Berkley native wins Democratic primary in bid for state House reelection

BERKLEY — The state House representative from the city of Berkley will have a chance to continue serving in the Michigan Legislature.

Natalie Price, D-Berkley, overwhelmingly won her primary race for the Democratic Party nomination for the 6th District in the Michigan House of Representatives on Aug. 6 against Joseph R. Fisher.

The 6th District represents the cities of Berkley and Huntington Woods, and portions of the cities of Birmingham, Royal Oak, Bloomfield Township, Beverly Hills and Southfield. Price currently serves as the representative for the 5th District.

Of 13,787 votes cast in the Democratic Party primary, Price received 12,424 while Fisher received 1,363, according to the unofficial results. Price will be up against Brent M. Lamkin, who was uncontested in the Republican Party primary and received 3,668 votes.

Price said she was feeling grateful about her primary win.

“I’m incredibly grateful for the volunteers, the supporters and, most importantly, the voters who showed up and supported my candidacy,” she said.

Lamkin could not be reached for comment before press time about the upcoming race.

As far as what she plans to do in the coming months, Price said she will be working on legislation to update the vehicle code to allow local law enforcement to enforce noise limitations on Woodward Avenue.

“I know it’s important to my constituents, because I hear from them daily about how their lives are impacted by law enforcement’s inability to enforce, and I continue to be focused on that priority,” she said.

Helena Scott, D-Detroit, also is seeking reelection to the state Legislature and was able to win her Democratic primary race for the 8th District against Chris Gilmer-Hill.

Scott received 10,100 of the 13,773 votes cast, and Gilmer-Hill received 3,673 votes. Her opponent will be Alex Kuhn, who ran unopposed in the Republican primary and received 651 votes.

The 8th District represents the cities of Ferndale, Pleasant Ridge and a portion of Detroit. Scott currently serves in the 7th District.

Both Price and Scott changed districts as part of the redrawn district lines that were approved earlier this year.

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Other election results
OAKLAND COUNTY — Besides the local state representative primaries, there were several other races on the Aug. 6 primary ballot in which voters chose which candidates would advance to the general election in November.

In the race to be Michigan’s next U.S. senator, Elissa Slotkin won the Democratic Party nomination and Mike Rogers won the Republican Party nomination. They will face each other Nov. 5 for the seat in Washington, D.C.

For the 11 District Representative in the U.S. House of Representatives, incumbent Haley Stevens won the Democratic nomination while Nick Somberg won the Republican nomination.

Incumbent Democrat David Coulter and Republican Nik Gjonaj ran unopposed for their parties’ nominations for Oakland County executive and will face each other in November.

The same was true for Oakland County prosecuting attorney, where incumbent Democrat Karen McDonald and Republican Scott Farida were unopposed for their parties’ nominations.

There were no challengers to Democrat Amrit Kohli and incumbent Republican Michael J. Bouchard in the primary for Oakland County sheriff.

The primary was similarly without suspense for the Oakland County clerk and register of deeds, where incumbent Democrat Lisa Brown and Republican Barb Pallotta ran without competition.

There was a primary in the Oakland County treasurer’s race. While incumbent Democrat Robert Wittenberg did not have a primary challenger, Donna Blake won the Republican nomination.

For Oakland County water resources commissioner, incumbent Jim Nash won the Democratic nomination and Steve Johnson won the Republican nomination.

The District 19 seat on the Oakland County Board of Commissioners was an uncontested primary as incumbent Democrat Charlie Cavell and Republican Paul Taros did not have any challengers for their parties’ nominations.

In the primary for 6th Circuit Court judge, Tricia Dare and Nicole Sophia-Calhoun Huddleston received the most and the second-most votes. They will run against each other for the seat in November.