Election Day 2022: All precincts reported in St. Clair County
Judge Cynthia Lane retains seat in contested race
Updated 8 a.m. ET Nov. 9, 2022
St. Clair County Circuit Judge Cynthia Lane has earned another term on the bench, according to unofficial election results.
Lane earned 36,612 votes, according to the county clerk's website, compared to challenger Robert Crosby's 22,513. There were 477 write-in votes.
Michigan U.S. House Election Results
Updated 7:45 a.m. ET Nov. 9, 2022
The Associated Press reported an estimated 95.34% of votes in the 9th Congressional District have been counted, with incumbent Republican Lisa McClain garnering 233,288 votes, ahead of Democrat Brian Jaye, with 119,126 votes.
In St. Clair County, McClain had 46,469 votes to Jaye's 23,678, according to unofficial results.
All precincts reported in St. Clair County
Updated 7 a.m. ET Nov. 9, 2022
All voting precincts in St. Clair County have been reported to the county clerk's office.
The clerk's website states there was about a 54% voter turnout, with 75,224 people casting their ballots. There are 138,846 registered voters in the county.
Find unofficial results at https://bit.ly/3Ul8pxP.
That's all for tonight, check back tomorrow for more
Updated 1 a.m. ET Nov. 9, 2022
For the dedicated data hounds, you can follow along with live updates on county websites. Our digital team may provide sporadic updates if new numbers become available, however your local Times Herald news team will be back in the morning with more coverage of general election results from across the Blue Water area.
Thank you for following along with us today, and a special thanks to all who voted — and to all the candidates who put forth their names to serve our communities. Good night.
— Times Herald
Updated 12:50 a.m. ET Nov. 9, 2022
One returning official, a current incumbent and a newcomer have won the three open seats on St. Clair County Board of Commissioners, according to the county’s unofficial election results with about 97% of precincts reporting.
Steve Simasko, a Republican and former commissioner, beat Democrat Fred Fuller 5,778 to 2,342 in District 1, replacing outgoing Commissioner Greg McConnell. That district includes Brockway, Clyde, Emmett, Grant, Greenwood, Kenockee, Lynn and Mussey townships, as well as the city of Yale and villages of Capac and Emmett.
Republican Joi Torello, who ousted current Commissioner Duke Dunn in August, was beating Democratic candidate Jessyca Fye 6,002 to 3,765 in District 4, which encompasses the city of Marysville, Port Huron Township and one precinct in Kimball.
Republican incumbent Dave Rushing retained in District 6 against Democratic challenger John Pettinato 8,009 to 2,761. District 6 covers Berlin, Casco, Columbus, Ira, Riley, and Wales townships, and part of the cities of Memphis and Richmond, which are on the border with Macomb County.
Commissioners Dave Vandenbossche and Lisa Beedon, Board Chairman Jeff Bohm and Vice Chairwoman Jorja Baldwin ran unopposed this election, in the 7th, 3rd, 5th, and 2nd districts.
− Jackie Smith, Times Herald
1 incumbent retains spot on Port Huron school board; YMCA CEO wins 2nd seat
Updated 12:48 a.m. ET Nov. 9, 2022
Challenger Josh Chapman and incumbent Tim McCulloch have won a five-way race for two seats on the board of education for Port Huron Area Schools.
According to unofficial election results, Chapman received 10,679 votes and McCulloch 9,719 votes for six-year terms.
Candidates Jeremiah May, Patrick Loftus, and Prescott Palm received 5,873, 4,716, and 3,085 votes, respectively.
McCulloch is currently treasurer for the school board.
Trustee Denise Brooks, whose term, like McCulloch’s, expires this December, is the former president and CEO of the YMCA of the Blue Water Area – a position that Chapman currently holds.
– Jackie Smith, Times Herald reporter
Marine City to see 2 new commissioners, edging out incumbent
Updated 12:35 a.m. ET Nov. 9, 2022
Marine City’s City Commission will see two new members, according to the unofficial results for a race for three open seats that saw one incumbent edged out and another retained.
Candidate Mike Hilferink, previously unsuccessful in 2018, and newcomer Rita Roehrig, the sibling of current Commissioner Lisa Hendrick, as well as incumbent Jacob Bryson won out with 816, 737, and 630 votes, respectively.
Incumbent John Kreidler, who was appointed to the role and was facing his first election, and newcomer Andrew Pakledinaz received 503 and 497 votes, respectively.
Mayor Cheryl Vercammen and Commissioner Wendy Kellehan, whose terms are up, did not see reelection.
Jennifer Vandenbossche ran unopposed for mayor.
-- Jackie Smith, Times Herald reporter
Challenger ousts Marysville mayor; council incumbents win
Updated 12:01 a.m. ET Nov. 9, 2022
Marysville Mayor Wayne Pyden has lost his reelection bid 2,420-1,910 against challenger Kathy Hayman, a City Council member and mayor pro tem, according to the city’s unofficial election results.
Councilmen David Barber and Dan Shirkey successfully won reelection with 2,573 and 2,993 votes, while candidate Dave Watson won the third open council seat with 2,913. Candidate Mike Deising fell short at 1,741.
Hayman’s current council term was not set to expire for another two years after her first reelection in 2019. Her victory would leave a vacancy on the City Council. Under the city’s charter, the remaining council members have 60 days to fill open seats.
For more local election results, visit ElectionResults.com. https://electionreporting.com/ee6b3f96-3b27-4c59-ab68-c1dc439c9e27/county/9f902c48-a573-4cd5-af40-8ec9ac6b614e
− Jackie Smith, Times Herald reporter
Algonac mayor narrowly edged out in crowded City Council race
Updated midnight ET Nov. 8, 2022
One incumbent won his bid for reelection to the Algonac City Council, while another currently serving as the city’s mayor was narrowly edged out, according to unofficial election results.
Councilman Rocky Gillis was the highest vote-getter at 891 in a crowded race for three open council seats in the city where both mayor and mayor pro tem positions are appointed from among sitting council members.
Winning the two other seats were Dawn Davey and Ed Carter with 732 and 654 votes, respectively. Mayor Terry Stoneburner was the next highest at 639.
Candidates Bernie Ferris and Christina Halkias-Robb received 330 and 562.
− Jackie Smith, Times Herald reporter
Port Huron Mayor Pauline Repp retains seat in city election
Updated 11:25 p.m. ET Nov. 8, 2022
Thirteen-year incumbent Pauline Repp has been reelected as Port Huron’s mayor over challenger David Whitmore.
According to unofficial city election results, Repp beat Whitmore, a political newcomer, 5,226 to 3,291, marking her seventh election win.
The City Council race, where three seats were up for grabs, was uncontested with incumbents Anita Ashford, a long-time elected official, and Jeff Pemberton in his first re-election bid, as well as newcomer Conrad Haremza.
Ashford was the highest vote-getter of the three at 5,515, followed by Pemberton and Haremza with 4,921 and 3,916 votes, respectively.
– Jackie Smith, Times Herald reporter
When results start coming in, here's how to watch
Updated 9 p.m. ET Nov. 8, 2022
Follow along with us here as live updates start to come in. You can also watch timesherald.com for legislative races.
For additional results on the many local races decided by area voters today, visit the county election website at ElectionResults.com. As of 11:30 p.m., 65.15% of precincts were reporting in St. Clair County.
Hit refresh often on all results pages to ensure you're seeing the latest updates!
(Note: Times Herald staff have no involvement in this website, nor in posting of updates.)
– Veronica Bolanos, Times Herald news assistant
Solar controversy keeps Wales Township precinct busy
Updated 9 p.m. ET Nov. 8, 2022
With a massive solar project looming over a trustee race, the parking lot outside the Wales Township hall was still abuzz with activity Tuesday evening just an hour before the polls closed.
Terry Peters, a prominent property owner reportedly leasing land to the Florida-based NextEra Energy Resources, won the Republican primary for an open trustee seat, but faced competition from write-in candidate and current Trustee Jason Downey, who’d fallen short in August
Both were on site at the polling location — two camps set up with backers largely falling on one side of the issue or the other. Resident Adam Agotesku was also running for the trustee seat with no party affiliation but did not appear to have a setup near the hall.
Positioned beneath a tent, Peters echoed similar concerns he has over the last few weeks.
But the group was gauging interest in recalling three current board members — Wales Supervisor Liz Masters, Treasurer Elisha Messina, and Carly Kimmen-Demil, a trustee and the township’s assessor — on broader claims they were keeping information from the public. They planned to go door to door after the election.
“That was my main thing. There’s no transparency,” said resident Jeff Christy. “Somebody’s trying to hide this.”
Township officials said no formal proposal or special use request for a solar operation in the mostly agricultural area has been submitted and little information was available.
Downey, who’s received support as a no-solar candidate, had stationed himself with other officials and supporters nearby.
After talking to voters for hours, neither candidate was sure if they’d win
“I’m not going to be shocked if I do, I’m not going to be shocked if I don’t,” Downey said. “I’ve been pacing all day, trying to talk to people and meet people. It seems like there’s double the amount of people in our township.”
− Jackie Smith, Times Herald reporter
Polls are now closed
Updated 8 p.m. ET Nov. 8, 2022
It's 8 p.m. ET and polls are now closed across much of the state — although four western Upper Peninsula counties — Dickinson, Gogebic, Iron and Menominee — are in the Central time zone so polls there close an hour later at 9 p.m. ET.
It is also the deadline for returning an absentee ballot by drop box or to your local clerk. Remember, if you were in line before or at 8 p.m. stay in line because anyone in line by 8 p.m. must be allowed to vote.
Live results in state legislative races will flow in at thetimesherald.com/elections/results. And follow live updates here as unofficial results are recorded (Note: Results in Michigan become official when they are certified by boards of canvassers, a process that is allowed to take up to two weeks).
— Staff report
Last minute reminders before the polls close at 8 p.m.
Updated 7 p.m. ET Nov. 8, 2022
Ingham County Clerk Barb Byrum and East Lansing City Clerk Jennifer Shuster have a few last minute reminders for voters, including that people who are in line at 8 p.m. can stay and vote.
“If you are in line, you can still exercise your right to cast your vote, you still have plenty of time to do so," Shuster said. "Also, make sure you’re going to the right polling location."
Byrum said if someone voted absentee, they need to check both sides to make sure it's filled out properly, they need to make sure to sign the back of the envelope so the signature can be verified, “and get that to their clerk or to their clerk’s drop box by 8 p.m. tonight.”
Follow live updates here as results are recorded beginning at 8 p.m. ET. Hit refresh in your browser window, or bookmark and reload this link to ensure you have the most recently updated version.
— Veronica Bolanos, LSJ news assistant
No one key issue for some Marysville voters
Updated 6:45 p.m. ET Nov. 8, 2022
The motivation to hit the polls ran the gamut early this evening for voters in Marysville, where seats for mayor and three City Council positions were up for grabs.
Conservative voter Rick Wade said things like inflation drove him to vote overall.
But he said, “I wasn’t sure of some of the candidates,” particularly on local and state boards, which he said were harder to follow. He said he voted for incumbent Wayne Pyden for Marysville mayor over challenger Kathy Hayman, the council’s current mayor pro tem.
Abby Delay, too, said she wasn’t as familiar with all the local races. She said she voted Democratic and “yes” on Proposal 3, which would amend the state constitution to accommodate reproductive rights, including access to abortion.
Both that issue and the mayoral race drew her to the polls, she said. The 20-year-old said she voted for Hayman for mayor.
“I did some research before I came in. Obviously, you see the signs all around the city and things like that. Every time I would see a sign, I would look them up and see, ‘OK, who are you? What do you stand for?’ That kind of thing.”
Marysville resident Denis Napolitan said there wasn’t any one thing that brought him out, adding, “We never fail to vote.”
He said he also follows local issues and declined to name specific candidates he voted for in the city elections.
“It’s a small town. So, you sort of know a lot of the people you vote for,” Napolitan said.
– Jackie Smith, Times Herald reporter
Most Michigan counties will have some election results driven to county offices on flash drives
Updated 6 p.m. ET Nov. 8, 2022
Of Michigan’s 83 counties, most of them will have clerks physically driving election results to their county offices.
Michigan Secretary of State spokesperson Jake Rollow said during a 5 p.m. media call that about 65 or more counties would have local clerks driving flash drives with election numbers to their county clerk offices.
He said there’s no way to guess how long this will take.
Since the August primary, county clerks have worked to establish the best protocols for this process.
– Bryce Airgood, LSJ reporter
Michigan absentee ballot returns surpass 1.8 million
Updated 5:30 p.m. ET Nov. 8, 2022
Here are updated Election Day numbers from the Michigan Secretary of State office as of 5 p.m. ET.
Absentee ballots submitted:1,807,127
Absentee ballots requested: 2,022,885
Same-day registrations: 8,828
Follow live updates here as results are recorded beginning at 8 p.m. Hit refresh in your browser window, or bookmark and reload this link to ensure you have the most recently updated version.
— Bryce Airgood, LSJ reporter
Newly a U.S. citizen, city’s DDA director casts first ballot
Updated 5:05 p.m. ET Nov. 8, 2022
Casting a ballot for today’s election was a first for 32-year-old Natacha Hayden.
Downtown Development Authority director for the city of Port Huron, she immigrated to the U.S. from Brazil at age 20, becoming an American citizen this summer. She registered to vote earlier today before filling out her ballot in person at the city clerk’s office.
“It was very different. I don’t know — it felt like I was doing something important — but overall, the process itself was very simple,” Hayden said.
City Clerk Cyndee Jonseck said Hayden was one of roughly 30 Election Day registrants today as of 3 p.m. City Manager James Freed later commemorated Hayden’s moment, posting a photo of her with an “I voted” sticker on social media.
“I’m very excited to be considered an American citizen right now,” Hayden added by phone. “I literally made (it) my duty to improve my community, and I feel that not only becoming a citizen but also contributing with the right to vote, it’s exactly what I signed up to do. You know, you’re contributing for the overall good of our community, if you will.”
– Jackie Smith, Times Herald reporter
Duplicate ballot numbers cause hiccup at polls in Detroit
Updated 4:43 p.m. ET Nov. 8, 2022
Certain polling locations in Detroit ran into some issues Tuesday morning when its election software was flagging in-person voters for already requesting an absentee ballot.
When polls opened Tuesday morning, election inspectors in some precincts received a message on the electronic pollbook screen indicating the “Ballot # has already been issued as Absentee Voter Ballot,” according to an emailed statement from the city of Detroit Department of Elections.
This message does not mean that the voter who was issued an absentee voter ballot was attempting to vote, the statement said, and instead was a “harmless data error.”
Ballot numbers for precinct voters were being generated which were identical to ballot numbers being used for absentee voter ballots, the department said, and the ePollbook system recognized the duplicate ballot numbers and issued the error message so that no two ballots would have the same ballot number.
It’s unclear how many polling locations and how many voters were affected.
The situation was resolved by adding an additional letter to the precinct ballot numbers to distinguish them from absentee ballots, the department said.
Jake Rollow, a spokesperson for the Michigan Department of State, said on a call with reporters Tuesday morning that voters issued provisional ballots before election inspectors added the extra letter will have their ballots counted. If a voter decided not to vote and left, they should come back and vote and won’t have any issues, Rollow said.
— Adrienne Roberts, Detroit Free Press
County clerk: Results may roll in before midnight
Updated 3:30 p.m. ET Nov. 8, 2022
With just a few hours left before polls clothes, St Clair County Clerk Jay DeBoyer said no major issues had appeared to crop up at area precincts.
And that means, he said, “no news is good news.”
“I think we’ll have results before midnight,” the clerk said. “Things do seem to be going smoothly, and actually, the general in November is … an easier tabulation. Only because you actually have fewer candidates, right? A primary you have more candidates on the ballot.”
Unlike in past elections, when unofficial results could be uploaded remotely, the data of each tabulation from each precinct were driven to the county clerk’s office in person in the August primary.
DeBoyer said the practice would continue with today’s general election results. Results are uploaded through ElectionReporting.com.
– Jackie Smith, Times Herald reporter
Voting underway across Michigan; follow our live updates
Updated 2:45 p.m. ET Nov. 8, 2022
Across the Blue Water area, voters will select which candidates will take office in the state legislature, on county boards and more. In addition, voters also face a variety of ballot proposals. Among them:
More:Reminder: Dozens of local, state races on Tuesday General Election ballot
Times Herald staff will provide live updates to this blog throughout the day to keep you informed on competitive local races. Bookmark this page and click refresh to stay up to date.
– Jayne Higo, Times Herald news assistant
Gallery: Photos capture the excitement of Election Day
Updated 1:30 p.m. ET Nov. 8, 2022
Follow along with the day in images of polling places and voters, taken on this general Election Day across the Blue Water Area.
– Sergio Montanez, Times Herald photographer
Prop 3, voter integrity main concerns for mid-morning voters
Updated 12:14 p.m. ET Nov. 8, 2022
Fort Gratiot polls saw a large turnout with mid-morning voters. And Proposal 3 was mentioned the most as to what issue brought them to vote.
Amber Pawlek said she supports the proposal.
“I want to protect it for the future generations,” she said. “They should have the ability to get clean, safe medical procedures.”
Andrew Cook said he also believes Proposal 3 was the most important issue for him to vote on.
“I’m a pretty pro-life person,” he said.
Another issue important to voters was voter and election integrity. Susan Myles said she wants to know that that the election is being done fairly, and that votes are counted correctly.
“I wouldn’t want my ballot shipped somewhere else and counted there,” she said.
Pawlek said she thinks this election is the most important one because she feels she can exercise her voice better than in a national election. She said she feels her vote has an impact this election.
– McKenna Golat, Times Herald reporter
Economy, Proposal 3 top voter concerns Tuesday morning
Updated 10:25 a.m. Nov. 8, 2022
For many voters who headed to the polls early, the economy and Proposal 3 were at the top of their minds. Several voters said they were concerned about the rising cost of gas and consumer goods and hoped their candidate choices would quell rising inflation.
“The biggest issue in the economy,” said Lisa Parisio as she stood outside her polling location in Port Huron.
Several voters voiced opposition to Proposal 3, which would amend the state constitution to establish the right to reproductive freedom. Port Huron voter Nathan Drake said he is against abortion and believes the proposal is too extreme and deceptive in its language.
“It’s horrific,” he said.
Other voters voiced support for the divisive proposal. Jenna Worden, another Port Huron voter, was exercising her right to vote for the first time at age 18 with her mother, Julie Worden.
Both mother and daughter said they support Proposal 3 and a woman’s right to make their own decisions.
“I feel like everybody should have a choice of their own body,” Jenna Worden said.
– Laura Fitzgerald, Times Herald reporter
Follow along here for live updates on the Nov. 8 general election
Updated 10 a.m. ET Nov. 8, 2022
Today, Nov. 8 is Election Day! And your local news team at the Times Herald will provide live coverage throughout the day, including:
Sharing of advance news stories
News and photo galleries from polls across the Blue Water Area
Live updates as results start coming in at 8 p.m. ET
Bookmark this page and click refresh throughout the day tomorrow to stay up to date. You can also follow us at Facebook.com/thetimesherald and on Twitter @thetimesherald for updates.
– Jayne Higo, Times Herald news assistant
This article originally appeared on Port Huron Times Herald: Election Day 2022: Results from across the Blue Water area
