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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

via Southern Baptist Convention (February 26, 2019)— "Who's Your One?" Day 1: John 14:6, "Jesus said to him, 'I am the way, and the truth, and the life. 'No one comes to the Father except through me.' [English Standard Version] "An Online Bible Commentary You Can Understand" titled "Bible Ref"…

– July 17, 2022
via TED Conferences (February 1998) "Billy Graham: Technology, faith and human shortcomings": In Monterey California, The Reverend Billy Graham delivered a talk of just over twenty-six minutes to a Technology, Entertainment, and Design (TED) conference before a screen that projected a title of no more than, matter-of-factly, his first and…

– July 10, 2022
Independence Day— via Billy Graham (1970): "I find that there is a certain fear and expected cosmic judgment that hangs over our country at this hour, as the Devine timepiece ticks away. Thomas Jefferson felt this deeply when he said, 'I tremble for my country, when I reflect that God…

– July 4, 2022
via Got Questions (December 26, 2018)— "How is Satan god of this world (2 Corinthians 4:4)": "The phrase 'god of this world' (or 'god of this age') indicates that Satan is the major influence on the ideals, opinions, goals, hopes and views of the majority of people. His influence also…

– July 3, 2022
re United States Supreme Court decision in Kennedy v Bremerton School District— On April 4, 2022, Compelling Truth revisited the question, "What is the separation of church and state?" Noting that this "is not foundation and is not found in the US Constitution," this assessment went on to assert that…

– June 27, 2022
via Center for Faith and Culture (January 10, 2022)— "How Christians Can Prepare for the US Supreme Court's Monumental Abortion Ruling," by Jessica Prol Smith, fifteen-year public policy write-in Cumberland, Maryland: "Know your audience and seek to win hearts, not just minds .... Christians believe that every image-bearer — born…

– June 26, 2022
re United States Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization— On May 3, 2022, Heather Riggleman addressed the question "What Does the Bible Say about Abortion?" on Christianity website. "Every year, over three million women ... in the US will face an unplanned pregnancy and of those pregnancies,…

– June 24, 2022
re United States Supreme Court decision in Carson v Makin— Lifeway Christian Resources referenced Article 12 of the Southern Baptist Faith and Message, which "deals specifically and uniquely with the topic of education. ... our confessional statement affirms, Christianity is the faith of enlightenment and intelligence. As we shall see, one…

– June 21, 2022
Juneteenth— via Center for Faith & Culture (June 14, 2021) by Sherelle Ducksworth, sociology instructor at Louisburg College in Louisburg North Carolina: "We celebrate Juneteenth because of what this holiday reveals to us about the inherent dignity and humanity of Black people. Juneteenth reminds us that freedom is essential to…

– June 19, 2022

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