By Tanya Terry, with featured photo by L.M. Land
As of 5:40 a.m. Wednesday, November 6, Former President Donald Trump has been elected elected 47th president of the United States. Trump received 10 Electoral College votes when he won the key state of Wisconsin, which caused him to win the election. Vice President Kamala Harris had 224 electoral votes and 65,967,483 votes (47.5%), while Trump received 277 electoral votes and 70,892,979 votes (51.0%)
Results at publication time for some state and local races are below.
Genesee County Sheriff – Genesee County
| Christopher Swanson (D) | 18,205 |
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| Jeff Salzeider (R) | 12,317 |
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Genesee County Drain Commissioner – Genesee County
| Jeff Wright (D) | 16,007 |
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| David Niggemeyer (O) | 5,536 |
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Genesee County 7th Circuit Court Judge – Genesee County
| Mary Hood (O) | 23,936 |
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| Nancy K. Chinonis (O) | 21,629 |
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Genesee County 67th District Court Judge 4th Division – Genesee County
| Jeffery E. Clothier (O) | 15,915 |
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| Amanda Odette (O) | 13,991 |
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Mott Community College Board of Trustees – Open Seats: 3
| Candice Miller (O) | 14,312 |
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| Jeffery R. Swanson (O) | 13,455 |
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| Anne Figueroa (O) | 9,947 |
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| Kenyetta V. Dotson (O) | 9,566 |
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| Mary Davis (O) | 8,503 |
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| Andy Everman (O) | 7,074 |
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| Perci Whitmore (O) | 7,048 |
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| Amanda Wares (O) | 6,769 |
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| Gail L. Johnson (O) | 6,011 |
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| Andrew Watchorn (O) | 5,665 |
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| Richard Wagonlander (O) | 4,934 |
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| Virginia A. Sepanak (O) | 4,634 |
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| Jenna Rose Marden (O) | 3,771 |
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| Aron Gerics (O) | 2,949 |
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U.S. Senate – Class I
| Mike Rogers (R) | 2,441,314 |
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| Elissa Slotkin (D) | 2,339,061 |
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| Joseph Solis-Mullen (L) | 50,188 |
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| Douglas Marsh (G) | 38,482 |
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| Dave Stein (UST) | 35,677 |
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| Doug Dern (NLP) | 16,136 |
Supreme Court
| Kimberly Thomas (NP) | 1,914,034 |
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| Andrew Fink (NP) | 1,335,589 |
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Supreme Court – Term Ends Jan. 1 2029
| Kyra Harris Bolden (NP) | 1,929,585 |
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| Patrick O’Grady (NP) | 1,321,473 |
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State Board of Education Open Seats: 2
| Nikki Snyder (R) | 2,048,913 |
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| Tom McMillin (R) | 2,024,614 |
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| Theodore Jones (D) | 1,736,252 |
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| Adam Zemke (D) | 1,663,505 |
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| Mary Anne Hering (WCP) | 173,790 |
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| Scotty Boman (L) | 121,104 |
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| Christine Schwartz (UST) | 68,041 |
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| Ted Gerrard (UST) | 43,602 |
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Genesee County Commissioner 1st District
Delrico J. Loyd (D) 13,388 98.24%
Genesee County Commissioner 2nd District
Charles Winfrey (D) 13,383 98.14%
Genesee County Commissioner 3rd District
| Ellen J. Ellenburg (D) | 0 |
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| Gary L. Goetzinger (R) | 0 |
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Genesee County Commissioner 4th District
| Beverly Brown (D) | 0 |
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| Steve Minnock (R) | 0 |
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Genesee County Commissioner 5th District
James Avery (D) 13,423 51.56%
John Wellington (R) 12,567 48.27%
Genesee County Commissioner 6th District
| Shaun Shumaker (R) | 6,301 |
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| Donna Anderson (D) | 4,381 |
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Genesee County Commissioner 7th District
| Martin L. Cousineau (D) | 659 |
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| Lutullus Penton (R) | 574 |
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| Carl Meyers (R) | 2,173,679 |
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| Sevag Vartanian (R) | 1,910,054 |
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| Denise Ilitch (D) | 1,876,699 |
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| Shauna Ryder Diggs (D) | 1,747,174 |
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| Andrew Chadderdon (L) | 128,464 |
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| Donna Oetman (UST) | 125,616 |
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Board of Trustees – Michigan State University Open Seats: 2
| Mike Balow (R) | 2,114,067 |
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| Julie Maday (R) | 2,055,051 |
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| Rebecca Bahar-Cook (D) | 1,824,282 |
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| Thomas Stallworth III (D) | 1,689,338 |
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| Grant Baker (L) | 104,190 |
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| Janet Sanger (UST) | 84,481 |
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| John Anthony La Pietra (G) | 73,427 |
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| John Sanger (UST) | 59,719 |
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Board of Governors – Wayne State Open Seats 2
| Michael Busuito (R) | 2,056,522 |
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| Sunny Reddy (R) | 1,993,052 |
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| Mark Gaffney (D) | 1,713,202 |
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| Rasha Demashkieh (D) | 1,697,096 |
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| Suzanne Roehrig (WCP) | 141,721 |
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| Farid Ishac (L) | 74,291 |
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| William Mohr (UST) | 56,771 |
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| Sami Makhoul (G) | 54,207 |
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| Kathleen Oakford (NLP) | 50,637 |
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To access Genesee County 2024 November Election Night Results, click here: https://cms7.revize.com/revize/genessecountymi/departments/county_clerk/election_division.php
The Democracy Defense Project is a new organization led by a bipartisan group of former elected officials and leaders in eight states. The board in Michigan consists of former Michigan governor Jim Blanchard, a Democrat; former Michigan governor John Engler, a Republican; former Lt. Gov. John Cherry, a Democrat; and former Congressman and Michigan Senate Majority Leader, Mike Bishop, a Republican
The organization issued the following statement:
“Michigan’s election system is safe, secure and accurate. Now that the polls in both our time zones have closed, it is time for our dedicated elections professionals to complete the work they are trained to do, which is to accurately count all votes so voters can have full confidence in the outcome. It can take time to ensure all legal votes are accurately counted, and we may not know the results as quickly as we would like. We will know who won once this work is completed, and not before. And once the count is completed, Michigan voters can be confident in the results. So we urge calm, patience and restraint as this important work is done.”
