The State Primary was held yesterday on August 6, and we have the election results below. Voter turnout in Peninsula Township included 1626 votes cast in Precinct 1 (56.93 percent of the 2856 registered voters). And in Precinct 2, 1530 votes were cast (53.14 percent of the 2879 registered voters).
Maura Sanders won the majority of votes (1106 votes) to be elected Township Supervisor over Kelly Clark (807 votes). Both are affiliated with the Republican party, and because there are no Democrats running, Maura will be our next supervisor.
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In the Trustee category, four candidates ran as Democrats — Isaiah Wunsch (798 votes), Armen Shanafelt (743 votes), Julie Alexander (783 votes) and Warner Queeny (736 votes). They will all move forward to the November ballot to face off against the Republican nominees.
Five candidates ran as Republicans. The four who will be moving forward to the November ballot include Dave Sanger (1004 votes), Kate Jerman (1008 votes), J.P. Milliken (1240 votes), and Fred Swaffer (1119 votes). Mark Luea, with 875 votes, did not receive enough votes to move forward.
Becky Chown, who ran unopposed for Township Clerk as a Democrat, received 849 votes, and will continue as our clerk. Katie Clark, who ran unopposed for Township Treasurer as a Republican, received 1301 votes, and will be our next treasurer, replacing Marge Achorn, who did not seek re-election.
Peninsula Township resident Mike Shea received 10,693 votes for Grand Traverse County Sheriff, besting Charlie Jetter, who received 3120 votes. Both ran as Republicans, and since no Democrats ran for Sheriff, Shea will continue as our Sheriff.
Peninsula Township resident Lisa Trombley won the Republican nomination in Michigan’s 103rd District with 6275 votes, defeating Katie Kniss (2945 votes) and Tripp Garcia (669 votes). Trombley will run against Democratic incumbent Betsy Coffia in November.
For County Commissioner in the 7th District, which includes Peninsula Township, Republican Kathleen Haueisen won the nomination with 1216 votes over Darcie Pickren, who had 733 votes. Haueisen will face Democratic nominee T.J. Andrews (1601 votes), who ran unopposed on the Democratic side of the ballot.
In other results, Republican Mike Rogers (7831 votes) will face off with Democrat Elissa Slotkin (9588 votes) for the U.S. Senate seat left open by the retiring Debbie Stabenow.
Republican Jack Bergman (10,534 votes) won the Republican nomination for U.S. House in Michigan’s 1st Congressional District, besting Josh Saul, who had 3327 votes. Bergman will face Traverse City’s Callie Barr, who won the Democratic nomination with 6335 votes over Bob Lorinser’s 4456 votes.
The Traverse City Area Public Schools Bond Proposal passed with 14,196 voting yes and 7816 voting no. The Traverse Area District Library Millage Proposal passed with 15,724 voting yes and 8845 voting no.
View all election results on the Grand Traverse County website here.
View all 2024 election stories and opinions on Old Mission Gazette here.
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