Election Results

Election results...

Hoekstra 54%, Durant 34%. No surprise--Hoekstra had the name recogniton.

Congress:
6. Upton 66, Jack 34. No surprise, given Upton's money and incumbency. More analysis later.
3. Pestka 59%, Thomas 41%. GR dems choose the saner candidate.
7. Kurt Haskell wins for the dems in 7. Haha.
11. Kerry Bentivolio 66%, total write-in (mostly Nancy Cassis) 34%. Conservatives win here. Tea Party beats Brooks and the establishment. Taj wins for the dems.
13. Conyers 55%, Anderson 18%, Jackson 12%, Johnson 10%. Thought this would be a little closer.
14. Peters 45%, Clarke 38%, Lawrence 12%. Peters ran a top-notch campaign and upended the conventional wisdom. How much wailing will there be that a white suburbanite beat one of Michigan's black congressmen?

State House:
incumbent versus incumbent:
2. Talabi 51 (black), Bledsoe 45 (white)
3. John Olumba 52, Jimmy Womack 38 (both black)
6. Rashida Tlaib 52 (Muslim), Maureen Stapleton 45 (black)
28. Jon Switalski 65, Lesia Liss 35.

Republican primary challenges:
76. Party-switchin' Roy Schmidt 58, write-in Bing Goei 42.
83. Muxlow 51%, Eick 49%. Not sure what the issue was here.
84. Kurt Damrow 36 loses to Dan Grimshaw 44. Dem Terry Brown is the favorite in November.
104. Wayne Schmidt 65 Jason Gillman 35

Open Republican seats:
39. Kesto 28, Hantler 22, Zrinyi 17, Michigan Right to Life (MRTL) endorsee Nick Kennedy fourth with 17.
40. McCready 32, David Wolkinson (MRTL endorsed) 30, David Potts 30
41. Martin Howrylak (MRTL endorsed) 38, Deb DeBacker 34, Matt Pryor 28
74. Rob VerHeulen 58, Steve Mass 42
78. Dave Pagel (MRTL endorsed) 68, Savage 18, Mann 15
81. Dan Lauwers (MRTL endorsed) 34, Eisen 26
88. Victory 50, Amanda VanEssen 50
93. Tom Leonard 35 (yay!), Kirk 34, Trebesh 26
94. Tim Kelly 51, Ann Doyle 44

Kalamazoo County:
Sheriff: Lawrence 64%, LaBrie 36%
County Commission:
1. Alford 80%, Barnard 14%, Worden 6%
6. Heppler 55%, Pominville 24%, Turluck 22%
7. Tuinier 62%, Gray 38%
10. Stinchcomb 61%, Bogren 39%

Alamo:
Supervisor: Conti 59%, Vlietstra 41%.
Four of the "We Care 5" win.

Charleston: incumbents win
Climax: Don Schultz beats incumbent Phyllis Smith

Comstock:
Clerk: Goodsell
Treasurer: DeBruyn (R) versus Padgett (D)
Trustee: Jenkins, Bogema, Amos, Kissinger (R)
to face Bloomfield, Burgess, Ampey, Donovan (D)

Cooper Trustee: Vlietstra, Buiskool, Janssen, Scheidel
Kalamazoo Township: Ron Reid (D) will be supervisor

Oshtemo:
Clerk: Everett 65%, Porte 35%
Trustee: Bushouse, Sikora, Carr, Corakis advance

Ross: Bither, incumbent trustees win

Texas:
Supervisor: Pendowski 54%, Healy 46%
Clerk: Kerr 60%, Kinney 40%
Trustees: incumbent Neubauer and challengers Roberts, VanderRoest, Mazer win. Erin Hoogendyk fifth.

Van Buren County:
Prosecutor: Bedford 71%, Kaps 29%
Register of Deeds: DeYoung 59%, Harme 41%

UPDATE:
Kansas: conservatives beat moderates in the state senate!
Missouri: Todd Akin wins the senate nomination!