Hancock will keep its library, but Houghton County still won’t be getting a new jail complex.
Voters yesterday turned back another attempt to finance a replacement for the county’s aging jail, rejecting the 30-year millage request by a margin of 9,074 to 6,482.
Other millage requests in the area passed by wide margins, including funding for the new Hancock District Library (2,000 yes, 1,118 no), the Hancock City recreation millage, the Copper Country Intermediate School District special education millage, and Laurium’s Department of Public Works millage.
Mayor Robert Megowen, Mike Needham and Rhiannon Schmidt were reelected to the Houghton City Council, and will be joined by newcomer Matt Siegel.
In Hancock, Mandy Lounibos was reelected to the city council, along with newcomers Sarah Lahti, Ruth Gill and Jeffrey Thornton.
The inaugural members of the Keweenaw Heartlands Authority have been selected. Voters in Keweenaw County selected George Twardzik, Gregg Patrick and Russ Bjorn for the three four-year terms on the ballot. Braydon Cima and Hannah Brooks will fill the two two-year terms. The board will oversee development and management of the Keweenaw Heartlands project.
Republican State Representative Greg Markkanen easily won reelection in the 110th district, defeating Democratic challenger Brian Irizarry by an 18-point margin.
In the 109th district, Republican incumbent Karl Bohnak lost his reelection bid to Democrat Anna Aho Rink by a seven-point margin.
In the three-way race to succeed term-limited 38th district State Senator Ed McBroom, Republican David Prestin collected 52 percent of the vote. Democrat Kelli Van Ginhoven received 39 percent, and independent Sara Cambensy received nine percent.
Republican First Districy U.S. Congressman Jack Bergman was reelected by a nine-point margin over Democrat challenger Callie Barr.
Democrat Abdul El-Sayed defeated Republican Mike Rogers by a six-point margin in the race to replace retiring U.S. Senator Gary Peters.
Democrats will continue to hold the state’s top three offices. Jocelyn Benson defeated Republican John James in the governor’s race by a margin of more than nine points. Benson will succeed term-limited Gretchen Whitmer. Current Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrist will take over for Benson as Secretary of State, and Eli Savitt will succeed term-limited Dana Nessell as Attorney General.
See Houghton County’s unofficial election totals here.
See Keweenaw County’s unofficial election totals here.
See Baraga County’s unofficial election totals here.
See Ontonagon County’s unofficial election totals here.
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