December 22, 2024

Unofficial results of 2022 Michigan Primary Election contests held yesterday have been made available on Secretary of State website, with eighty of eighty-three counties reporting as of 1:08 pm today.

Select highlights are as follows.

Total votes cast for the position of governor: 1,959,981
- Total Democratic Party votes: 910,316
  - Total votes cast for candidate Gretchen Whitmer (unopposed): 910,316
- Total Republican Party votes: 1,049,665
  - Total votes cast for candidate Tudor M Dixon (winner, from among field of five): 426,331
Total votes cast for 5th District Representative in United States Congress: 135,737
- Total Democratic Party votes: 38,454
  - Total votes cast for candidate Bart Goldberg (unopposed): 38,454
- Total Republican Party votes: 97,283
  - Total votes cast for candidate Tim Walberg (winner, from among field of two): 65,306
Total votes cast for 6th District Representative in United States Congress: 159,782
- Total Democratic Party votes: 102,852
  - Total votes cast for candidate Debbie Dingell (unopposed): 102,852
- Total Republican Party votes: 56,930
  - Total votes cast for candidate Whittney Williams (winner, from among field of two): 30,560
Total votes cast for 10th District Representative in United States Congress: 141,792
- Total Democratic Party votes cast: 68,293
  - Total votes cast for candidate Carl J Marlinga (winner, from among field of five): 32,655
- Total Republican Party votes cast: 73,499
  - Total votes cast for candidate John James (winner, from among field of two): 63,419
Total votes cast for 12th District Representative in United States Congress: 123,497
- Total Democratic Party votes cast: 96,215
  - Total votes cast for candidate Rashida Tlaib (winner, from among field of four): 61,401
- Total Republican Party votes cast: 27,282
  - Total votes cast for candidate Steven Elliott (winner, from among field of three): 14,431
Total votes cast for 15th District State Senator: 48,695
- Total Democratic Party votes cast: 37,229
  - Total votes cast for candidate Jeff Irwin (unopposed): 37,229
- Total Republican Party votes cast: 11,466
  - Total votes cast for candidate Scott Price (winner, from among field of two): 8,253
Total votes cast for 33rd District Representative in State Legislature: 19,125
- Total Democratic Party votes cast: 15,514
  - Total votes cast for candidate Felicia Brabec (unopposed): 15,514
- Total Republican Party votes cast: 3,611
  - Total votes cast for candidate Robert Borer III (unopposed): 3,611

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– July 10, 2022
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– May 9, 2022
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– April 15, 2022
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– June 19, 2022
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– April 14, 2022
via Baptist Beacon (April 1, 2022)— "Inwardly strong, outwardly focused," by Mike Durbin, State Evangelism Director for the Baptist State Convention of Michigan: Legendary football coach, Vince Lombardi, started the first day of the Green Bay Packers training camp in 1961 with a football in his right hand and these words:…

– April 10, 2022
via Baptist Beacon (June 1, 2022)— "A small church serves as a large witness in the wake of Taylor tornado," by Mike Durbin, State Evangelism Director for the Baptist State Convention of Michigan: An EF3 tornado ripped through Gaylord tragically taking the lives of two people and injuring more than…

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