LPM OnlineNovember 12, 2002 |
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As vote returns came in from across the state and country last Tuesday night, one thing was becoming increasingly clear: the night belonged to the Republicans. Despite Democrat Jennifer Granholm taking the governor’s position, the Republicans took the rest of the statewide slate and retained strong control in the State House, State Senate, State Supreme Court and US Congress.
Unfortunately, Libertarian vote returns were no better than the Democrats. There were no significant LP victories this year and most of our active campaigns failed to achieve their goals.
On a statewide level, neither of our “Top of Ticket” candidates, Scotty Boman or Diane Barnes, both for State Board of Education, earned the necessary amount to elevate the LPM to “major party status”. However, all of our candidates smashed the ballot access threshold, securing the LPM a spot on the 2004 ballot. The LPM will nominate our candidates at a convention in the spring of 2004 and will be the fourth party listed on the ballot (behind Greens).
In two-way races, LP candidates earned an average of 14.5% of the vote compared to 2.3% when both major parties fielded candidates. The highest percentage for the LPM was Stephen Townsend, who earned 29.3 % of the vote for Midland County Commissioner. The top vote getter this year was Scotty Boman, who earned 89,000 votes for State Board of Education. Michael Donahue, one of our Supreme Court candidates, earned 328,868 votes or 7.5%. Raymond Warner earned 8.4% of the vote in a 2-way race with Democrat Carolyn Cheeks-Kilpatrick for US Congress in Wayne County. Ray’s return is the highest percentage ever for a LPM Federal candidate.
Outlying counties saw an increase in the number of candidates fielded for County Commission races, especially active candidates. Many of these races turn into 2-way races between Libertarians and one major party candidate. These offices may be where the LPM begins to make some inroads in the coming years.
Digging deeper in the data reveals a few interesting facts as well as some points of optimism.
LPM is Top Third Party
The LP continues to dominate third party politics in Michigan. Eighty-seven Libertarian candidates appeared on the November ballot, compared to 34 for the Greens, 14 for the US Taxpayers, 9 for the Reform, and 4 for the Natural Law Party. LP candidates went undefeated against candidates from the Reform, Natural Law, and US Taxpayers Parties and won 7 out of 9 races against Green Party candidates. Results from the education boards shows that voters have a clear preference for Libertarian Party candidates by a percentage or two when pitted against another third party candidate.
Balance of Power
Libertarians held the balance of power in two key State House Districts in Wayne County as well as a seat in the Macomb County Commission. · Grosse Isle Libertarian Rick Secula got 522 votes for State House (24) in a race where the Democrat won by 260 votes. · Dearborn Heights Libertarian Christopher Gonzalez got 907 votes for State House (17) in a race where the Democrat won by 581 votes. · Macomb Libertarian Michael Jablonski got 337 votes for County Commission (4) in a race where the Democrat won by 40 votes.
Below are the results of every race in which the LPM fielded a candidate. I still need complete results from Wexford, Manistee, Clare, and Gladwin counties. Please send them to me if you have them or let me know if I have made any major errors (stempfle@hotmail.com). I apologize for many of the races being in backwards order. Results are still unofficial.
General Election Results November 5, 2002
State Board of Education Bauer, Elizabeth W. DEM 1,400,226 25.0 Curtin, Carolyn L. REP 1,289,361 23.1 Warren, Michael REP 1,282,209 22.9 Quarles, Nancy L. DEM 1,240,641 22.2 Boman, Scotty LIB 88,070 1.6 Barnes, Diane LIB 74,528 1.3 Shelley, Karen Anne GRN 56,062 1.0 Moxley, Kyle GRN 43,778 0.8 Czak, Judith UST 42,867 0.8 Monroe, Ron UST 42,098 0.8 Kitchen, Michael A. NLP 31,113 0.6
U of M Board of Regents Newman, Andrea REP 1,414,937 26.1 Richner, Andrew C. REP 1,279,191 23.6 Stephens, Greg DEM 1,270,585 23.4 Ahmed, Ismael DEM 1,081,993 19.9 Fawcett, Susan GRN 120,029 2.2 Hall, William W. LIB 78,267 1.4 Petering, Matt GRN 60,237 1.1 Gualdoni, Rick UST 56,180 1.0 Arndt, David NLP 42,189 0.8 Waun, Nick REF 27,144 0.5
WSU Board of Governors Dunaskiss, Diane L. REP 1,326,784 24.9 Bernstein, Richard DEM 1,254,496 23.5 Atchison, Leon H. DEM 1,238,084 23.2 McLemore Jr., Andrew G. REP 1,160,567 21.8 Van Oast, Stacy LIB 74,829 1.4 Jones, Thomas W. LIB 58,997 1.1 Kline, Frederick GRN 57,214 1.1 Miller, Robert S. UST 54,480 1.0 Oakford, Kathleen NLP 54,415 1.0 Dunn, Harold H. UST 48,445 0.9
Supreme Court, nominated by Weaver, Elizabeth A. REP 1,371,989 31.1 Young, Robert REP 1,352,803 30.7 Drake, Maggie W. DEM 615,915 14.0 Brennan, J. Martin DEM 521,503 11.8 Donahue, Michael L. LIB 328,868 7.5 Hadden, Donnelly GRN 120,054 2.7 Yuille, Bruce H. LIB 93,408 2.1
15 US Congress Dingell, John D. DEM 136,501 72.4 Kaltenbach, Martin REP 48,294 25.6 Stempfle, Gregory LIB 3,869 2.1
14 US Congress Conyers, Jr., John DEM 143,705 83.1 Stone, Dave REP 26,395 15.3 Schorr, Francis J. LIB 1,522 0.9 Litle, John D. GRN 1,236 0.7
13 US Congress Kilpatrick, Carolyn DEM 120,576 91.6 Warner, Raymond H. LIB 11,062 8.4
12 US Congress Levin, Sander DEM 140,934 68.3 Dean, Harvey R. REP 61,503 29.8 Gach, Dick LIB 2,694 1.3 Revis, Steven T. UST 1,362 0.7
11 US Congress McCotter, Thaddeus G. REP 126,050 57.2 Kelley, Kevin DEM 87,400 39.7 Boyd, William GRN 4,243 1.9 Malone, Dan UST 2,710 1.2
10 US Congress Miller, Candice S. REP 137,339 63.3 Marlinga, Carl J. DEM 77,049 35.5 Coon, Renae LIB 2,536 1.2
9 US Congress Knollenberg, Joe REP 141,079 58.1 Fink, David DEM 96,840 39.9 Schubring, Robert LIB 4,922 2.0
8 US Congress Rogers, Mike REP 153,804 66.5 McAlpine, Frank DEM 71,196 30.8 Yeutter, Thomas LIB 3,166 1.4
7 US Congress Smith, Nick REP 121,140 59.6 Simpson, Mike DEM 78,439 38.6 Proctor, Ken LIB 3,508 1.7
6 US Congress Upton, Fred REP 126,926 69.0 Giguere, Jr., Gary C. DEM 53,796 29.3 Overton, Richard REF 3,188 1.7
5 US Congress Kildee, Dale E. DEM 158,709 91.6 Foster, Clint LIB 9,344 5.4 Mikkelson, Harley GRN 5,188 3.0
4 US Congress Camp, Dave REP 149,093 68.2 Hollenbeck, Lawrence DEM 65,847 30.1 Johnson, Sterling GRN 2,261 1.0 Chia, Jr., Al LIB 1,272 0.6
3 US Congress Ehlers, Vernon REP 152,904 69.9 Lynnes, Kathryn D. DEM 61,964 28.3 Quinn, Tom LIB 2,607 1.2 Lucey, Richard F. REF 1,125 0.5
2 US Congress Hoekstra, Peter REP 155,819 70.4 Wrisley, Jeffrey A. DEM 61,319 27.7 Aleck, Laurie L. LIB 2,662 1.2 Graeser, Ronald E. UST 1,531 0.7
1 US Congress Stupak, Bart DEM 150,519 67.7 Hooper, Don REP 69,061 31.1 Loosemore, John W. LIB 2,728 1.2
35 State Senate McManus, Michelle REP 50,200 61.0 Dahlberg, Carl DEM 30,009 36.5 Atkinson, Donald L. LIB 2,050 2.5
30 State Senate Kuipers, Wayne REP 70,792 75.2 O'Brien, John DEM 21,658 23.0 Bradley-Horan, Lynne LIB 1,627 1.7
29 State Senate Hardiman, Bill REP 44,186 53.8 Pestka, Steve DEM 36,744 43.2 Adams, Warren LIB 1,178 1.4
28 State Senate Sikkema, Ken REP 72,783 73.1 Berry, Michelle L. DEM 25,389 25.5 Heeren, Ron LIB 1,369 1.4
14 State Senate Jacobs, Gilda Z. DEM 65,538 68.4 Wilkins, Marc REP 28,250 29.5 Sherman, Lloyd W. LIB 2,030 2.1
10 State Senate Switalski, Michael DEM 42,821 53.1 Rice, Steve REP 36,424 45.1 Allen, Scott W. LIB 1,450 1.8
9 State Senate Olshove, Dennis DEM 47,516 60.8 Stevens, Cecelia A. REP 28,581 36.6 Edwards, Keith P. LIB 2,031 2.6
8 State Senate Basham, Raymond E. DEM 43,873 64.3 Montelauro, Pamela REP 22,120 32.4 Morse, Bruce David LIB 2,216 3.2
94 State House Howell, Jim REP 20,757 57.5 Braun, Tim DEM 15,020 41.6 Carter, Scott D. LIB 320 0.9
86 State House Koetje, James L. REP 24,865 68.9 McDonald Jr., James DEM 10,456 29.0 Steinport, Pat LIB 747 2.1
77 State House Voorhees, Joanne REP 17,894 70.5 Smith, Virginia DEM 7,037 27.7 Dial, Wayne LIB 441 1.7
76 State House Sak, Michael G. DEM 11,770 60.7 Kubik, Mark A. REP 7,216 37.2 Mastin, Paul LIB 405 2.1
75 State House Kooiman, Jerry O. REP 15,340 53.9 Vander Meulen, Peter DEM 12,737 44.7 Haas, Erwin LIB 408 1.4
74 State House Van Regenmorter, William REP 28,234 78.1 Barringer, Beverly L. DEM 7,492 20.7 Gelineau, Bill LIB 407 1.1
73 State House Hart, Doug REP 24,370 69.9 Clowney, Fred DEM 9,845 28.3 Horan, Thomas E. LIB 628 1.8
72 State House Steil Jr., Glenn REP 24,152 72.8 Vogt, Christopher DEM 8,388 25.3 Good, David LIB 654 2.0
42 State House Accavitti, Jr., Frank DEM 15,746 64.9 Riske, Jim REP 7,560 31.2 Bonnell, John C. LIB 955 3.9
31 State House Gieleghem, Paul DEM 14,663 60.4 Russo, Sheryl REP 8,921 36.7 Miller, James LIB 701 2.9
28 State House Wojno, Lisa DEM 14,898 67.1 Stevens, Scott C. REP 6,898 31.1 Allison, James LIB 412 1.9
24 State House Brandenburg, Jack REP 17,697 53.6 Benson, Frank P. DEM 14,296 43.3 Stahl, Erin LIB 1,049 3.2
23 State House Law, Kathleen DEM 13,429 49.5 Jones, Douglas W. REP 13,169 48.5 Secula, Richard J. LIB 552 2.0
22 State House Hopgood, Hoon-Yung DEM 14,042 68.9 Vaughan, Ronald REP 5,696 27.9 Kainz, Charles H. LIB 657 3.2
21 State House LaJoy, Philip J. REP 15,591 53.8 Slavens, Mark DEM 12,769 44.0 Century, Ken LIB 640 2.2
20 State House Stewart, John C. REP 19,910 61.2 Blackwell, Mark B. DEM 11,581 35.6 Dean, James R. LIB 1,027 3.2
19 State House Pastor, John R. REP 22,170 62.9 Lowry, Kerry L. DEM 12,209 34.6 Shesterkin, Mike LIB 895 2.5
17 State House Paletko, Daniel S. DEM 14,772 49.5 Handy, R. Miles REP 14,191 47.5 Gonzalez, Christopher LIB 907 3.0
16 State House Plakas, Jim A. DEM 16,693 71.9 Homeier, Eric E. REP 5,595 24.1 Nagy, David LIB 913 3.9
13 State House Farrah, Barbara A. DEM 17,370 64.8 Stasik, Darrell F. REP 8,805 32.9 Gordon, Eric LIB 613 2.3
9 Allegan Co. Comm. Thierwechter, Lou REP 1,796 71.7 Clegg, Charlie LIB 708 28.3
2 Clare Co. Comm. Adams, Wendy LIB ? 4.0
4 Clare Co. Comm. Tadros, Albert LIB ? 1.0
6 Clare Co. Comm. Gargin, Dennis LIB ? 16.0
12 Eaton Co. Comm. Baker, Daryl REP 1,514 79.9 Remer, Paul LIB 381 20.1
6 Gladwin Co. Comm. Lang, Nancy LIB ? 9.0
4 Hillsdale Co. Comm. Vanlerberg, Maxine REP 848 85.6 Benzing, Brad LIB 143 14.4
5 Hillsdale Co. Comm. Britton, Alice REP 1,132 89.8 Parker, James LIB 128 10.2
11 Ingham Co. Comm. Holman, Diane DEM 3,628 52.3 Such, Andy REP 3,198 46.1 White, Will Tyler LIB 114 1.6
3 Kalamazoo Co. Comm. Barnard, Robert DEM 1,289 64.0 Remmert, Amy REP 627 31.1 Proni, Tullio LIB 99 4.9
7 Kalamazoo Co. Comm. Buskirk, David DEM 2,012 59.8 Easter, Kim REP 1,184 35.2 Phillips, Gerald LIB 170 5.1
8 Kalamazoo Co. Comm. Zull, John REP 3,294 85.8 Gerow, Joy LIB 543 14.2
14 Kalamazoo Co. Comm. Heppler, Jeff REP 3,386 84.7 Ottenwess, Ron LIB 611 15.3
9 Lake Co. Comm. Grace, Thomas DEM 331 84.0 Peck, Trevor LIB 63 16.0
Macomb CCC Trustee non-partisan LaButte, Jeff 10,466 2.5
1 Macomb Co. Comm. Liberato, Ralph DEM 4,358 67.2 Dial, Tim REP 1,970 30.4 Stables, Paul LIB 157 2.4
4 Macomb Co. Comm. Walsh, Mike DEM 4,703 48.5 Chupa, Michael REP 4,663 48.1 Jablonski, Michael LIB 337 3.5
6 Macomb Co. Comm. Flynn, Joann DEM 5,652 57.4 Stowell, Aaron REP 3,998 40.6 Pietrangelo, Laurel LIB 190 1.9
11 Macomb Co. Comm. Szczepanski, Ed REP 6,053 86.1 Yope, Craig LIB 977 13.9
22 Macomb Co. Comm. Slinde, Betty DEM 4,444 62.7 Quinlan, Mary REP 2,382 33.6 Titran, Al LIB 259 3.7
24 Macomb Co. Comm. Kennard, Peggy DEM 7,448 61.0 MacDonald, Robert REP 4,446 36.4 Morisi, Wendy LIB 319 2.6
Manistee Co. Comm. Klesner, Brian LIB ? ?
4 Midland Co. Comm. Dauer, Tom REP 1,981 70.7 Townsend, Stephen LIB 822 29.3
5 Oakland Co. Comm. Scott, John REP 7,847 52.6 Deni, Paul DEM 6,668 44.7 Martin, Fred LIB 405 2.7
25 Oakland Co. Comm. Coulter, David DEM 8,825 87.5 Collver, David LIB 1,265 12.5
1 Washtenaw Co. Comm. Yekulis, Joseph REP 7,063 59.4 Burkhardt, Wendy DEM 4,537 38.2 Hudler, James LIB 282 2.4
11 Washtenaw Co. Comm. Irwin, Jeff DEM 5,715 90.3 Montgomery, James LIB 615 9.7
2 Wayne Co. Comm. Parker, Bernard DEM 25,194 92.6 Watson, Daniel REP 1,548 5.7 Beck, Timothy LIB 471 1.7
4 Wayne Co. Comm. Ware, Jewel DEM 27,073 96.0 Karpinski, Edward LIB 1,142 4.0
5 Wayne Co. Comm. Varga, Ilona DEM 17,897 93.8 Gnadt, Loel LIB 1,189 6.2
13 Wayne Co. Comm. Hubbard, Susan DEM 23,608 61.2 Kovacs, Chris REP 13,780 35.7 Bachrach, Banjamin LIB 1,181 3.1
Wexford Co. Comm. Willis, Greg LIB ? ?
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