Michigan Judicial Elections, 2012 - District Courts

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The Michigan judicial elections consisted of a primary election on August 7 and a general election on November 6, 2012.

District Courts[edit]

First District Court[edit]

Candidate	Incumbency	Primary Vote	Election Vote
BronsonTerrence Bronson   A	Yes		100%   A

3B District Court[edit]

Candidates competed for one position.

Candidate	Incumbency	Primary Vote	Election Vote
RognessAndrew J. Rogness	No	18.83%
DavidsonMatt Davidson	No	40.84%	48.34%   D
PattisonRobert K. Pattison   A	No	40.31%	51.65%   A

Fifth District Court[edit]

Candidate	Incumbency	Primary Vote	Election Vote
SchrockSterling R. Schrock   A	Yes		100%   A

Eighth District Court[edit]

Candidate	Incumbency	Primary Vote	Election Vote
BridenstinePaul J. Bridenstine   A	Yes		100%   A

Tenth District Court[edit]

Candidate	Incumbency	Primary Vote	Election Vote
HolmesJohn Holmes   A	Yes		100%   A

Twelfth District Court[edit]

Candidate	Incumbency	Primary Vote	Election Vote
GoostreyDaniel Goostrey   A	Yes		100%   A

14A District Court[edit]

Candidate	Incumbency	Primary Vote	Election Vote
SimpsonCedric Simpson   A	Yes		100%   A

Fifteenth District Court[edit]

Candidate	Incumbency	Primary Vote	Election Vote
BurkeJoseph F. Burke   A	Yes		100%   A

Sixteenth District Court[edit]

Candidate	Incumbency	Primary Vote	Election Vote
McCannKathleen McCann   A	Yes		100%   A

Eighteenth District Court[edit]

Candidate	Incumbency	Primary Vote	Election Vote
CicirelliSandra Ference Cicirelli   A	Yes		100%   A

Nineteenth District Court[edit]

Candidate	Incumbency	Primary Vote	Election Vote
AbbattCandyce Ewing Abbatt	No	26.64%
WygonikRichard Wygonik	Yes	33.39%	43.58%   D
SalameySam Salamey   A	No	39.62%	56.41%   A

Twenieth District Court[edit]

Candidate	Incumbency	Primary Vote	Election Vote
TurfeDavid Turfe   A	Yes		100%   A

Twenty-Second District Court[edit]

Candidates competed for one position.

Candidate	Incumbency	Primary Vote	Election Vote
TaylorBrandi N. Taylor	No	3.63%
NolenByron H. Nolen	No	16.75%
EasonD. Eason	No	8.61%
IrbyJo A. Irby	No	12.18%
LiddellRobyn Brazeal Liddell	No	7.82%
JohnsonSabrina Johnson   A	Yes	19.4%	66.32%   A
JamesSylvia A. James	Yes	25.68%	33.67%   D
PattonTeresa McClain Patton	No	5.74%

Twenty-Third District Court[edit]

Candidate	Incumbency	Primary Vote	Election Vote
SalomoneGeno Salomone   A	Yes		100%   A

Twenty-Seventh District Court[edit]

Candidate	Incumbency	Primary Vote	Election Vote
KalmbachRandy L. Kalmbach   A	Yes		100%   A

Twenty-Ninth District Court[edit]

Candidate	Incumbency	Primary Vote	Election Vote
MackLaura Redmond Mack   A	Yes		100%   A

Thirty-Third District Court[edit]

Candidate	Incumbency	Primary Vote	Election Vote
McNallyMichael K. McNally   A	Yes		100%   A

Thirty-Fourth District Court[edit]

Candidate	Incumbency	Primary Vote	Election Vote
GreenTina Brooks Green   A	Yes		100%   A

Thirty-Fifth District Court[edit]

Candidate	Incumbency	Primary Vote	Election Vote
LoweRonald Lowe   A	Yes		100%   A

Thirty-Sixth District Court[edit]

Nine incumbent judges ran unopposed for re-election.

Candidate	Incumbency	Primary Vote	Election Vote
RobinsonDavid Robinson (Michigan)   A	Yes		100%   A
LangstonDeborah Lewis Langston   A	Yes		100%   A
ColemanDonald Coleman   A	Yes		100%   A
MilhouseDonna Robinson Milhouse   A	Yes		100%   A
RobbinsKevin Robbins   A	Yes		100%   A
Edwards, Jr.Prentis Edwards, Jr.   A	Yes		100%   A
ArcherRoberta Archer   A	Yes		100%   A
GarrettRuth Ann Garrett   A	Yes		100%   A
McConicoWilliam C. McConico   A	Yes		100%   A

Four candidates competed for two positions.

Candidate	Incumbency	Primary Vote	Election Vote
Jones-ColemanAlicia Jones-Coleman   A	No	19.92%	29.21%   A
BradleyAndrea J. Bradley	No	8.65%
BowmanArt Bowman	No	6.32%
BlountChristopher M. Blount	No	10.46%	13.04%   D
Woodards IICliff Woodards II	No	3.91%
MondsDouglas Monds	No	2.88%
JonesE. Regina Jones	No	4.25%
BernardLinda D. Bernard	No	13.05%	23.19%   D
PhillipsTonya Myers Phillips	No	9.62%

Three candidates competed for two positions.

Candidate	Incumbency	Primary Vote	Election Vote
WagnerMichael E. Wagner   A	Yes		100%   A
HolmesShannon A. Holmes   A	Yes		100%   A

Thirty-Seventh District Court[edit]

Candidate	Incumbency	Primary Vote	Election Vote
ChmuraJohn Chmura   A	Yes		100%   A
SabaughMatthew P. Sabaugh   A	Yes		100%   A

Thirty-Ninth District Court[edit]

Candidate	Incumbency	Primary Vote	Election Vote
SantiaMarco Santia   A	Yes		100%   A

Fortieth District Court[edit]

Candidate	Incumbency	Primary Vote	Election Vote
FratarcangeliMark Fratarcangeli   A	Yes		100%   A

41A District Court[edit]

Candidates competed for two positions.

Candidate	Incumbency	Primary Vote	Election Vote
CarrierBrian A. Carrier	No		Withdrawn D
ShepherdDouglas Shepherd   A	Yes		100%   A
WiegandKimberley Anne Wiegand   A	Yes		100%   A

41B District Court[edit]

Candidate	Incumbency	Primary Vote	Election Vote
LucidoSebastian Lucido   A	Yes		100%   A

42nd District Court[edit]

Candidate	Incumbency	Primary Vote	Election Vote
Hackel, IIIWilliam H. Hackel, III   A	Yes		100%   A

Forty-Third District Court[edit]

Candidate	Incumbency	Primary Vote	Election Vote
GoedertCharles Goedert   A	Yes		100%   A
HuntKeith Hunt   A	Yes		100%   A

Forty-Fourth District Court[edit]

Candidates competed for one position.

Candidate	Incumbency	Primary Vote	Election Vote
GinottiCarlo P. Ginotti	No	32.71%	45.26%   D
MeineckeDerek Meinecke   A	No	48.11%	54.73%   A
NahhatEdward Nahhat	No	19.71%

Forty-Sixth District Court[edit]

Candidates competed for one position.

Candidate	Incumbency	Primary Vote	Election Vote
SeikalyBill Seikaly	No	21.25%	37.5%   D
JohnsonCharesa Johnson	No	15.12%
NanceDebra Nance   A	No	24.71%	62.49%   A
PoseyDonna Posey	No	16.24%
NajorOmar S. Najor	No	1.5%
KornStephen P. Korn	No	11.55%
TateTowana Tate	No	9.6%

Forty-Eighth District Court[edit]

Candidates competed for one position.

Candidate	Incumbency	Primary Vote	Election Vote
D' AgostiniDiane D' Agostini   A	Yes	65.7%	67.67%   A
SanfieldGary R. Sanfield	No	4.35%
ArnkoffJosh Arnkoff	No	18.36%	32.32%   D
SchwartzSteven Schwartz	No	11.57%

Fiftieth District Court[edit]

Candidates competed for one position.

Candidate	Incumbency	Primary Vote	Election Vote
TaylorRichard Terrell Taylor	No		38.23%   D
Fowlkes GrossRonda Fowlkes Gross   A	Yes		61.76%   A

Fifty-First District Court[edit]

Candidates competed for one position.

Candidate	Incumbency	Primary Vote	Election Vote
DeanAndrea Dean	No		39.21%   D
DebbrechtJodi R. Debbrecht   A	Yes		60.78%   A

Fifty-second District Court[edit]

Candidate	Incumbency	Primary Vote	Election Vote
AsadoorianLisa Asadoorian   A	Yes		100%   A
BondyRobert Bondy   A	Yes		100%   A

Fifty-Third District Court[edit]

Candidate	Incumbency	Primary Vote	Election Vote
ReaderCarol Sue Reader   A	Yes		100%   A

54A District Court[edit]

Candidate	Incumbency	Primary Vote	Election Vote
DeLucaFrank DeLuca   A	Yes		100%   A
Clarke, Jr.Hugh Clarke, Jr.   A	Yes		100%   A

54B District Court[edit]

Candidates competed for one position.

Candidate	Incumbency	Primary Vote	Election Vote
LarkinAndrea Larkin   A	No	32.28%	56.55%   A
McAlpineFrank McAlpine	No	9.5%
MeadowsMark S. Meadows	No	46.03%	43.49%   D
ClementThomas P. Clement	No	12.06%

56B District Court[edit]

Candidate	Incumbency	Primary Vote	Election Vote
SchipperMichael Schipper   A	Yes		100%   A

Fifty-Seventh District Court[edit]

Candidate	Incumbency	Primary Vote	Election Vote
BaillargeonWilliam Baillargeon   A	Yes		100%   A

Fifty-Eighth District Court[edit]

Candidates competed for one position.

Candidate	Incumbency	Primary Vote	Election Vote
HoughtalingChris A. Houghtaling	No		Withdrawn D
BunceCraig Bunce   A	No		56.2%   A
HelderVernon D. Helder	No		43.79%   D

Sixtieth District Court[edit]

Candidate	Incumbency	Primary Vote	Election Vote
NolanMichael Nolan   A	Yes		100%   A

Sixty-First District Court[edit]

Candidate	Incumbency	Primary Vote	Election Vote
LoganBenjamin Logan   A	Yes	100%	100%   A
LaVilleJeanine Nemesi LaVille   A	Yes		100%   A

62A District Court[edit]

Candidate	Incumbency	Primary Vote	Election Vote
TimmersSteven Timmers   A	Yes		100%   A

Sixty-Sixth District Court[edit]

Candidate	Incumbency	Primary Vote	Election Vote
ClarksonWard L. Clarkson   A	Yes		100%   A

Sixty-Seventh District Court[edit]

Candidate	Incumbency	Primary Vote	Election Vote
OdetteChristopher Odette   A	Yes		100%   A

Sixty-Eighth District Court[edit]

Candidates competed for two positions.

Candidate	Incumbency	Primary Vote	Election Vote
CottonGlenn Cotton	No		11.35%   D
MarableHerman Marable   A	Yes		35.89%   A
BauerJill Creech Bauer	No		15.08%   D
CrawfordWilliam H. Crawford   A	Yes		37.65%   A

Seventieth District Court[edit]

Candidate	Incumbency	Primary Vote	Election Vote
TarrantKyle Tarrant   A	Yes		100%   A
ClarkTerry Clark   A	Yes		100%   A

Seventy-Second District Court[edit]

Candidate	Incumbency	Primary Vote	Election Vote
MonaghanJohn Monaghan (Michigan)   A	Yes		100%   A

Seventy-Fourth District Court[edit]

Candidates competed for one position.

Candidate	Incumbency	Primary Vote	Election Vote
CzuprynskiEdward M. Czuprynski	No		37.21%   D
KellyTim Kelly (Michigan judge)   A	Yes		62.78%   A

Eighty-Sixth District Court[edit]

Candidate	Incumbency	Primary Vote	Election Vote
PhillipsThomas Phillips   A	Yes		100%   A

In the News[edit]

Filing deadline sets judicial races[edit]

As featured in JP Election Brief: Candidates filing in Michigan, Kentucky, Washington and more! on May 3, 2012.

With the exception of races for the Michigan Supreme Court, the deadline for judicial candidates in the state for this year's primary election was Tuesday, May 1. The staff at Judgepeda is working hard to create candidate pages for all of these races. Please check back in the next two weeks to find out who is running in your area.

Below is a highlight of Michigan's judicial races in 2012:

Court of Appeals 12 incumbents have filed for re-election to the Michigan Court of Appeals, and not one will face an opponent this year. To learn who is running, visit: Michigan judicial elections, 2012.

Circuit Courts 59 incumbents have filed for re-election to the Michigan Circuit Court. To learn who is running, visit: Michigan judicial elections, 2012 - Circuit Courts.

District Courts 62 incumbents have filed for re-election to the Michigan District Courts. To learn who is running, visit: Michigan judicial elections, 2012 - District Courts.

Probate Courts 68 incumbents have filed for re-election to the Michigan Probate Courts. ^[1]

Appellate Courts[edit]

For Supreme Court and Court of Appeals races, visit: Michigan judicial elections, 2012.

Circuit Courts[edit]

For Circuit Court races, visit: Michigan judicial elections, 2012 - Circuit Courts.

Probate Courts[edit]

For Probate Court races, visit: Michigan judicial elections, 2012 - Probate Courts.

See also[edit]

• Michigan judicial elections
• Portal:Judicial elections

Footnotes[edit]

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