James Williams IV

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James Williams IV

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Democratic Party

James Williams IV (Democratic Party) ran for election for Wayne County Register of Deeds in Michigan. Williams was disqualified from the Democratic primary scheduled on August 6, 2024.

Elections

2024

See also: Municipal elections in Wayne County, Michigan (2024)

General election

General election for Wayne County Register of Deeds

Incumbent Bernard Youngblood defeated Afaf Ahmad in the general election for Wayne County Register of Deeds on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Bernard Youngblood (D)	70.9	564,119
	Submit photo	Afaf Ahmad (R)	28.3	225,538
		Other/Write-in votes	0.8	6,279

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 795,936
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Wayne County Register of Deeds

Incumbent Bernard Youngblood advanced from the Democratic primary for Wayne County Register of Deeds on August 6, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Bernard Youngblood	99.3	171,526
		Other/Write-in votes	0.7	1,170

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 172,696
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• James Williams IV (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Wayne County Register of Deeds

Afaf Ahmad advanced from the Republican primary for Wayne County Register of Deeds on August 6, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Afaf Ahmad	97.2	33,786
		Other/Write-in votes	2.8	971

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 34,757
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Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Williams in this election.

2014

See also: Detroit Public Schools elections (2014)

Incumbents LaMar Lemmons, Reverend David Murray and Ida Carol Short faced the following 13 challengers in the general election on November 4, 2014: Dennis M. Bryant, Victor B. Gibson, Wytrice Harris, Arlyssa Heard, Georgia Lemmons, Ramon J. Patrick, Robin Paul, Sharon Render-Johnson, Kerry Sanders, Ulice Sherman Jr., Patricia Johnson Singleton, Gregory White and James W. Williams IV. Russ Bellant also filed to run in the race, but withdrew on July 25, 2014.

Results

Detroit Public Schools, At-large General Election, 4-year term, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	LaMar Lemmons Incumbent	11.9%	42,112
	Nonpartisan	Reverend David Murray Incumbent	10.8%	38,242
	Nonpartisan	Ida Carol Short Incumbent	9.5%	33,453
	Nonpartisan	Patricia Johnson Singleton	8.5%	30,130
	Nonpartisan	Arlyssa Heard	7.3%	25,959
	Nonpartisan	Kerry Sanders	7.2%	25,514
	Nonpartisan	Dennis M. Bryant	7.1%	24,963
	Nonpartisan	Sharon Render-Johnson	6.8%	23,975
	Nonpartisan	Victor B. Gibson	5.2%	18,456
	Nonpartisan	Georgia Lemmons	4.8%	16,913
	Nonpartisan	Wytrice Harris	4.6%	16,255
	Nonpartisan	Gregory White	4.5%	15,952
	Nonpartisan	Robin Paul	3.2%	11,321
	Nonpartisan	Ramon J. Patrick	3.2%	11,175
	Nonpartisan	James W. Williams IV	2.8%	9,984
	Nonpartisan	Ulice Sherman Jr.	1.7%	5,844
	Nonpartisan	Write-in votes	0.9%	3,094
Total Votes				353,342
Source: Wayne County Clerk, "Elections Division - Results," accessed January 5, 2015

Funding

Williams reported no contributions or expenditures to the Wayne County Clerk's Office in the election.

Endorsements

Williams did not receive any official endorsements in this election.

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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James Williams IV did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

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