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In an upset, Pontiac s incumbent Mayor Deirdre Waterman finished third at best in her city s primary election Tuesday night, as her write-in campaign for a third term came up short. With all precincts reporting, former state representative Tim Greimel received 3,282 votes (for 56.3%) and Alexandria T. Riley tallied 1,319 (22.6%), making them the two top voters by a considerable margin. That tally would pit them against one another in November s non-partisan general election. Pontiac was the only city in Oakland County that held a primary election this month. Waterman appeared to run no better than a distant third, based on a count of 724 votes (12.4%) for unassigned write-ins, most of which presumably supported her. The two-term incumbent the city’s first female mayor, and its first mayor to win a second term in decades was forced to seek her third term as a write-in candidate because of a recently changed state law. ....
Taylor State Rep. Alex Garza won Taylor s Tuesday mayoral primary election while City Council Chairman Tim Woolley advanced in the race to winnow the field for the November election and replace a criminally indicted mayor. Garza, a second-term state lawmaker, won the primary in unofficial results with 35.5% of the vote, followed by Woolley with 22.1%, according to unofficial results released by the Taylor Clerk s office. Minister Jeff Jones was third with 21.8.%. Mayor Rick Sollars, who is under indictment for federal bribery and wire fraud charges, appeared to lose after the unassigned write-in votes totaled 20.7%. The Wayne County Board of Canvassers is meeting Wednesday morning to certify the results and get the specific vote totals for write-in candidates. ....
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Taylor, Pontiac mayors both lose write-in effort in Michigan primaries fox2detroit.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from fox2detroit.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Metro Detroit voters hit polls in modest numbers with key races to be decided detroitnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from detroitnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.