The Arab American News endorsed President-elect Barack Obama and 23 state and local candidates in October. All of them were successfully elected. They included US and state congressional races, judicial races at the state, county and district level, county races, school board races and a university board of governors race.
US PRESIDENT
Barack Obama (D): 64,688,689 votes, 52 perccent
Electoral Votes: 364
John McCain (R): 54,950,451 votes, 46 percent
Electoral Votes:162
Ralph Nader (Natural Law): 668,473 votes, 1 percent
Bob Barr (Libertarian): 494,551 votes, less than 1 percent
Chuck Baldwin (US Taxpayers): 178,406 votes, less than 1 percent
Cynthia McKinney (Green): 144,543 votes, less than 1 percent
LOCAL AND STATE RACES:
Results are according to city and county clerk’s offices. See your local clerks’ websites or visit www.michigan.gov/sos for more results.
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| Carl Levin |
Carl Levin (D): 3,041,192
Jack Hoogendyk, Jr. (R): 1,643,674
Harley Mikkelson (G): 44,342
Scotty Boman(L): 76,379
Michael Nikitin (UST): 30,882
Doug Dern (NL): 18,745
Total votes: 4,855,214
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| John Dingell |
15th DISTRICT
John Dingell (D): 231,758
John Lynch (R): 81,797
Aimee Smith (G): 7,080
James Wagner (UST): 3,157
Gregory Stempfle (L): 4,002
Total votes: 327,794
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| John Conyers, Jr. |
14th DISTRICT
John Conyers, Jr. (D): 227,984
Clyde Shabazz (G): 8,012
Richard Secula (L): 10,736
Total votes: 246,732
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| Gary Peters |
9th DISTRICT
Gary Peters (D): 184,098
Joe Knollenberg (R): 150,574
Douglas Campbell (G) : 4,800
Adam Goodman (L): 4,937
Jack Kevorkian: 9,047
Total votes: 353,456
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| Diane Marie Hathaway |
Diane Hathaway: 1,854,744
Robert Roddis: 421,091
Cliff Taylor: 1,484,924
Total votes: 3,760,759
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| Mary Lane |
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| Aimee Blackburn |
DEARBORN SCHOOL BOARD
Two members elected
Aimee Blackburn: 16,814
Mary Lane: 13,698
Sharon Lee Dulmage: 11,390
John C. Corbin: 9,970
Tameria A. Metiva; 2,679
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| Mark W. Somers |
Mark Somers: 17,077
Candyce Abbatt: 16,849
Total votes: 33,926
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| Rashida Tlaib |
12th DISTRICT REP.
Rashida Tlaib (D): 14,176
Darrin Daigle (R): 1,569
Total votes: 15,745
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| Andy Dillon |
17th DISTRICT REP.
Andy Dillon (D): 27,860
Sandra Eggers (R): 14,311
Total votes: 42,171
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| Gino H. Polidori |
15th DISTRICT REP.
Gino Polidori (D): 28,606
J. Saionz (R): 8,292
Total votes: 36,898
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| Warren C. Evans |
Warren C. Evans (D): 668,792 votes, 80.61 percent
Taras P. Nykoriak (R): 133,933 votes, 16.14 percent
Bob Czak (UST): 25,152 votes, 3.03 percent
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| Cathy Garrett |
Cathy M. Garrett (D): 642,038 votes, 79.43 percent
Lanell Buffington (R): 163,633 votes, 20.24 percent
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| Kym L. Worthy |
Kym L. Worthy (D): 719,207 votes, 91.43 percent
Matthew R. Abel (G): 64,438 votes, 8.19 percent
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| Bernard Youngblood |
Bernard J. Youngblood (D): 687,533 votes, 98.88 percent
Write-in: 7,798 votes, 1.12 percent
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| Daniel A. Hathaway |
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| Lynn A. Pierce |
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| Connie Kelley |
3rd CIRCUIT COURT (WAYNE COUNTY)
Three new judges elected
Daniel Hathaway: 251,326
Connie Kelley: 213,489
Lynne Pierce: 239,880
Susan Hubbard: 198,958
John Sullivan: 169,847
Richard Cunningham: 164,290
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| Diane Webb |
9th DISTRICT
Diane Webb (D): 40,061 votes, 69.86 percent
Mark H. Slater (R): 17,003 votes, 29.65 percent
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| Gary Woronchak |
13th DISTRICT
Gary Woronchak (D): 43,014 votes, 76.3 percent
William A. Beddoes (R): 13,125 votes, 23.28 percent
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| Michael Bouchard |
Michael J. Bouchard (R): 374,425 votes, 59.76 percent
Jane Boudreau (D): 250,243 votes, 39.94 percent
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| Andy Meisner |
Andy Meisner (D): 306,256 votes, 52.14 percent
Pat Dohany (R): 278,586 votes, 47.43 percent
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| Gary Pollard |
Two members elected
Gary Pollard (D): 2,133,432
Paul Massaron (D): 2,094,716
Torion Bridges (R): 1,471,984
Danialle Karmanos (R): 1,755,708
Margaret Guttshall (G): 140,169
Rick Butkowski (UST): 111,657
Terry Haines (UST): 109,575
Dan Keizer (L): 102,740
Nicole Michalak (L): 147,736
Total votes: 8,067,717
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