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Detroit

Detroit
Mayor
One 4-year term
Tom Joe Barrow 50,757
Dave Bing *70,060

City Council
Nine 4-year terms
John K. Bennett 35,576
Gary Brown 80,698
Ken Cockrel Jr. *74,680
David J. Cross 21,502
Jai-Lee Dearing 45,753
Shelley I. Foy 35,123
Fred Elliott Hall 32,825
Lisa Howze 48,414
Saunteel Jenkins 74,918
Raphael B. Johnson 31,631
Brenda Jones *61,294
Kwame Kenyatta *57,482
Mohamed Okdie 32,905
Charles Pugh 88,704
Andre L. Spivey 60,382
James Tate 58,146
Alberta Tinsley-Talabi *46,960
Jo Ann Watson *54,602

Charter Commission
Nine 4-year terms
Cara J. Blount 33,837
Ken Coleman 50,092
Warren A. Crockett 26,834
Reggie Reg Davis (formerly Reginald G. Davis) 43,220
John R. Eddings 21,484
Patty Fedewa 28,125
Ken Harris 40,091
Freman Hendrix 75,869
Elena M. Herrada 27,814
Teola P. Hunter 56,396
John Johnson 37,165
Jonathan C. Kinloch 28,424
Sarah D. Lile 26,395
Jenice Mitchell Ford 46,700
Tonya Myers-Phillips 30,314
Olumba-John Olumba 27,814
Jeffery D. Robinson 24,083
Rose Mary C. Robinson 41,807

City Clerk
One 4-year term
Joyce Moore 20,034
Janice M. Winfrey *98,789

Proposal D
Should the city charter be changed to elect seven city council members by district and two at-large?
No 32,606
Yes 84,178

Detroit Public Schools
School Board
Vote for four - 4 year terms
Carol Banks 37,506
Margaret L. Betts *37,196
Willie E. Burton 34,223
Deborah E. Davis 35,749
Lamar Lemmons 41,452
Reverend David Murray *38,195
Ida C. Short *40,220
Marie Thornton *33,218

Proposal S
Should Detroit Public Schools issue $500.5 million to build eight schools and renovate 10?
No 47,329
Yes 72,520

Wayne County A

Wayne County
Proposition O
Renewal of the 2000 millage allowing Wayne County to levy the operating millage at the 2008 rollback rate of .95 for 10 more years. Proceeds go to fund existing county services including courts, public health, parks and senior citizen programs. The renewal is projected to generate $43.5 million in 2010.
No 71,828
Yes 176,090

Allen Park Public Schools
School Board
Vote for two - 4-year terms
Fran Babbage 1,439
Margaret J. Marten 1,375

Belleville
City Council
Vote for two
Brian Blackburn 255
Kim Tindall 264

Ballot Proposal
Reversal of the June 15 decision to establish a park at 100 N. Liberty Street. Approval would mean vacating and discontinuing the public park designation.
No 151
Yes 223

Brownstown Township
Ballot Proposal
Proposal for a 2 mill tax increase to pay for fire protection, maintenance, operation, housing and equipment. Annual revenue is estimated at $1.9 million.
No 1,814
Yes 1,822

Dearborn
Mayor
Vote for one - 4-year term
John B. (Jack) O'Reilly Jr. 14,150
Michael J. Prus 1,932

City Council
Vote for seven - 4-year terms
Robert A. Abraham 7,570
David W. Bazzy 6,422
Patrick D'Ambrosio 4,563
George T. Darnay 7,762
Sharon Dulmage 5,789
George Hart 3,915
Nancy A. Hubbard 6,970
Patrick M. Kiernan 4,921
Brian C. O'Donnell 7,101
Suzanne Sareini 8,103
Ali Sayed 4,676
Mark C. Shooshanian 7,586
Thomas Patrick Tafelski 9,744
Doug Thomas 5,078

Clerk
Vote for one - 4-year term
Kathleen Buda 12,181

Ballot proposal
Continuation of a .5 mill allocation to Henry Ford Community College for 2010 through 2014. If approved, it would raise an estimated $2.2 million in its first year.
No 4,205
Yes 12,032

Dearborn Public Schools
School Board
Vote for two - 4-year terms
Pamela Adams 6,968
Hussein Berry 5,965
John C. Corbin 4,517
Roxanne McDonald 4,889

Millage renewal
Henry Ford Community College operating renewal to renew 0.5-mill operating property tax for five years.
No 3,769
Yes 13,175

Dearborn Heights
Mayor
Vote for one - 4-year term
Daniel S. Palentko 5,116

City Council
Vote for four - 4-year terms
Kathy Abdel-Hak 600
Ned Apigian 1,438
Janet S. Badalow *3,354
Thomas A. Berry *3,521
Cynthia Boguslaski 1,740
Margaret M. Horvath *3,301
Jim Lynch 2,249
Margaret M. Van Houten *4,086

Clerk
Vote for one - 4-year term
Judy Dudzinski *5,015
Mario Nesr Fundarski 583

Treasurer
Vote for one - 4-year term
John J. Riley II 5,283

Dearborn Heights School Dist. No. 7
School Board
Vote for one - 6-year term
Lori Fujita 796

School Board
Vote for one - 4-year term
Cathrine Marie Bunker 319
Virginia Morgan 477
Sonja A. Smith 161

Ecorse
Mayor
Vote for one - 4-year term
Larry Salisbury 833
Herbert Worthy 848

City Council
Vote for six - 4-year terms
Kevin Bailey 634
Brenda Banks 751
Darcel Brown 992
Julie Cox 654
Nathaniel Elem 695
Robert Hellar 738
Sequara Henry 514
Scott King 572
John Miller Jr. 807
Albert Muniz 683
Angela Smith 690
Stacy Wheeler 693

Clerk
Vote for one - 4-yearterm
John Skotnicki 5,015
Robin Underwood 583

Assessor
Vote for one - 4-year term
Robert Hellar 887
Lamar Tidwell II 782

Treasurer
Vote for one - 4-year term
Mary Lesner 702
Doris Young 997

Constable
Vote for two - 4-year terms
Kevin Burgess 605
Joseph King 522
John Miller 835
Shawn Mullins 393

Flat Rock
City Council
Vote for three - 4-year terms
Gordon Chevalier 480
Paul Gagne 562
James Martin 654
Felicia Moore 543
Lou Stoney 371
Ricky Tefend 512

Flat Rock Community Schools
School Board
Vote for one - 4-year terms
Lena E. Ballard 343
Michelle Engelbert 340
Bill Rice 578

Garden City
Mayor
Vote for one
Randy E. Walker 2,044

City Council
Vote for four
Al Briscoe 1,513
Joanne Dodge 1,352
David N. Duncan 1,324
Jim Kerwin 1,839
Jaylee Lynch 1,854

Ballot Proposal
Proposal to increase taxes by up to .5 mills for 2009 and 2010 to create a sinking fund for real estate purchases, construction and repairs of school buildings. If approved it would raise an estimated $366,3000 annually.
No 950
Yes 1,579

Gibraltar
Mayor
Vote for one - 2-year term
James Gorris 570

City Council
Vote for three - 4-year terms
Brian Arp 520
Christopher Baker 245
James Beaubien 373
Julie Codrington 326
Scott Ross 382

Clerk
Vote for one - 2-year term
Cynthia Ward 647

Treasurer
Vote for one - 2-year term
Earl Cancilliari 373
Scott Denison 332

Flat Rock
Mayor
Vote for one - 2-year term
Jonathan Dropiewski 1,106
William Stanifer Jr 243

Grosse Ile Township Schools
School Board
Vote for two - 4-year terms
Gregory L. Goyert 885
Suzanne Sassack 890

Wayne County B

Grosse Pointe Public Schools
School Board
vote for two - 4-year term
Anthony Ambrogio 2,701
Joan R. Dindoffer 6,712
Tom Jakubiec 4,830
George R. McMullen Jr. 3,359
Michelle P. Peabody 3,259

School Board
vote for one - 2-year term
Karl Kratz 5,849
Cynthia Pangborn 5,982

Ballot proposal 1
Shall the Grosse Pointe Public School system be authorized to levy 1 mill to create a sinking fund for the construction or repair of school buildings, development of sites, and the acquisition and installation of furnishings and equipment.
No 3,450
Yes 11,090

Ballot proposal 2
Replacement of millage proposal to increase taxes on taxable property by 19 mills from 2010-2014. If approved, the millage would raise an estimated $22.9 million its first year.
No 3,741
Yes 10,710

Grosse Pointe Woods
Mayor
Vote for one
Robert E. Novitke 3,714

City Council
Vote for three
Gabriela Boddy 2,719
Vicki A. Granger 3,175
Todd McConaghy 2,763

Municipal Court Judge
Vote for one - partial term
Ted Metry 1,779
Lisa Pinkos Howle 1,101
William Rabaut 466
Robert Allen Radnick 398
Gregory L. Ulrich 1,178

Hamtramck
Mayor
Vote for one - 4-year term
Abdul Algazali 1,585
Karen Majewski 1,708

City Council
Vote for three - 4-year terms
Kazi Miah 1,652
Mohammed Hassan 1,390
Tom Jankowski 1,459
Kathy Kristy 1,261
Anam Miah 1,265
Alan M. Shulgon 1,290

Hamtramck Public Schools
School Board
Vote for two - 6-year terms
Roberta Olko *680
Carol Pinckney 1,061
Hedy Shulgon 1,396
Elizabeth Zwolak 1,560

Harper Woods
Mayor
Vote for one
Kenneth A. Poynter 1,657
Anthoney Wimbush 409

City Council
Vote for three - 4-year terms
Jason J. Frattini 917
Jeffrey R. Marcel 795
Veronica Paiz 630
Daniel S. Palmer 1,147
Vivian M. Sawicki 1,197
John M. Szymanski 1,253

Lincoln Consolidated Schools
School Board
Vote for two - 4-year terms
Zack Conley II 1,239
Jennifer A. Czachorski 1,588
Jennifer LaBombarbe 1,454

School Board
Vote for one - partial term

Lincoln Park
Mayor
Vote for one - 2-year term
Joseph Baughman 1,668
Frank Vaslo 2,291

City Council
Vote for six - 2-year terms
Valerie Brady 1,581
Mariano DiSanto 2,165
Gleason Heine 1,390
Joseph Kaiser Jr. 2,823
Mark Kandes 2,570
Donald Majors 2,118
Suzanne Moreno 2,621
Thomas Murphy 2,194
Michael Myers 2,021

Clerk
Vote for one - 2-year term
Donna Breeding 3,378

Treasurer
Vote for one - 2-year term
Patricia Lulko 3,270

Charter amendment 1
Proposal setting the city council meeting for the first and third Monday night of each month.
No 999
Yes 2,882

Charter amendment 2
Proposal setting council meeting start time to 7:30 p.m.
No 604
Yes 3,281

Charter amendment 3
Proposal asking for the removal of the requirement that council members adopt rules of procedure.
No 1,711
Yes 1,981

Charter amendment 4
Proposal asking council members to answer 'yes' or 'no' on roll call votes instead of 'yea' or 'nay'.
No 607
Yes 3,290

Charter amendment 5
Proposal asking to change the third city tax installment due date from Feb. 28 to Feb. 15.
No 2,343
Yes 1,527

Lincoln Park Public Schools
School Board
Vote for two - 6-year terms
Mike Hall 2,259
Charles Kaminski 2,039
Vernon D. Wynn 1,273

Livonia
City Council
Vote for four - 4-year terms
Steve Crosby 3,375
Joe Laura 9,762
James C. McCann 10,392
Lucas C. McGrail 2,577
Maureen Miller Brosnan 9,602
John R. Pastor 8,988
Lynda L. Scheel 8,112
Conrad P. Schwartz 2,993

Livonia Public Schools
Millage proposal 1
Renewal of the millage rate of 18.45 on non-residential property and .63 mills on residential and agricultural property from 2011 to 2015. Funds would finance operating expenses for schools and raise $30.2 million in 2011.
No 3,419
Yes 13,170

Millage proposal 2
Millage Renewal and building and site sinking fund tax levyRenewal of the 1.12 mills for al property in the Livonia School District from 2010 to 2014. Funds would pay for a sinking fund used for school construction, repairs and land allocation. Funds would raise $6.05 million in 2010.
No 4,217
Yes 12,180

Melvindale-Northern Allen Park Schools
School Board
Vote for one - 4-year term
Matthew James Martinez 631

Northville Public Schools
School Board
Vote for one - 4-year term
Joe Hige 2,014

Wayne County C

Plymouth-Canton Community Schools
School Board
Vote for three - 4-year terms
Eric R. Bacyinski 3,514
Adrienne M. Davis 5,051
Judy Mardigian 6,530
Larry A Martin 3,510
Barry E Simescu 5,325

School Board
Vote for one - partial term
John T. Jackson 115

River Rouge
Mayor
Vote for one - 4-year term
Michael Bowdler 1,061

City Council
Vote for six - 4-year terms
Randy Bellfi 408
Patty Campbell 755
Fred Kerns 744
Malcolm Moulton 604
Derek Perry 702
Mark Pruneau 709
Edward Szewckyk 261
Karen Ward 829

Clerk
Vote for one
Susan Joseph 998

Treasurer
Vote for one
Dennis Cora 997

Assessor
Vote for one
Lisa Givens 901

Constable
Vote for two - 4-year terms
Melissa Cooper 550
Chester Franklin
John Lawrence 598
Dennis Sheils *677

River Rouge School District
School Board
Vote for two - 4-year terms
Sotirios Arapakis 504
Charles A. Lewis 368
Kevin Sabuda 549
Jonathan Tate 580

Bonding proposal
Proposal to issue bonds in the amount of $795,000 for remodeling and repair of Sabbath Elementary. Approval would result in a .08 mill increase for 15 years.
No 739
Yes 504

Riverview
City Council
Vote for three - 4-year terms
Donald Capezza 653
Betty Priskorn 1,010
Bo Schimers 608
Andrew Swift 1,034
James Trombley 1,035

Riverview Community Schools
School Board
Vote for one - 4-year term
Kathleen A. Bosman 705
James J. Makowski 458
Martha E. Williams 344

School Board
Vote for one - partial term
David Boike 668
Amy Reeder 675

Rockwood
Mayor
Vote for one - 2-year term
Daniel Guzzi 212

City Council
Vote for three - 4-year terms
Michael Bennett 199
Ted Domitrz 104
John Wasner 150
Christine Yanca-Laura 150

Clerk
Vote for one - 2-year term
Colleen Oney 210

Treasurer
Vote for one - 2-year term
James Herzog 215

Charter amendment
City Charter AmendmentProposal asking for the removal of the eight-year consecutive term limit for the mayor and city council members
No 119
Yes 134

Romulus
Mayor
Vote for one
Harry Crout 1,557
Alan R. Lambert 2,519

City Council
Vote for seven
John Barden 2,325
Keenan Brown 1,160
LeRoy D. Burcroff 2,634
Linda R. Choate 2,488
William A. Crova 1,962
Dean A. Gilbert 1,174
Ken Mabrey 1,285
Thomas E. Madej 911
Charles Miller 1,158
Ronald Orr 957
Celeste Roscoe 1,930
William J. Wadsworth 2,372
Eva Webb 1,796

Clerk
Vote for one
Raymond Cantrell 1,842
Ellen L. Craig-Bragg 2,126

Treasurer
Vote for one
Pamela Morrison-Kersey 1,971
Stacy Paige 2,017

Southgate
Mayor
Vote for one - 2-year term
Dennis David 1,182
Joseph Kuspa 3,450

City Council
Vote for seven - 2-year terms
Carol Batko 2,606
Neil Cameron 1,399
Michelle Davis 2,098
Janice Ferencz 2,385
Patricia Ganzberger 2,451
Karen George 2,315
Thomas Holme 2,282
Philip Rauch 2,783
Christopher Rollet 2,557
Dale Zamecki 2,313

Clerk
Vote for one - 2-year terms
Thomas Alexander 3,583

Treasurer
Vote for one - 2-year term
Sheryl Denman 3,520

Ballot proposal 1
Proposal to hold regular city council meetings on the first and third Wednesday of every month.
No 561
Yes 3,615

Southgate Schools
School Board
Vote for two - 4-year terms
Kirk Hayhurst 2,003
Paul C. Knott 1,983
Darlene L. Pomponio 2,160

Millage proposal
Renew and increase by 0.2 mill to 18 mills the non-homestead property tax for seven years.
No 2,069
Yes 2,367

Taylor
Mayor
Vote for one - 4-year term
Jeffrey P. Lamarand 5,596
Cameron G. Priebe 4,448

City Council
Vote for seven - 4-year terms
Jill Brandana 5,174
Cheryl Burke 5,704
Frank C. Canning 2,878
John E. Delo 4,110
Rick Flood 3,280
Jennifer Lane 3,039
Jacklyn Molner 4,579
Edward G. Mulka 2,960
Herman Ramik 4,585
Doug Reimel 3,139
Dennis E. Stapleton 3,772
Suzanne L. Weycker 3,931
Tim Witz 3,466

Clerk
Vote for one - 4-year term
Erin H. Dobbins 4,152
Mary Ann Rilley 5,413

Treasurer
Vote for one - 4-year term
Wayne F. Avery 7,700

Taylor Public Schools
School Board
Vote for two - 4-year terms
Mary E. Moore 4,832
Linda L. Newsome 4,862
Jeremy R. Waechter 4,128

Trenton
City Council
Vote for three - 4-year terms
Robert Baker 1,456
Timber Baun-Crooks 1,843
Lindsay Davis 734
Robert Howey 1,767
Timothy Taylor 2,023
Terrence Teifer 2,271

Ballot proposal
Proposal to publish official notices and proceedings on the city’s web site, cable stations and post in public places instead of publicizing in local newspapers.
No 2,119
Yes 1,616

Trenton Schools
School Board
Vote for one - 4-year term
Dennis Bearden 2,354

Wayne
Ballot proposal 1
Proposal to publish official notices and proceedings on the city’s web site, cable stations and in the city clerk’s office instead of publicizing in local newspapers.
No 834
Yes 505

Ballot proposal 2
Proposal to allow office-seeking candidates to pay a $100 filing fee instead of collecting signatures of registered voters.
No 860
Yes 431

Westland
Mayor
William R. Wild 6,291

City Council
Vote for four
Christine Cicirelli Bryant 4,057
Sam Durante 1,908
Janet M. Frederick-Wilson 1,426
Adam Hammons 3,707
Meriem Kadi 4,322
Kenneth E. Mehl 3,481
Dewey K. Reeves 3,739
Mark A. Rodriguez 2,131

Charter amendment 1
Proposal for a candidate seeking office pay a $100 fee instead of collecting signatures
No 2,810
Yes 3,919

Charter amendment 2
Proposal to acknowledge the deadline to file for an elected office is the twelfth Tuesday before the primary.
No 1,400
Yes 5,296

Washtenaw ISD
(122 of 124 pcts.)
Regional Enhancement Millage
Shall the property tax assessment in the Washtenaw School District be increased to two mills from 2009 to 2013 for operating funds? If approved the district would collect $30 million in 2009.
No 32,340
Yes 24,114

Woodhaven
Mayor
Vote for one - 4-year term
David W. Flaten 751
Patricia Ann Odette 1,475

City Council
Vote for three - 4-year terms
Christopher J. Allen 788
Dan Duderstadt 1,054
Darrel Penix 937
Mike Pintar 659
Edward P. Smith 734
Richard M. Truskowski 1,214

Van Buren Public Schools
School Board
Vote for one - 4-year term
Kevin English 1,661
Steve Henry 1,116

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