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Municipal elections in Wayne County, Michigan (2018)

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2018 Wayne County elections
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Election dates
Filing deadline: April 24, 2018
Primary election: August 7, 2018
General election: November 6, 2018
Election stats
Offices up: County executive, county commissioner, local judgeships, Detroit Charter Commission
Total seats up: 25
Election type: Partisan
Other municipal elections
U.S. municipal elections, 2018
Wayne County, Michigan, held general elections for county executive and county commissioner on November 6, 2018. If a race had multiple candidates for a party nomination, a primary was held on August 7, 2018. The deadline for candidates to file to run in this election was April 24, 2018.

Elections

Executive

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary

Democratic Party Democratic primary candidates

Republican primary

Republican Party Republican primary candidates

Commission

General elections

Primary elections

Wayne County Commission Primary Elections 2018
  • Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
  • Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
Office Democratic Party Democratic Republican Party Republican Other
District 1

Green check mark transparent.pngTim Killeen (i)

District 2

Green check mark transparent.pngJewel Ware (i)
Naomi Estella Anderson
Joel Batterman
Dale Foster
E'yandra Otis
Nakpangi Thomas

District 3

Green check mark transparent.pngMartha Scott (i)
Mohammed Hassan
Sigmunt Szczepkowski Jr.

Green check mark transparent.pngTaras Nykoriak

District 4

Green check mark transparent.pngIlona Varga (i)
Lisa Carter
Abe Sharif

District 5

Green check mark transparent.pngIrma Clark-Coleman (i)
Michelle Broughton
Thamar Johnson

District 6

Green check mark transparent.pngMonique Baker McCormick

District 7

Green check mark transparent.pngAlisha Bell (i)
Deborah Jones

District 8

Green check mark transparent.pngDiane Webb (i)

District 9

Green check mark transparent.pngE. Jason Blankenship  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngTerry Marecki (i)

District 10

Green check mark transparent.pngMelissa Daub

Green check mark transparent.pngJoe Barone (i)

District 11

Green check mark transparent.pngAl Haidous (i)

District 12

Green check mark transparent.pngGlenn Anderson (i)

District 13

Green check mark transparent.pngSam Baydoun
Brian Stone

District 14

Green check mark transparent.pngRaymond Basham (i)

District 15

Green check mark transparent.pngJoseph Palamara (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngPatrick O'Connell


Wayne County Community College

District 1

General election candidates

District 3

General election candidates

District 5

General election candidates

Detroit Charter Commission

General election

General election for Detroit Charter Commission (9 seats)

Candidate
%
Votes
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Carol Weaver (Nonpartisan)
 
8.3
 
64,681
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JoAnna Underwood (Nonpartisan)
 
7.8
 
61,008
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Quincy Jones (Nonpartisan)
 
7.5
 
58,420
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Nicole Small (Nonpartisan)
 
7.3
 
57,150
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Tracy Peters (Nonpartisan)
 
7.2
 
56,512
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Laura Hughes (Nonpartisan)
 
7.2
 
56,300
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Richard Mack (Nonpartisan)
 
6.9
 
54,119
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Barbara Anne Wynder (Nonpartisan)
 
6.2
 
48,970
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Karissa Holmes (Nonpartisan)
 
6.2
 
48,794
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Denzel McCampbell (Nonpartisan)
 
5.6
 
43,980
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Byron Osbern (Nonpartisan)
 
5.6
 
43,632
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Graham Davis (Nonpartisan)
 
5.5
 
43,028
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Taylor Harrell (Nonpartisan)
 
5.0
 
39,106
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Michael Griffie (Nonpartisan)
 
4.6
 
36,442
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Emily Dabish (Nonpartisan)
 
4.5
 
35,609
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Chase Cantrell (Nonpartisan)
 
3.7
 
29,396
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.9
 
6,783

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 783,930
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Judicial

The filing deadline for incumbents on the Circuit Court, District Court, and Probate Court was on March 26, 2018. The filing deadline for non-incumbents was April 24, 2018.[1]

3rd Circuit Court (Incumbent - six-year term - 16 positions)

General election candidates

3rd Circuit Court (Non-incumbent - six-year term - 3 positions)

General election candidates

3rd Circuit Court (Incumbent - partial term ending 1/1/2021 - 2 positions)

General election candidates

Write-in candidates

Probate Court (Incumbent - six-year term - 2 positions)

General election candidates

Probate Court (Non-incumbent - six-year term - 1 position)

General election candidates

District Court

District 16 (Incumbent - six-year term - 1 position)

General election candidates

District 17 (Incumbent - six-year term - 1 position)

  • No candidates filed for this position.

District 18 (Incumbent - six-year term - 1 position)

General election candidates

District 19 (Incumbent - six-year term - 1 position)

General election candidates

District 20 (Incumbent - six-year term - 1 position)

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District 22 (Incumbent - six-year term - 1 position)

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District 23 (Incumbent - six-year term - 1 position)

General election candidates

District 27 (Non-incumbent - six-year term - 1 position)

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District 29 (Incumbent - six-year term - 1 position)

General election candidates

District 31 (Incumbent - partial term ending 1/1/2021 - 1 position)

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District 33 (Incumbent - six-year term - 1 position)

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District 34 (Incumbent - six-year term - 1 position)

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District 35 (Incumbent - six-year term - 1 position)

General election candidates

District 36 (Incumbent - six-year term - 11 positions)

General election candidates

Additional elections on the ballot

See also: Michigan elections, 2018

About the county

Demographics

The following table displays demographic data provided by the United States Census Bureau.

Demographic Data for Wayne County, Michigan
Wayne County Michigan
Population 1,820,584 9,883,640
Land area (sq mi) 611 56,607
Race and ethnicity**
White 53.1% 78.4%
Black/African American 38.7% 13.8%
Asian 3.4% 3.1%
Native American 0.3% 0.5%
Pacific Islander 0% 0%
Other (single race) 1.9% 1.2%
Multiple 2.5% 2.9%
Hispanic/Latino 5.9% 5.1%
Education
High school graduation rate 86.5% 90.8%
College graduation rate 23.9% 29.1%
Income
Median household income $47,301 $57,144
Persons below poverty level 22.3% 14.4%
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2010). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2014-2019).
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.


Pivot Counties

See also: Pivot Counties by state

Twelve of 83 Michigan counties—14 percent—are Pivot Counties. Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.

Counties won by Trump in 2016 and Obama in 2012 and 2008
County Trump margin of victory in 2016 Obama margin of victory in 2012 Obama margin of victory in 2008
Bay County, Michigan 12.55% 5.56% 15.31%
Calhoun County, Michigan 12.46% 1.60% 9.36%
Eaton County, Michigan 4.72% 3.13% 8.40%
Gogebic County, Michigan 14.80% 8.10% 17.27%
Isabella County, Michigan 3.66% 9.28% 19.26%
Lake County, Michigan 22.77% 5.01% 12.28%
Macomb County, Michigan 11.53% 3.99% 8.62%
Manistee County, Michigan 15.29% 5.93% 13.26%
Monroe County, Michigan 21.97% 0.98% 4.35%
Saginaw County, Michigan 1.13% 11.89% 17.34%
Shiawassee County, Michigan 19.59% 3.67% 8.59%
Van Buren County, Michigan 13.92% 0.45% 8.78%

In the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump (R) won Michigan with 47.5 percent of the vote. Hillary Clinton (D) received 47.3 percent. In presidential elections between 1836 and 2016, Michigan voted Republican 60.8 percent of the time and Democratic 34.7 percent of the time. In the five presidential elections between 2000 and 2016, Michigan voted Democratic four out of the five elections.[2]

Presidential results by legislative district

The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state House districts in Michigan. Click [show] to expand the table. The "Obama," "Romney," "Clinton," and "Trump" columns describe the percent of the vote each presidential candidate received in the district. The "2012 Margin" and "2016 Margin" columns describe the margin of victory between the two presidential candidates in those years. The "Party Control" column notes which party held that seat heading into the 2018 general election. Data on the results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections broken down by state legislative districts was compiled by Daily Kos.[3][4]

In 2012, Barack Obama (D) won 53 out of 110 state House districts in Michigan with an average margin of victory of 37.1 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 43 out of 110 state House districts in Michigan with an average margin of victory of 39.3 points. Clinton won four districts controlled by Republicans heading into the 2018 elections.
In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 57 out of 110 state House districts in Michigan with an average margin of victory of 12.4 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 67 out of 110 state House districts in Michigan with an average margin of victory of 21.2 points. Trump won eight districts controlled by Democrats heading into the 2018 elections.

See also

Wayne County, Michigan Michigan Municipal government Other local coverage
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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Michigan.gov, "Michigan Election Dates," accessed March 27, 2018
  2. ↑ 270towin.com, "Michigan," accessed June 29, 2017
  3. ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' statewide election results by congressional and legislative districts," July 9, 2013
  4. ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2016 presidential results for congressional and legislative districts," February 6, 2017
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