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Election Nov. 8

63% of Sanilac voters cast ballots


Voters across Sanilac County through in-person or absentee ballots participated in Tuesday’s general election.

Unofficial results reported by the county clerk’s office show 63 percent of the county’s 29,744 registered voters took part.

County contests

Board of Commissioners

Voters elected seven commissioners to the newly expanded county Board of Commissioners, but there was only one contest, in District 6, which covers Lexington Township and the city of Croswell.

The race was between Geoffry Angus, a Democrat, and Evans Ehardt, an independent.

Ehardt won the seat with 1,364 votes while Angus received 856.

Clerk

There was a contest for county clerk between incumbent Leslie Hilgendorf, a Republican, and challenger Kimberly Cory, an independent.

Hilgendorf was the winner, receiving 12,923 votes to 3,488 for Cory.

Cities

Croswell

Six people ran for three seats on the council.

Incumbents Rob Butler and Mike McMillan faced challenges from Sal Hernandez, Cindy Fockler, McEy Neaves and Randy Willis. Incumbent Mary Willis did not file for reelection.

The winners were Sal Hernandez with 548 votes, Randy Willis with 368 and Rob Butler with 354 votes. Fockler received 303 votes, McMillan 276 and Neaves 283.

Villages

There were races on the ballot in four Sanilac County villages.

Here’s a look at the contested seats.

Applegate

Four candidates ran for three, 4-year terms. The candidates were Donna Geller, Thomas Eastman, Glenn D. Olds and Kate Dove.

The winners were Olds with 57 votes, Geller with 66 and Dove with 51. Eastman received 33.

Deckerville

Four candidates ran for three 4-year seats on the council.

The candidates were Edwin Ronald Dore, Kate D. Noble, Amanda Wojcik and Susan Cesefske.

The winners were Cesefske with 152 votes, Noble with 132 and Wojcik with 145. Dore finished with 124.

Melvin

There were two 4-year terms up for election but only one candidate on the ballot, Scott Markle, who received 46 votes.

Minden City

There was a contest for president, with two candidates seeking the position: Timothy Mausolf and Allen Mike Pierson.

The winner was Pierson with 51 votes to 25 for Mausolf.

There was also a race for council, where seven candidates were on the ballot for six 2-year spots.

The seven were Sara K. Lautner, Susan L. Gornowicz, Stephen Gamer, William Schuman, Ronald Kaufman, Mark Klawon and Eric J. Toth.

The winners were Gamer with 44 votes, Gornowicz with 49, Kaufman with 55, Klawon with 56, Lautner with 60 and Schuman with 45. Toth received 30 votes.

No one filed for treasurer, leaving the job to be filled by council appointment.

Port Sanilac

There was a contest for president between two candidates: challenger Damien M. Falcon and incumbent Raymond S. Mach.

Falcon won with 161 votes to 147 for Mach.

School boards

Croswell-Lexington

Five candidates contested for three 6-year seats on the Croswell-Lexington Board of Education.

The candidates were incumbents Amie Stilson, Dennis Gardner and Mike Noll, while the challengers were Gwen Powell and John Hollingsworth.

The winners were Stilson with 2,694 votes, Gardner with 2,960 and Noll with 2,769. Powell finished with 2,268 and Hollingsworth with 2,081.

Deckerville

There were contests for two regular and a partial term on the Deckerville Board of Education.

All candidates were write-ins.

Four persons ran for two regular seats: incumbent Spencer Osborne and newcomers Anthony Kubik, Kendra Messing and Richard Hamill.

The winners were Messing with 227 votes and Hamill with 465. Osborne finished with 150 and Kubik finished with 97.

There was also a race between two write-in candidates for one partial term on the board. The candidates were incumbent Jason McConnachie and newcomer Danielle Walsh.

The winner was McConnachie with 190 to 139 for Walsh.

Marlette

Five candidates competed for three 6-year seats on the Marlette Board of Education. Incumbents Nik Woods and Jaime Macumber faced challengers Rachel Hager, Jill Thomas and Daniel Klatzke. Incumbent Gina Volz did not run.

The winners were Hager with 1,087, Woods with 1,199 and Thomas with 1,573. Macumber finished with 679 and Klatzke received 566.

Sandusky

There were four candidates for three 6-year seats on the Sandusky Board of Education. Incumbents Robert “Bob” Hassler and Carolyn Stoutenburg faced challengers Justin Radloff and Troy Tank. Incumbent Susan Dreyer did not run.

The winners were Hassler with 1,958 votes, Radloff with 1,813 and Stoutenburg with 1,460. Tank received 1,374.

PROPOSALS

Most proposals passed – county, local and school.

Voters in Buel Township turned down the marijuana ordinance with 385 no votes to 179 yes.

The proposed road millage increase in Bridgehampton Township ended in a tie, with 150 yes and 150 no votes.

The road tax renewal in Bridgehampton passed by an overwhelming margin, 207 to 88.

Voters approved the County Medical Care Facility millage renewal, the Brown City Schools sinking fund, and the Marlette Schools millage renewal.

Millage proposals also passed in Austin Township for road construction and road gravel, Minden Township for road millage renewal and general operating renewal, Wheatland Township for road millage renewal, Worth Township’s new public safety millage, Moore Township’s firefighting millage renewal and the village of Applegate’s millage proposal.