A list of people running for office in 2010, or the notable people who are not running; plus some people who might be running who get listed before their candidacy is official. This list is known to be incomplete.
Data sources
Election results, August 2010
- Election results, cumulative, Washtenaw County
- Precinct count, Washtenaw County
- Canvass reports, Washtenaw County
- Precinct report index, Washtenaw county
Governor: Bernero (D-Lansing) vs Snyder (R-Ann Arbor)
Incumbent Jennifer Granholm is term limited and is not running.
Democrat
Democrats Bob Bowman, Denise Ilitch, Alma Wheeler Smith, and John Cherry are not running. Andy Dillon lost in the primary.
- D Virg Bernero - Mayor of Lansing
(All candidates are confirmed and will be on the August 3rd ballot)
Republican
Republicans Mike Bouchard, Mike Cox, and Pete Hoekstra (and Tom George?) lost in the primary.
- R Rick Snyder - Businessman - running as "One tough nerd"
US House of Representatives
7th District
Michigan's 7th congressional district consists of all of Branch, Eaton, Hillsdale, Jackson, and Lenawee counties, and includes most of Calhoun and a large portion of western and northern Washtenaw counties.
Michigan's 15th District contains parts of Washtenaw and Wayne counties, and all of Monroe County.
Attorney General
Democrat
- D Richard Bernstein (No longer running)
- D David Leyton (Received Michigan Democratic Party Endorsement) [1]
Republican
Secretary of State
Democrat
- D Jocelyn Benson (Received Michigan Democratic Party endorsement)[2]
- D Janice Winfrey (No longer running)
Republican
University of Michigan Board of Regents
Regents are elected for an 8 year term on a partisan ballot. Candidates are nominated by the Parties during their August Conventions.
State House of Representatives
52nd district
The 52nd House District is most of western Washtenaw County.
Incumbent Pam Byrnes is term limited; she is running for state senate.
- D - Jeffrey Lee [3]
- D - Christine Green
- R - Mark Ouimet
53rd district
The 53rd House District includes part of the city of Ann Arbor.
Incumbent Democrat Rebekah Warren has one term remaining but has chosen to run for the State Senate.
54th District
The 54th House District includes Augusta township, Salem township, Superior township, Ypsilanti city and Ypsilanti township.
Incumbent Democrat Alma Wheeler Smith is term limited.
- D - David Rutledge
- D - Lonnie Scott [4]
- D - Dave Franklin
- D - Bill Riney
- D - Michael Mashif White
- R - Rodney C. Nanney
- I - David Palmer
55th District
The 55th House District contains ...
Incumbent Democrat Kathy Angerer is term limited.
- R - Frank Chrzanowski
- R - Rick Olson
- R - Mary Kay Thayer
- R - Andrew Sosnoski
- D - Mike Smith
State Senate
18th district
Incumbent Democrat Liz Brater is term limited.
The League of Women Voters debates: Republican candidates, Democratic candidates.
Washtenaw County Commissioner
A list of candidates is maintained by the County Clerk, and contains contact information.
1st district
Incumbent R Mark Ouimet is running for 52d district house. The district includes portions of Chelsea and Dexter.
2nd district
3rd district
Incumbent Jessica Ping is not seeking reelection
4th district
- D Wesley Prater (Dem)
- D Rick Roe (Dem)
- R Robert Van Bemmelen (Rep)
5th district
- R Bill Emmerich (Rep)
- R Daniel K. Benefiel (Rep)
- D Rolland Sizemore Jr. (Dem)
6th district
- D Mark Namatevs (Dem)
- D Ronnie D. Peterson (Dem)
- R David Raaflaub (Rep)
7th district
- D Kristin Judge is incumbent. [6]
- D Sean Gray Dem
8th district
- D Barbara Bergman (Dem)
- R Melinda Day (Rep)
9th district
- D Leah Gunn is the incumbent.
- R Mark Tipping (Rep).
10th district
- D Conan Smith is the incumbent.
- D Danielle Natalie Mack
11th district
- D Yousef Rabhi - confirmed [7] [8] [9] [10]
- D Michael Fried - confirmed [11] [12]
- D Alice Ralph - confirmed [13]
- D LuAnne Bullington
- R Joe Baublis
Ann Arbor City Council
Mayor
- D John Hieftje is the incumbent.
- D Patricia Lesko, the heretofore anonymous writer of A2Politico
- I Steve Bean
First Ward
- D Sandi Smith is the incumbent.
- D Sumangala Kailasapathy
Second Ward
- D Tony Derezinski is the incumbent.
- Libertarian Emily Salvette
Third Ward
- D Christopher Taylor is the incumbent, and is running for re-election.
Fourth Ward
- D Margie Teall is the incumbent.
- D Jack Eaton
Jeremy Kennedy pulled petitions, but did not file and is not running.
Fifth Ward
- D Carsten Hohnke is the incumbent.
- D - Lou Glorie
- R - John Floyd
- Newcombe Clark has pulled both D and I petitions but has not filed [14]
Ann Arbor Board of Education
Ypsilanti City Council
Mayor
- D Paul Schreiber is the incumbent.
- D Pete Murdock [15]
First Ward
- D Incumbent Trudy Swanson is not running for re-election
- D Tyrone Bridges
- D Juanita Hudson House
- D Ricky Jefferson
Second Ward
- D Incumbent Bill Nickels is not running for re-election [16]
- D Claudia Pettit
- D Dan Vogt
Third Ward
- D Brian Robb is the incumbent
- D Ted Windish
News references
- election%22+site:annarbor.com List of 2010 political candidates stories on AnnArbor.com
- election%22+site:annarborchronicle.com List of 2010 political candidates stories on Ann Arbor Chronicle
- election%22+site:annarborobserver.com List of 2010 political candidates stories on Ann Arbor Observer
- election%22+site:heritage.com List of 2010 political candidates stories in Heritage Media newspapers
- election%22&sa=N&tbs=nws:1,ar:1 List of 2010 political candidates stories in the Google News archives
Sources
- Ann Arbor Chronicle, 1 March 2010, More Local Candidates Enter State Races