Republican Mark Ouimet and Democrat Christine Green combined to raise more than $431,700 competing for the 52nd District state House seat, campaign finance reports show. The reports, which were due today, demonstrate just how much was riding on the western Washtenaw County race to replace outgoing state Rep. Pam Byrnes, ...
Republican Mark Ouimet, who has repeatedly been under fire by the Washtenaw County Democratic Party in recent weeks, has won his bid for the 52nd State House seat. Ouimet maintained a narrow lead over Democratic opponent Christine Green throughout Election Night, but it wasn't until early this morning that Green ...
Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Snyder is throwing his support behind Republican state House hopeful Mark Ouimet, calling him a needed ally in the fight to reinvent Michigan. "Mark Ouimet has the proven ability to look past partisan politics and do what is best for the people he represents," Snyder said ...
I am an avid supporter of Christine Green and strongly believe that she is the best choice for the 52nd District this November. We in Michigan are still struggling to recover from the problems of being a one industry state. We need a strong and diversified economy. One of our ...
Republican state House candidate Mark Ouimet earned the master's degree he lists in his campaign literature from a Louisiana correspondence school that was raided by the FBI and determined to be a fraudulent diploma mill at one point, AnnArbor.com has learned. Ouimet, a Washtenaw County commissioner running for Michigan's 52nd ...
I was proud to serve as a Republican member of the Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners from 1993-2002, representing much of the same portion of the county as Mark Ouimet does now. This November, I will be enthusiastically voting for Democrat Christine Green for state representative and not for Mark, ...
A wearying campaign season of bickering, distortions and downright nastiness is almost over. On Nov. 3, Michigan will wake up to a new governor, a mostly new Legislature and all of the same old problems that have plagued it for years. Our ability to tackle these problems will depend on ...
A former Washtenaw County commissioner from Scio Township is taking sides in the 52nd District state House race. Richard DeLong announced today he is supporting Democrat Christine Green, an attorney from Scio Township, over her opponent, Republican Mark Ouimet, the county's 1st District representative on the Washtenaw County Board of ...
The race for the 52nd District state House seat in western Washtenaw County is heating up, with Republican Mark Ouimet and Democrat Christine Green raising and spending big bucks. The latest campaign finance reports filed today show Ouimet, of Scio Township, raised nearly $46,000 in the most recent reporting period, ...
We have been receiving unidentified political robocalls. In particular, ones dissing Christine Green (she is opposing Mark Quimet) as if she were responsible for spending actions in Lansing.
I recently received a flier titled "That's a lot of 'Green,'" which alleges some late tax payments by Christine Green. This type of divisive politics is exactly why the approval ratings for both Washington and Lansing are now at an all-time low. If I wasn't already supporting Chris, this ad ...
Jobs were the focus of an hour-long debate hosted Wednesday by the West Washtenaw Business Association, during which five candidates competing for three different offices took turns answering questions touching on Michigan's struggling economy. State House candidates Mark Ouimet and Christine Green shared competing views on what the next 52nd ...
Lansing-based citizens group Progress Michigan is calling on Washtenaw County Commissioner Mark Ouimet, a Republican from Scio Township, to repay the county more than $35,000 for what the group considers "wasteful and questionable spending." “Mark Ouimet treats taxpayers like his personal ATM for wasteful taxpayer-funded spending sprees, and he should ...
(Editor's note: This story has been revised to correct information about Mark Oiumet's spending on travel. The story originally stated that Ouimet spent $3,621 attending conventions and meetings outside the area. That information is incorrect and has been removed from the story.) The gloves are off in the 52nd District ...