KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — The complete “unofficial” results are now in for Kalamazoo County. Results are not final until they are certified by the Board of Canvassers.
Michigan’s Primary Election determines who will be the candidates for each party in the November 3rd election, so both the top Democrat and top Republican will be moving forward.
The total absentee ballot numbers from the Michigan Secretary of State’s Office as of 7:15 p.m. Tuesday show 2,082,523 were issued statewide and 1,589,451 have been returned.
Here are some of the top races in Kalamazoo County we have been following throughout election night and well into Wednesday morning. These are the complete unofficial results as of about 5 a.m. Wednesday. Kalamazoo County Clerk Tim Snow says all the absentee ballots are now in and the final numbers are now being released.
The high number of absentee ballots slowed the final results and absentee ballots in both the city of Kalamazoo and Portage flipped around some candidates who were in the lead for most of the night. Note: The numbers have been updated to also reflect ballots outside of Kalamazoo County’s precincts if needed.
— Representative in Congress, 6th District —
[98% reporting]
- Jon Hoadley (Democrat) – 29,876
- Jen Richardson (Democrat) – 27,576
- Elena Oelke, formerly Olena Alexander Oelke (Republican) – 30,505
- *** Fred Upton (Republican) – 49,711 ***
— Representative in State Legislature 60th District —
[36 of 36 precincts reporting]
- Stephanie Moore (Democrat) – 6,685
- *** Julie M. Rogers (Democrat) – 7,108 ***
- *** Gary Mitchell (Republican) – 2,897 ***
— Representative in State Legislature 61st District —
[41 of 41 precincts reporting]
- *** Christine Morse (Democrat) – 13,356 ***
- Tom Graham (Republican) – 3,493
- *** Bronwyn Haltom (Republican) – 6,633 ***
— Kalamazoo County Sheriff —
[107 of 107 precincts reporting]
- *** Richard C. Fuller (Democrat) – 32,069 ***
- *** Shannon D. Bagley (Republican) – 11,396 ***
- Thomas Swafford (Republican) – 9,426
— Clerk and Register of Deeds —
[107 of 107 precincts reporting]
- Doreen Gardner (Democrat) – 10,616
- Sarah O. Joshi (Democrat) – 8,935
- *** Meredith Place (Democrat) – 12,750 ***
- *** Mona Lisa Watson (Republican) -19,210 ***
— Kalamazoo County Commissioner 2nd District —
[10 of 10 precincts reporting]
- Zac Bauer (Democrat) – 1,861
- Monteze Morales (Democrat) – 1,836
— Kalamazoo County Commissioner 4th District —
[9 of 9 precincts reporting]
- Michael A. Seals (Democrat) – 1,195
- Jen Strebs (Democrat) – 2,230
— Millages —
- Kalamazoo County 911 Millage – 35,131 Yes votes, 21,717 No votes
- Kalamazoo Charter Township Charter Millage – 3,115 Yes votes, 1,711 No votes
- Texas Township Fire Millage – 3,206 Yes votes, 1,415 No votes
- Parchment School District Sinking Fund – 1,374 Yes votes, 963 No votes
More details on some of the candidates can be found here.
For more information, WOOD-TV will be updating election results for most of west and southwest Michigan on their website. More information can be found here.
