Elberta 2022 Midterm Results

Hear ye, hear ye.

The printout was looooonnng. I think our election workers (five wonderful ladies) had to put a new roll of tape in three times. Total turnout: 469. Nice. I do have a printout of the tape they kindly provided me, but I’ll spare you the job of looking through the whole thing. All in all, besides the tape issue, it was a cheerful, smooth, and uneventful (process-wise) election, according to Gilmore Clerk Shannon Spencley. Thank you to everyone who turned out to do our patriotic duty! Oh, exciting new development: The new cardboard ballot sleeves make it easier to discreetly scooch your ballot into the machine until it catches.

I am posting the names of those who got any votes at all, rather than listing all the candidates. I will be posting the university and state school board/boards of governors results later (if anyone complains they’re not here). Winners are in bold type. Gilmore results are listed first, then Elberta, then the total. The districts precincts are 1BC (Gilmore Benzie Central Schools), 1FE (Gilmore Frankfort-Elberta Schools), and 1FEV (Village of Elberta) and the results for each precinct are listed in that order. None of the write-ins, alas, were counted. There was a form that had to be filed by October 28 for write-in candidates to be listed.

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Governor/Lieutenant Governor

Gretchen Whitmer/Garlin Gilchrist (D) 18; 162; 102 = 282

Tudor Dixon/Shane Hernandez (R) 13; 106; 58 = 177

Mary Buzuma/Brian Ellison (L) 1; 0; 2 = 3

Donna Brandenburg/Mellissa Carone (U.S. Taxpayers) 0; 1; 1 = 2

Kevin Hogan/Destiny Clayton (Green) 0; 1; 0 = 1

Daryl M. Simpson/Doug Dern (Natural Law) 0; 0; 1 = 1

Secretary of State

Jocelyn Benson (D) 6; 157; 99 = 272

Kristina Elaine Karamo (R) 16; 109; 64 = 188

Gregory Scott Stempfle (L) 0; 1; 0 = 1

Christine C. Schwartz (U.S. Taxpayers) 0; 1; 1 = 2

Attorney General

Dana Nessel (D) 15; 154, 99 = 268

Matthew DePerno (D) 15; 107, 61 = 183

Joseph W. McHugh Jr. (L) 1; 1; 0 = 2

Gerald T. Van Sickle (U.S. Taxpayers) 1; 2; 1 = 4

Write-in: 0; 0; 1 = 1

U.S. Representative 1st District

Bob Lorinser (D) 10; 136, 94 = 240

Jack Bergman (R) 19; 125; 68 = 212

Andrew Gale (L) 0; 1; 0 = 1

Liz Hakola (Working Class) 2; 2; 0 = 4

State Senator 32nd District

Terry J. Sabo (D) 13; 144, 93 = 250

Jon C. Bumstead (R) 19; 117; 70 = 206

Write-in: 0; 1; 0 = 1

State Representative 104th District

Cathy Albro (D) 13; 137; 91 = 241

John R. Roth (R) 19; 123; 69 = 211

County Road Commissioner

James E. Bowers (R) 23; 164; 93 = 280

Write-in: 0; 2; 1 = 3

County Commissioner 7th District

Gary Gordon Sauer (R) 20; 123; 77 = 220

Donald C. Smeltzer (I) 8; 88; 61 = 157

State Supreme Court Justice

Richard Bernstein 10; 118; 77 = 205

Kyra Harris Bolden 7; 84; 72 = 163

Paul Hudson 6; 61; 27 = 94

Kerry Lee Morgan 5; 26; 20 = 51

Brian Zahra 8; 71; 31 = 110

Judge, Court of Appeals 4th District

Michael F. Gadola 15; 126; 75 = 216

Brock A. Swartzle 14; 118; 69 = 201

Write-in: 2; 0; 2 = 4

Village President (Elberta only)

Jennifer Wilkins 117

Village Trustee (Elberta only)

Emily Kay Votruba 115

Write-in: 5

Frankfort-Elberta School Board 6-Year Term

Scott Kubit 0; 129; 66 = 195

Anna Luther 0; 116; 59 = 175

Liz Nahnsen Negrau 0; 75; 55 = 130

Brian J. Norton 0; 118; 70 = 188

Write-in: 0; 3; 0 = 3

Frankfort-Elberta School Board Partial Term

Aubrey Ann Parker 0; 158; 109 = 267

Benzie Central School Board (Gilmore Twp only)

Nicolette Brown 5

Sue Campana 1

Shannon Gillison 13

Richard Gottardo 3

Tyasha Harrison 7

David J. Main 3

Chris Noffsinger 14

Matt Smith 5

Write-in: 2

State Proposal 1

Yes 18; 185; 107 = 310

No 13; 68; 50 = 131

State Proposal 2

Yes 19; 166; 106 = 291

No 13; 95; 52 = 160

State Proposal 3

Yes 17; 172; 100 = 289

No 15; 94; 57 = 166

Gilmore Road Millage

Yes 21; 192; 105 = 318

No 8; 64; 51 = 123

Northwest Education Services Millage

Yes 19; 152; 88 = 259

No 12; 97; 66 = 175