Wayne County results: Warren Evans wins 3rd term as executive
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Warren Evans won his bid for another term as Wayne County executive, based on unofficial election results from the Wayne County Clerk's Office Wednesday morning.
Evans, who is nearing the end of his second term as county executive, led his opponent, Republican Mark Ashley Price, by 444,217 to 174,149 votes, with all 1,067 precincts reporting as of 10:30 a.m.
Evans, a former Wayne County sheriff, lives in Canton with his wife, Renata, according to his county website biography.
The bio noted that his “no-drama approach to governing in the state's largest county serves as a strong model for ethical leadership and fiscal responsibility.”
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Evans helped steer the county through a financial crisis during his first term, avoiding a county bankruptcy and exiting a consent agreement with the state in 14 months. The efforts included elimination of an $82 million accumulated deficit and $52 million structural deficit, the bio said.
More recently, Evans’ office has had to field questions about the county’s handling of dire conditions at the county’s juvenile jail facilities, which have been the subject of a Free Press investigation. The deteriorating conditions and safety concerns prompted county officials last month to abandon the downtown facility in favor of a vacant adult jail, the paper reported.
Evans highlighted aging infrastructure in response for a questionnaire in the Free Press voter guide, noting that the county has one of the oldest road and bridge systems in the country:
“As the CEO it is my responsibility to provide the adequate infrastructure that's funded by the federal or state government and while we do the best we can, the current funding levels are inadequate."
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Here are the unofficial results for a few other key county races as of 10:20 a.m. Wednesday (results are listed only for contested elections):
Wayne County Sheriff: Incumbent Raphael Washington (Democrat) with 427,685 votes, beat Joseph LeBlanc (Libertarian) with 56,981 votes and John Tatar (U.S. Taxpayers Party of Michigan) with 39,298 votes, with all 1,067 precincts reporting
County Commissioner 1st District: Incumbent Tim Killeen (D) defeated John Barry Anderson (R), 35,514 to 12,975 with all 83 precincts reporting
County Commissioner 4th District: Cara Clemente (D) beat Loel Robert Gnadt (L), 19,510 to 2,948 with all 54 precincts reporting
County Commissioner 6th District: Incumbent Monique Baker McCormick (D) defeated Celeste Mentag (R), 36,755 to 5,263 with all 95 precincts reporting
County Commissioner 8th District: Incumbent David Knezek (D) defeated William Collop Jr. (R), 22,209 to 11,360 with all 48 precincts reporting
County Commissioner 9th District: Incumbent Terry Marecki (R) beat Daniel Woike (L), 36,524 to 8,628 with all 49 precincts reporting
County Commissioner 10th District: Incumbent Melissa Daub (D) defeated Michael Brackney (R), 31,026 to 19,721 with all 40 precincts reporting
County Commissioner 11th District: Incumbent Al Haidous (D) defeated Corey James Blue (R), 26,029 to 17,893 with all 45 precincts reporting
County Commissioner 12th District: Incumbent Glenn Anderson (D) beat William Collop (R), 29,786 to 17,796 with all 56 precincts reporting
County Commissioner 13th District: Incumbent Sam Baydoun (D) defeated Ann Clark (R), 20,738 to 11,360 with all 52 precincts reporting
County Commissioner 14th District: Incumbent Raymond Basham (D) defeated Ashleigh Bielecki-Gamalski (R), 23,671 to 19,175 with all 45 precincts reporting
County Commissioner 15th District: Incumbent Joseph Palamara (D) defeated Craig Bielecki (R), 28,793 to 23,544 with all 47 precincts reporting
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This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Wayne County results: Warren Evans to stay executive
