Marquette Township

Here is a quick snap shot of races Michigan Messenger has reported on over the last eight months, and their outcomes:
In the special election for the Michigan Senate 19th, which was formerly held by Congressman Mark Schauer, Republican Mike Nofs bested Democrat Marty Griffin, 19,508 votes to 11,105 votes reports the Jackson Citizen Patriot. Nofs, [...]

Three of the seven embattled Marquette Township Board of Trustees will see their names on the ballot Tuesday — but not for reasons any politician would like. The three, Township Clerk Patricia Mayer and trustees Linda Winslow and Karen Lohf, are facing a recall over their votes to support a Township plan to develop its [...]

Two members of the Leslie School Board have joined a growing rank of elected officials facing recall votes this November.
Bill Myers and Pat Fogg will both face recalls after the Ingham County Clerk certified that John Ghere had collected the necessary signatures to force a vote, the Jackson Citizen Patriot is reporting.

The embattled Marquette Township Board of Trustees got bad news Thursday morning. The Marquette County Election Commission unanimously approved recall language for all seven trustees.
Recall supporters now have until July 31 to collect 359 signatures of registered voters to put the trustees up for vote in November, the Marquette Mining Journal reports.

The entire Marquette Township Board of Trustees is facing the prospect of recall battles going into early next year.
The reason? The Marquette Mining Journal reports that recall organizers have been angry with members who failed to support a water plan which would develop new wells in the Upper Peninsula township, instead relying on water [...]