Voters cast their votes at St. John Vianney. Catholic Church in Shelby Township Nov. 5.
By: Kara Szymanski | Shelby-Utica News | Published November 11, 2024
SHELBY TOWNSHIP/UTICA — The votes are in and the election results for Shelby Township and Utica are done being tallied.
In the U.S. Senate race, Democrat Elissa Slotkin won election with 2,690,000 votes to Republican Mike Rogers’ 2,673,233 votes. The difference was 48.61% to 48.31%.
For the U.S. House of Representatives 10th District, incumbent Republican John James won reelection with 217,440 votes, or 51.13%, to Democrat Carl Marlinga’s 191,352 votes, or 44.99%. Working Class Party candidate Andrea L. Kirby received 11,152 votes, or 2.62%, and Libertarian Mike Saliba received 5,335 votes, or 1.25%.
In the 58th District state representative race, Republican Ron Robinson, a current Utica City Council member, defeated incumbent Democrat Nate Shannon with 24,915 votes to Shannon’s 21,929 votes. There were 306 write-in votes and a total of 47,150 votes cast.
For the 59th District representative in the state Legislature, a two-year term, results showed that incumbent Republican Douglas Wozniak won the seat once again with 38,053 votes, or 68.58%, and Democrat Jason Pulaski got 17,432 votes, or 31.42%. There were a total of 55,783 votes cast, including 298 write-ins.
In the 1st District of the Oakland County Board of Commissioners, incumbent Republican Don Brown won reelection with 30,376 votes to Democrat Susan Hier’s 11,498 votes. There were 118 write-ins and 41,992 votes cast.
For the County Commissioner in the 3rd District, Incumbent Republican Sylvia Grot received 24,099 votes, or 62.92%, and Democrat Ken Reid received 14,005 votes or 36.57% of the votes. There were 194 write-in votes and a total of 38,298 votes were cast.
In the county commission’s 7th District, incumbent Republican James M. Perna received 24,332 votes to Democrat Edlira Sako’s 15,108 votes. There were 149 write-in votes and 39,589 votes overall.
For the Utica Community Schools Board of Education, there were three seats to be chosen. Incumbent Kimberly Becker received 35,918 votes, or 19.80%; incumbent Kelli Rankin received 35,448, or 19.54%; and Michael Austerman received 34,365, or 18.94%, to win the three six-year terms. Those who were not elected were Michelle Franzen with 25,896 votes, or 14.27%; Renee Chaptini Godwin with 19,405, or 10.70%; Kris Stepien with 15,912, or 8.77%; and Donesa Crivella with 11,346, or 6.25%. There were 3,144 write-in votes among a total of 181,434 votes cast.
In Utica, Mayor Gus Calandrino ran unopposed and was reelected with a total of 2,010 votes.
For the Utica City Council, three four-year terms were up for election. Incumbent Faith Terenzi received 1,305 votes or 29.29%; incumbent Thom Dionne received 1,298, or 29.14%; and Lou Backus received 1,047, or 23.50%, to win the terms. Ed Van Slambrouck received 732 votes, or 16.43%, to finish fourth. There 73 write-in votes and a total of 4,455 votes cast.
For the Shelby Township supervisor position, incumbent Republican Rick Stathakis ran unopposed for a four-year term and won reelection with 35,937 votes, or 96.81%. There were 1,184 write-in votes and a total of 37,121 votes cast.
For the Shelby Township clerk position, incumbent Republican Stanley Grot ran unopposed for a four-year term and won reelection with 34,364 votes, or 95.97%. There were 1,442 write-in votes and a total of 35,806 votes cast.
For the Shelby Township Treasurer position, incumbent Republican James Carabelli won reelection to a four-year term with 31,074 votes, or 66.65%. Democrat Darcy Lewis received 15,327 votes, or 32.87%. There were 223 write-in votes and a total of 46,624 votes cast.
For the Shelby Township Board of Trustees, there were four four-year terms available. Incumbent Republicans Lisa Casali, who received 31,456 votes, or 22.55%; Lucia Dicicco, who received 30,827, or 22.10%; Vince Viviano, who received 30,539, or 21.90%; and John Vermeulen, who received 29,254, or 20.98%, won reelection. Democrat James Diez recieved 16,552 votes, or 11.87%. There were 841 write-in votes and a total of 139,469 votes cast.
In the contested race for a non-incumbent position as judge of the 41A District Court, Eric Shepherd won election to a six-year term with 62,808 votes to Pat Sierawski’s 57,582 votes. There were 2,661 write-ins and a total of 123,051 votes cast.
It was status quo in the Macomb Community College Board of Trustees race, where five candidates ran for two six-year terms. Incumbents Roseanne DiMaria and Joan Flynn were reelected to the board. DiMaria received 135,647 votes while Flynn received 117,414 votes.
Joseph Backus, Eugene Groesbeck and Jon Lafferty failed to receive enough votes to get elected to the board. According to the Macomb County Clerk/Register of Deeds Office, Backus received 111,710 votes, 89,942 voters supported Groesbeck and Lafferty received 77,972 votes.
Maria Allard contributed to this report.