Nov. 3rd General Election features local, county, state & federal races
By Steve Horton
The Nov. 3rd General Election that is now underway features a number of local, county, state and federal races, plus two statewide ballot propositions.
The Fowlerville Board of Education has three four-year seats that are on the ballot with five candidates. They include John Belcher, Diana Dombrowski, Brandon Mohs, Karen Pfau, and Jason Reed. Belcher and Dombrowski are incumbents.
Two candidates are running for the Fowlerville Village President office. They are current council trustee Kathryn Heath and planning commission member Randy Showerman. The term is for two years. There are also three people running for three four-year terms on the Fowlerville Village Council. They are Mary Gallagher, Brent Kilpela, and James Mayhew. Mayhew is an incumbent.
There are three openings on the Fowlerville District Library Board with two current incumbents on the ballot seeking re-election. They are Paul Harmon and Karl Witt. There are also two write-in candidates, Katie Pikkarainen and Kimberly Roberts. The top three vote-getters will be elected to four-year terms.
The board of education, village, and library races are on the non-partisan ballot.
While the township races are part of the Presidential Election cycle, there are partial terms being voted on due to resignations that occurred since the last election in 2024. Conway Township has three appointees who are seeking to fill out the remaining two years of their respective offices. They are Bonnie Flanery, supervisor; Tara Foote, clerk; and Debra Grubb, treasurer. All three are on the Republican ballot and are unopposed.
In Howell Township, Robert Spaulding, who was appointed as supervisor, is seeking the remaining two years of that office. He is a Republican and is unopposed. A vacancy for a board trustee position had three candidates listed on the Republican ballot in the August Primay, with John Marhofer II emerging as the nominee. He is unopposed for the General Election and will also serve a two-year term.
One of the more publicized area races is the open seat for the Livingston County 44th Circuit Court judgeship. Running for a six-year term are Andrea Banfield and Kristina Lyke. Another judicial race is the Livingston County 53rd District Court where the incumbent, Daniel Bain, is unopposed for a six-year term. Both of these county races are on the non-partisan ballot.
The area Michigan legislative races include the 50th District House seat where Republican incumbent Jason Woolford faces Democratic challenger Cassie Canedo and the 22nd Distict Senate seat where Rob Hower, a Democrat, is facing off against Mike Murphy, a Republican. The incumbent senator, Lana Theis, could not run again due to term limits. The House seat is a two-year term, while the Senate seat is a four-year term.
The 7th District U.S. House race pits GOP incumbent Tom Barrett against Democrat candidate William Lawrence. There is also a Green Party candidate, Shane Dedrick. Livingston and Ingham counties are part of this district with the term of office being two years. This race, being competitive, has gained national attention since the outcome will help decide which party controls the U.S. House.
The premier statewide race has turned out to be the open U.S. Senate seat between Abul El-Sayed, who is the Democratic Party nominee, and Mike Rogers, the Republican Party standardbearer. Similar to the 7th District Congressional contest, the outcome in this race might determine which party holds the majority in the U.S. Senate. The winner will serve a six-year term.
Running for governor and lieutenant governor are Jocelyn Benson, a Democrat and current Secretary of State, and her running mate Winnie Banks, and John James, a Republican Congressman, and his running mate Jay DeBoyer. Banks is the Senate Majority Leader and DeBoyer is a member of the Michigan House
Running for Secretary of State are Anthony Forlio, a Republican who is the current Macomb County clerk, and Garlin Gilchrist II, a Democrat who is now serving as the lieutenant governor.
Vying to be the next Attorney General are GOP nominee Doug Lloyd, who is the Eaton County Prosecuting Attorney, and the Democrat candidate Eli Savit, the current Washtenaw County Prosecuting Attorney.
All these state offices are for four-year terms.
Voters will also decide who will fill seats on the Michigan Supreme Court, the Michigan State Board of Eduction, the University of Michigan Board of Regents, the Michigan State University Board of Trustees, and the Wayne State University Board of Governors. Each of them has two seats up for election and all are for eight-year terms.
There are also two State of Michigan Ballot Proposals. Proposal 1 asks voters if a constitutional convention should be convened to draft a general revision of the state constitution which would then be put up for voters to approve or reject. Proposal 2 seeks to prohibit campaign contributions by certain regulated utilities and government contractors.
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