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Taras Nykoriak (also known as T. P.) ran for election to the Detroit Board of Police Commissioners to represent District 3 in Michigan. Nykoriak was disqualified from the primary scheduled on August 5, 2025.

Elections

2025

See also: City elections in Detroit, Michigan (2025)

There are no official candidates yet for this election.

Nonpartisan primary election

The primary was canceled.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

William Morrissette III (Nonpartisan)
Taras Nykoriak (Nonpartisan)

Endorsements

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2024

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

General election

General election for Wayne County Sheriff

Incumbent Raphael Washington defeated Taras Nykoriak in the general election for Wayne County Sheriff on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Raphael Washington (D)	68.6	552,295
		Taras Nykoriak (R)	30.7	246,995
		Other/Write-in votes	0.7	5,916

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 805,206
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Wayne County Sheriff

Incumbent Raphael Washington defeated Joan Merriewether in the Democratic primary for Wayne County Sheriff on August 6, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Raphael Washington	64.2	116,836
	Submit photo	Joan Merriewether	35.4	64,428
		Other/Write-in votes	0.4	816

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 182,080
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Wayne County Sheriff

Taras Nykoriak defeated Articia Bomer in the Republican primary for Wayne County Sheriff on August 6, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Taras Nykoriak	58.7	28,221
		Articia Bomer	40.6	19,493
		Other/Write-in votes	0.7	345

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 48,059
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Endorsements

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2020

See also: Municipal elections in Wayne County, Michigan (2020)

General election

General election for Wayne County Sheriff

Incumbent Benny Napoleon won election in the general election for Wayne County Sheriff on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Benny Napoleon (D)	97.8	667,678
		Other/Write-in votes	2.2	15,086

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 682,764
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Wayne County Sheriff

Incumbent Benny Napoleon defeated Charles Corley II and Taras Nykoriak in the Democratic primary for Wayne County Sheriff on August 4, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Benny Napoleon	79.7	215,842
		Charles Corley II	15.4	41,587
		Taras Nykoriak	4.5	12,250
		Other/Write-in votes	0.4	1,206

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 270,885
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2018

See also: Municipal elections in Wayne County, Michigan (2018)

General election

General election for Wayne County Commission District 3

Incumbent Martha Scott defeated Taras Nykoriak in the general election for Wayne County Commission District 3 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Martha Scott (D)	95.9	24,317
		Taras Nykoriak (R)	3.6	915
		Other/Write-in votes	0.5	121

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 25,353 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Wayne County Commission District 3

Incumbent Martha Scott defeated Mohammed Hassan and Sigmunt Szczepkowski Jr. in the Democratic primary for Wayne County Commission District 3 on August 7, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Martha Scott	73.1	7,623
	Submit photo	Mohammed Hassan	22.8	2,378
	Submit photo	Sigmunt Szczepkowski Jr.	4.1	432

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 10,433
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Wayne County Commission District 3

Taras Nykoriak advanced from the Republican primary for Wayne County Commission District 3 on August 7, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Taras Nykoriak	100.0	264

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 264
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2014

See also: Michigan State Senate elections, 2014

Elections for the Michigan State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election was held on August 5, 2014, and a general election took place on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was April 22, 2014. Incumbent Bert Johnson defeated Georgia Lemmons, Taras Nykoriak and John Olumba in the Democratic primary. Mark Price was unopposed in the Republican primary. Johnson defeated Price and Jeff Hall (I) in the general election.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

**Michigan State Senate, District 2 General Election, 2014**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Bert Johnson Incumbent	71.6%	41,452
	Republican	Mark Price	24.8%	14,354
	Independent	Jeff Hall	3.6%	2,088
Total Votes				57,894

**Michigan State Senate, District 2 Democratic Primary, 2014**
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Bert Johnson Incumbent	63%	10,407
John Olumba	22.2%	3,663
Georgia Lemmons	10.5%	1,733
Taras Nykoriak	4.4%	721
Total Votes		16,524

Campaign themes

2025

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Taras Nykoriak did not complete Ballotpedia's 2025 Candidate Connection survey.

2024

Taras Nykoriak did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Taras Nykoriak did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

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