Over the weekend, the results from the Nov. 6 general election in Washtenaw County were finalized. The results showed a mostly down ballot win for democrats in the county.
Straight Party Ticket
For the straight party ticket, the Democratic Party got the majority with 71.64% of the vote, and republicans getting 26.45%. The Libertarian party got 0.38% of the vote, and other parties getting only a small sliver of the voting population of the county. The lowest voting county on the ticket is the Natural Law Party, which only got 0.12% of the vote.
President & Vice President
Even though Kamala Harris and Tim Walz lost Michigan, the county voted for them with 70.73% of the vote. Donald Trump and JD Vance received 26.49% of the votes in the county. Jill Stein and her VP pick got 1.27% of the vote. Joseph Kishore and his VP pick only had 0.04% of the vote.
United States Senator
With 70.32% of the vote, Elissa Slotkin won the majority and Mike rogers only getting 26.55% of the vote. The third highest to get the vote from the county was Douglas P. Marsh, with only 1.59% of the vote.
This was a hotly contested seat within Michigan, since this would determine the makeup of the senate. It would determine how close the republicans would be to having a majority within the senate and if the democrats could close the gap of that majority.
State Legislature
For the state legislature, democrats were able to get most of the vote and only one republican. Dale Binecki, the republican challenger to Reggie Miller, got 49.95% of the vote for the 31st state legislature district as the representative.
Dale Binecki ran on a platform of agriculture, law and order, education, and local control according to his website. Agriculture and food security are chief concerns for the district, and are important to him as well since he grew up in a farmer community. For law and order, he believes in staying committed to keeping all Michiganders safe and is an advocate for law enforcement. He doesn't want to defund the police, he wants to restore resources and improve the respect of law enforcement.
For education, he believes that the school system is failing. He wants to support successful outcomes for every student and is a parental advocate. Meaning he would like to have parents have more of a say in their children's education. With infrastructure, he wants to make Michigan roads and infrastructure the top priority. For local control, he wants to put more power for local governments to have a say in how solar panels are installed since the district is mostly rural.
General Election Results
These are some results from the county, and more are on the website at www.washtenaw.org. You can look for results by going to your government, then departments A-H, Clerk/Register of Deeds, then Elections, and finally Election Results. You can also google the results as well.
Here are some results from the county overall: 337,738 registered to vote. Voters cast 223,257 ballots and officials counted 120 precincts completely. Voters turned out at a rate of 66.10% and officials counted all the precincts. These were as reported on Nov. 6th at 4:10 a.m.
