Politics & Government

Hoekstra, Walberg, Haskell and Fink Carry Voting in Saline

Interest in the city was low.

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Saline's Democrats and Republicans weren't very enthusiastic about voting Tuesday.

Just over 17.6 percent (1,078 out of 6,115) of Saline registered voters cast ballots in Tuesday's primary — and many of those voters did so via absentee voting.

There weren't many contested races. In the vote for Republican U.S. Senate candidate, Saline went with Pete Hoekstra over Clark Durant (313-232).

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The most local contested race was between candidates for the 22nd Circuit Court Judge. With 406 votes, James Fink was the most popular candidate. Carol Kuhnke, with 196 votes, was second. The top two candidates in county-wide voting will be on the November ballot.

The other contested races were for U.S. Representative in the 7th District.

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Saline voters went with Incumbent Republican Tim Walberg over challenger Dan Davis (497-111). On the Democratic side, Saline voters chose Kurt Haskell over Ruben Marquez (226-128).

Here are the unofficial results from Washtenaw County.

Candidate Saline 1 Saline 2 Saline 3 Total R US Senator Durant 78 83 71 232 Glenn 12 10 13 35 Hekman 14 4 8 26 Hoekstra 109 110 94 313 D US Senator Stabenow 144 132 128 404 R US Rep Davis 35 46 30 111 Walberg 180 159 158 497 D US Rep Hasekll 77 74 75 226 Marquez 50 38 40 128 R State Rep Ouimet 195 188 176 559 D State Rep Driskell 147 130 126 403 R County Sheriff Gallatin 164 153 146 463 D County Sheriff Clayton 139 120 120 379 R County Commission Ping 175 180 166 521 D County Commissioner Prater 131 106 117 354 22nd Circuit Judge (Vote for 2) Fink 150 128 128 406 Kuhnke 64 70 62 196 McClure 31 30 29 90 Washington 29 28 28 85 R Saline Delegate Alexis 114 Bearegard 117 Kopinski 119 R Saline Delegate 2 (vote for 4) Austin 127 Fosdick 124 McCoy 98 Ping 161 Sal Randazzo 60 Salv. Randazzo 47 D Saline Delegate 2 (Vote for 2) Mary Lirones 113 R Saline Delegate 3 (Vote for 6) Cruz 120 Barb Wild 127 Bob Wild 123

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