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William Phillips (Michigan)
William Phillips (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Michigan House of Representatives to represent District 9. He lost in the Democratic primary on August 2, 2022.
Phillips was a 2017 Republican special election candidate for District 1 of the Michigan House of Representatives. Phillips was a 2016 Democratic candidate for District 9 of the Michigan House of Representatives. He was defeated in the primary election on August 2, 2016. He was also a 2012 Democratic candidate for District 9 of the Michigan House of Representatives.
Elections
2022
See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Michigan House of Representatives District 9
Incumbent Abraham Aiyash defeated Michele Lundgren in the general election for Michigan House of Representatives District 9 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Abraham Aiyash (D) | 91.6 | 17,821 |
 | Michele Lundgren (R)  | 8.4 | 1,634 | |
| Total votes: 19,455 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 9
Incumbent Abraham Aiyash defeated Darnell L. Gardner, Abraham Shaw, William Phillips, and Paul R. Smith in the Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 9 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Abraham Aiyash | 61.3 | 4,349 |
| Darnell L. Gardner | 18.1 | 1,285 | ||
 | Abraham Shaw | 8.8 | 622 | |
| William Phillips | 6.1 | 434 | ||
 | Paul R. Smith | 5.8 | 410 | |
| Total votes: 7,100 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Syed Reza (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 9
Michele Lundgren advanced from the Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 9 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Michele Lundgren | 100.0 | 287 |
| Total votes: 287 | |||
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Campaign finance
2018
See also: Michigan State Senate elections, 2018
General election
General election for Michigan State Senate District 2
Adam Hollier defeated Lisa Papas in the general election for Michigan State Senate District 2 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Adam Hollier (D) | 75.7 | 53,920 |
| Lisa Papas (R) | 24.3 | 17,288 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 1 | ||
| Total votes: 71,209 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Michigan State Senate District 2
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Michigan State Senate District 2 on August 7, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Adam Hollier | 25.2 | 6,938 |
| Abraham Aiyash | 21.0 | 5,766 | |
 | Brian Banks | 17.2 | 4,725 | |
| Regina Williams | 9.5 | 2,598 | ||
 | LaMar Lemmons | 9.1 | 2,512 | |
 | John Olumba | 6.4 | 1,747 | |
 | George Cushingberry Jr. | 4.1 | 1,121 | |
| Anam Miah | 3.4 | 931 | ||
| Lawrence Gannan | 2.0 | 555 | ||
| William Phillips | 1.2 | 328 | ||
| Tommy Campbell | 1.0 | 265 | ||
| Total votes: 27,486 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Michigan State Senate District 2
Lisa Papas defeated John Hauler in the Republican primary for Michigan State Senate District 2 on August 7, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Lisa Papas | 54.1 | 3,879 | |
 | John Hauler | 45.9 | 3,289 | |
| Total votes: 7,168 | |||
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2017
A special election for the position of Michigan House of Representatives District 1 took place on November 7, 2017. A primary election took place on August 8, 2017. The filing deadline was April 25, 2017.[1]
The seat became vacant on February 7, 2017, when Brian Banks (D) resigned after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor that involved falsifying financial information in order to apply for a loan.[2]
Tenisha Yancey defeated Sandra Bucciero, Ronald Diebel, John Donahue, Burgess Foster, Kirkland Garey, Keith Hollowell, Justin Johnson, Gowana Mancill Jr., Pamela Sossi, and Washington Youson in the Democratic primary. Mark Corcoran defeated William Phillips in the Republican primary. Yancey defeated Corcoran and Libertarian Gregory Creswell in the special election.[3][4]
| Michigan House of Representatives, District 1, Special Election, 2017 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Tenisha Yancey |
71.6% | 7,266 | |
| Republican | Mark Corcoran | 25.1% | 2,551 | |
| Libertarian | Gregory Creswell | 3.3% | 334 | |
| Democratic | William Phillips (write-in) | 0% | 1 | |
| Total Votes | 10,152 | |||
| Source: Michigan Department of State | ||||
| Michigan House of Representatives, District 1 Democratic Primary, 2017 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|
Tenisha Yancey |
33% | 2,215 | ||
| Pamela M. Sossi | 30.1% | 2,017 | ||
| Sandra Bucciero | 14.2% | 956 | ||
| Justin Johnson | 9.2% | 615 | ||
| Washington Youson | 6.2% | 415 | ||
| Keith D. Hollowell | 2.2% | 150 | ||
| Kirkland W. Garey | 1.6% | 107 | ||
| Burgess Dwight Foster | 1.2% | 78 | ||
| John William Donahue | 1.1% | 76 | ||
| Gowana Mancill, Jr. | 0.7% | 45 | ||
| Ronald D. Diebel | 0.5% | 36 | ||
| Total Votes | 6,710 | |||
| Source: Michigan Department of State |
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| Michigan House of Representatives, District 1 Republican Primary, 2017 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|
Mark Corcoran |
74.4% | 819 | ||
| William Phillips | 25.6% | 282 | ||
| Total Votes | 1,101 | |||
| Source: Michigan Department of State |
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2016
Elections for the Michigan House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election was held on August 2, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was April 19, 2016. Incumbent Harvey Santana (D) did not seek re-election because of term-limits.
Sylvia Santana defeated James Stephens in the Michigan House of Representatives District 9 general election.[5]
| Michigan House of Representatives, District 9 General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Sylvia Santana |
94.29% | 27,560 | |
| Republican | James Stephens | 5.71% | 1,668 | |
| Total Votes | 29,228 | |||
| Source: Michigan Secretary of State | ||||
The following candidates ran in the Michigan House of Representatives District 9 Democratic primary.[6][7]
| Michigan House of Representatives, District 9 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Sylvia Santana |
49.33% | 2,967 | |
| Democratic | Annie Carter | 2.51% | 151 | |
| Democratic | Tijuana Morris | 3.19% | 192 | |
| Democratic | Alicia Murphy | 4.01% | 241 | |
| Democratic | William Phillips | 1.58% | 95 | |
| Democratic | Gary Pollard | 30.49% | 1,834 | |
| Democratic | Regina Ross | 8.89% | 535 | |
| Total Votes | 6,015 | |||
James Stephens ran unopposed in the Michigan House of Representatives District 9 Republican primary.[6][7]
| Michigan House of Representatives, District 9 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Republican | James Stephens (unopposed) | |
2014
Elections for the Michigan House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election was held on August 5, 2014, and a general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was April 22, 2014. Fred Durhal III defeated Cynthia Johnson and four others in the Democratic primary. Dorothy Patterson was unopposed in the Republican primary. Durhal defeated Patterson in the general election.[8][9][10][11]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Fred Durhal III |
94.4% | 11,796 | |
| Republican | Dorothy Patterson | 5.2% | 645 | |
| Write-in | Cynthia Johnson | 0.4% | 50 | |
| Write-in | Tonya Wells | 0% | 3 | |
| Total Votes | 12,494 | |||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
|
Fred Durhal III |
50.4% | 2,360 |
| Cynthia Johnson | 32.6% | 1,528 |
| Ishmail Terry | 7.2% | 335 |
| Tonya Wells | 3.7% | 172 |
| William Phillips | 3.1% | 147 |
| Ja'meka Armstrong | 3% | 139 |
| Total Votes | 4,681 | |
2012
Phillips ran in the 2012 election for Michigan House of Representatives District 9. He ran against Hussein Berry and Harvey Santana in the Democratic primary on August 7.[12]
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
|
Harvey Santana Incumbent |
65.7% | 4,875 |
| Hussein Berry | 17.2% | 1,275 |
| William Scott Phillips | 17.1% | 1,267 |
| Total Votes | 7,417 | |
2010
Phillips was a Democratic candidate for District 5 in the Michigan House of Representatives in the November 2, 2010, state legislative elections. Phillips was defeated in the Democratic primary on August 3, 2010, by John Olumba.[13]
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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William Phillips did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ The Detroit News, "Snyder calls election; officials say Banks can’t run," February 16, 2017
- ↑ Detroit News, "Rep. Banks resigns, pleads guilty to misdemeanor," February 8, 2017
- ↑ Michigan Secretary of State, "2017 Michigan Candidate Listing," accessed April 27, 2017
- ↑ Detroit Free Press, "Yancey on her way to November election in a race to replace former Rep. Brian Banks," August 8, 2017
- ↑ Michigan Secretary of State, "2016 official general election results," accessed May 2, 2017
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Michigan Secretary of State, "2016 Michigan Candidate Listing," accessed April 22, 2016
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Michigan Secretary of State, "2016 Michigan Election Results," accessed August 2, 2016
- ↑ Michigan Secretary of State, "Representative in State Legislature," accessed August 6, 2014
- ↑ Michigan Secretary of State, "Representative in State Legislature," accessed December 5, 2014
- ↑ Michigan Secretary of State, "2014 Official Michigan Primary Candidate Listing," accessed May 27, 2014
- ↑ Michigan Secretary of State, "2014 Official Michigan General Candidate Listing," accessed September 8, 2014
- ↑ Michigan Department of State, "2012 Official Michigan Primary Candidate Listing," accessed June 5, 2012
- ↑ Michigan Secretary of State, 2010 Primary Election Results – State Representative, accessed July 19, 2012
