Area voters to decide on federal, state & county offices in upcoming election
Area voters will help decided federal, state and Livingston County offices in the upcoming November General Election. Absentee ballots have already been sent out and early voting will start on Oct. 28th prior to Election Day on Nov. 5th.
The two main contestants in the US Presidential race are former President Donald Trump (R) and Vice President Kamala Harris (D).
The open U.S. Senate seat features Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin on the Democratic Party ballot and former Congressman Mike Rogers on the Republican side.
In the race to replace Slotkin in the 7th Congressional District are two former state senators: Tom Barrett, the GOP candidate, and Curtis Hertel, the Democratic standardbearer.
The statewide races include openings on the Michigan Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals, the State Board of Education, the Univerity of Michigan Board of Regents, the Michigan State University Board of Trustees, and the Wayne State Board of Governors.
In the 50th District Michigan House race which covers western Livingston County and the Hartland area, the Democratic nominee is Austin Breuer and the Republican candidate is Jason Woolford. The winner will replace Bob Bezottee who was defeated in the primary.
There are three contested seats on the Livingston County Board of Commissioners in the Fowlerville-Howell area. In District 1 which covers the northern half of Handy Township including the Village of Fowlerville and the townhips of Conway, Cohoctah and Howell, incumbent Republican Douglas Helzerman is facing Democratic Party challenger Michelle Spizs.
In District 3 which covers the southern half of Handy Township along with the townships of Iosco, Unadilla, and Putnam, the GOP incumbent Frank Sample is pitted against Democratic Party nominee Pamela Bethune.
In District 5 which covers the City of Howell and Marion Township, Democratic nominee Paul Giessner is seeking to defeat Republican incument Jay Drick.
In District 2 which covers the southern half of Handy Township along with the townships of Iosco, Unadilla, and Putnam, the GOP incumbent Frank Sample is unopposed for re-election.
The elected Livingston County offices have Republican candidate Carolyn Henry unopposed for Prosecuting Attorney and Republican incumbent Mike Murphy unopposed for Sheriff. Henry will replace David Reader who chose not to seek another term.
Bill Bon, a Democrat, is facing off against GOP incumbent Elizabeth Hundley for clerk. Republican incumbent Jennifer Gehringer Nash is being challenged by the Democratic Party nominee Dan Luria.
For the Register of Deeds office, there is the Democratic candidate Julie Hargenrader facing Republican incumbent Brandon Denby. For the drain commissioner position, Heather Hodge is the Democratic Party choice, while Brian Johnkheere is seeking re-election as a Republican.
In the Livingston County 44th Circuit Court, Judge Susan Longworth is unopposed as is Probate Judge Mariam Cavanaugh.
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