 17,644
  • Stan Eldridge, D, 18,255
  • Mike Martin, D, 17,940
  • Lawrence W. Johnson, L, 3,422

Dexter Village - President

  • Jim Carson, 763
  • Shawn W. Keough, 1,051

Dexter Village - Trustee (three)

  • Joe Semifero, 910
  • Paul Cousins, 1,202
  • Julie A. Knight, 1,033
  • James Smith, 906

Ann Arbor Public Schools - Board Member

  • Dale R. Leslie, 13,708
  • Deb Mexicotte, 25,371

Chelsea School District - Board Member (two)

  • Dana Emmert, 2127
  • Laura C. Bush, 2987
  • Steve Olsen, 2536
  • Kathy Keinath, 1822

Dexter Community Schools - Board Member - Partial Term ending 12/31/2014 (one)

  • Barbara Read, 3,896
  • Chris Gordon, 3,463

Saline Area Schools - Board Member (two)

  • Smita Nagpal, 3,682
  • Diane L. Friese, 5,689
  • Paul Hynek, 4,886
  • Karen Delhey, 5,706

Ann Arbor District Library - Board Member (four)

  • Margaret A. Leary, 28,060
  • Rebecca Head, 26,827
  • Prudence Rosenthal, 23,498
  • Nancy Kaplan, 30,508
  • Lyn Powrie Davidge, 21,670


State & County Candidates


State Representative - District 52
(2-year term)

  • Mark Ouimet, R, 17,207
  • Gretchen Driskell, D, 17,460

State Representative - District 53 (2-year term)

  • Jeff Irwin, D, 28,201
  • John J. Spisak, R, 6,196

State Representative - District 54 (2-year term)

  • David Rutledge, D, 10,102
  • Bill Emmerich, R, 2,895

State Representative - District 55 (2-year term)

  • Owen Diaz, R, 10,269
  • Adam Zemke, D, 22,297
  • David McMahon, G, 1,147

State Board of Education, (two)

  • Todd A. Courser, R
  • Melanie A. Kurdys, R
  • Michelle Fecteau, D
  • Lupe Ramos-Montigny, D
  • Andy LeCureaux, L
  • Karen Adams, U.S. Taxpayers
  • Gail M. Graeser , U.S. Taxpayers
  • Candace R. Caveny, G
  • Dwain Reynolds III, G

Justice of the Supreme Court - Incumbent Full Term

  • Doug Dern, Statewide: 207,890
  • Connie Marie Kelley, Statewide: 1,291,055
  • Stephen Markman (Incumbent), Statewide: 1,417,134
  • Bridget Mary McCormack, Statewide: 1,413,735
  • Kerry L. Morgan, Statewide: 247,645
  • Colleen O'Brien, Statewide: 1,311,304
  • Bob Roddis, Statewide: 171,759

Justice of the Supreme Court - Incumbent Partial Term ending 01/01/15

  • Mindy Barry, 300,225
  • Sheila Johnson, 1,402,282
  • Brian Zahra (Incumbent), 1,704,432

County Clerk/Register of Deeds (4-year term)

  • Lawrence Kestenbaum, D, 73,327
  • Stanley F. Watson, R, 34,316

County Water Resources Commissioner (4-year term)

  • Evan Pratt, D, 72,763
  • Eric Scheie, R, 33,403

County Prosecuting Attorney
(4-year term)

  • Brian L. Mackie, D, 82,624
  • Justin Altman, L, 14,910

County Sheriff
(4-year term)

  • Jerry L. Clayton, D, 77,543
  • Jeffrey R. Gallatin, R, 33,120

County Treasurer
(4-year term)

  • Catherine McClary, D, 109, 236
  • Marlene Chockley, R, 49,528

22nd Circuit Court Judge - Incumbent

  • Timothy Connors (Incumbent)
  • , 83,101
  • Michael Woodyard, 25,432

22nd Circuit Court Judge - Non-Incumbent (6-year term; two advance)

  • James A. Fink, 55,704
  • Carol Kuhnke, 67,051

County Commissioner - District 1
(2-year term)

  • Rob Turner, R, 10,258
  • Kent Martinez-Kratz, D, 10,904

County Commissioner - District 3 (2-year term)

  • Alicia Ping, R, 10,896
  • Wesley Prater, D, 8,603

County Commissioner - District 4

  • Richard Conn, R, 5,186
  • Felicia Brabec, D 10,506

County Commissioner - District 5
(2-year term)

  • Rolland Sizemore, D, 12,850
  • Richard Deitering, R, 5035

County Commissioner - District 6
(2-year term)

  • Ronnie D. Peterson, D, 13,462
  • David H. Raaflaub, R 2,544

County Commissioner - District 7
(2-year term)

  • Andy LaBarre, D, 12,817
  • David Parker, R, 3,675

County Commissioner - District 8
(2-year term)

  • Yousef Rabhi, D, 10,562
  • Joe Baublis, R, 2,922

County Commissioner - District 9
(2-year term)

  • Conan Michael Smith, D, 15,849
  • John Floyd, R, 3,878

University of Michigan Board of Regents (two 8-year terms) Note: Results in this race were still being tabulated Wednesday morning. Democrat Mark Bernstein appeared to be a winner for one of the seats. The other race was too close to call between Republicans Dan Horning and Rob Steele.

  • Dan Horning, R
  • Robert Steele, R
  • Mark Bernstein, D
  • Shauna Ryder Diggs, D
  • James Lewis Hudler, L
  • Gregory Scott Stempfle, L
  • Joe Sanger, U.S. Taxypayer
  • Gerald T. Van Sickle, U.S. Taxpayer
  • Eric Borregard, G
  • Nikki Mattson, NLP

Washtenaw Community College Board of Trustees (two 6-year terms)

  • Richard J. Landau, 56,875
  • Diana McKnight Morton, 68,797
  • William Hazen Figg, 34,002

Proposals

Statewide

Proposal 1

A referendum on Public Act 4 of 2011 - the emergency manager law

Proposal 2

A proposal to amend the state constitution regarding collective bargaining

  • Yes, Statewide: 1,431,385
  • No: Statewide: 2,019,879

Proposal 3

Proposal to amend the state constitution to establish a standard for renewable energy

  • Yes: Statewide: 1,053,425
  • No: Statewide: 1,818,954

Proposal 4

A proposal to amend the state constitution to establish the Michigan Quality Home Care Council and provide collective bargaining for in-home workers

  • Yes, Statewide: 1,454,254
  • No: Statewide: 1,970,073

Proposal 5

A proposal to amend the state constitution to limit the enactment of new taxes by state government

  • Yes: Statewide: 877,740
  • No: Statewide: 1,963,467

Proposal 6

A proposal to amend the state constitution regarding construction od international bridges and tunnels

  • Yes: Statewide: 1,127,844
  • No: Statewide: 1,749,355

Non-statewide

City of Ann Arbor - 2 Proposals

Proposal A

  • Yes: 34,959
  • No: 16,123

Proposal B

  • Yes: 22,254
  • No: 28,166

City of Ypsilanti - 2 Proposals

City charter revision question

  • Yes: 2,969
  • No: 2983

Charter amendment to make use/consumption of marijuana lowest police priority

  • Yes, 5635
  • No, 1914

Augusta Township - 1 Proposal

Police protection proposal

  • Yes: 1,335
  • No: 1,877

Bridgewater Township - 2 Proposals

Proposed extra millage for police service

  • Yes: 344
  • No: 578

Proposed extra voted millage for roads

  • Yes: 321
  • No: 525

Dexter Township - 1 Proposal

Establish and construct a permanent fire substation millage proposal

  • Yes: 1,788
  • No: 1,677

Salem Township - 1 Proposal

Salem township rezoning referendum

  • Yes: 855
  • No: 2428

Scio Township - 1 Proposal

Farmland and open space land preservation millage proposal

  • Yes: 7,228
  • No: 3,377

Lincoln Consolidated School District - 2 Proposals

Millage renewal proposal to continue to provide earmarked funds to operate community recreation programs, including for senior citizens

  • Yes: 7,965
  • No: 4,009

Operating millage renewal proposal

  • Yes: 7,076
  • No: 4,009

Willow Run Community Schools - 2 Proposals

School district consolidation proposal

Operating millage proposal

  • Yes: 3,692
  • No: 3,565

Ypsilanti Public Schools - 2 Proposals

School district consolidation proposal

Operating millage proposal

  • Yes: 8,243
  • No: 6,964

Ann Arbor District Library - 1 Proposal

Ann Arbor District Library downtown building proposal

Chelsea Area Fire Authority - 1 Proposal

Chelsea Area Fire Authority renewal millage proposal

  • Yes: 3314
  • No: 1876

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