State General
Tuesday, November 3, 2026 Marquette County, Michigan
FORSYTH TOWNSHIP, Precinct 1
PARTISAN SECTION
State
Governor and Lieutenant Governor
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Jocelyn Benson
Winnie Brinks
Democratic
Anthony Hudson
Beau Parmenter
Libertarian
Donna Brandenburg
Robert Donald Cowper II
U.S. Taxpayers
Douglas Campbell
Bobbie Clay
Green
Secretary of State
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Garlin Gilchrist II
Democratic
Anthony G. Forlini
Republican
Christine Sloan
Libertarian
Scott E. Aughney
U.S. Taxpayers
Attorney General
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John Perry Ludtke Jr
U.S. Taxpayers
Congressional
United States Senator
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Abdul El-Sayed
Democratic
Lydia Christensen
Libertarian
Walter P. Kristy
Natural Law
Your choiceRepresentative in Congress
1st DISTRICT
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Arnett Satterla
Libertarian
Doc Kovaly
U.S. Taxpayers
Zebulon Featherly
No Party Affiliation
Legislative
STATE SENATOR
38th DISTRICT
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Kelli J. Van Ginhoven
Democratic
Sara Cambensy
No Party Affiliation
Legislative
REPRESENTATIVE IN STATE LEGISLATURE
109th DISTRICT
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State Boards
MEMBER OF THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
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Judith Pritchett
Democratic
Tiffany Tilley
Democratic
Terence Collins
Republican
Bree Moeggenberg
Republican
Charles Essner
Libertarian
William Mohr II
U.S. Taxpayers
Christine C. Schwartz
U.S. Taxpayers
Wissam Charafeddine
Green
Mary Anne Hering
Working Class
Regent of the University of Michigan
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Michael Schostak
Republican
Andrew Chadderdon
Libertarian
Your choiceTrustee of Michigan State University
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Kelly Tebay Zemke
Democratic
Daniel R. Patterson
Libertarian
Will Tyler White
Libertarian
Janet Sanger
U.S. Taxpayers
John Sanger
U.S. Taxpayers
John Anthony La Pietra
Green
Governor of Wayne State University
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Christa Murphy
Republican
Jami Van Alstine
Libertarian
Jeff McDonald
U.S. Taxpayers
Suzanne Roehrig
Working Class
Kathleen Oakford
Natural Law
NONPARTISAN SECTION
Judicial
JUSTICE OF SUPREME COURT
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Megan Kathleen Cavanagh
Justice of Supreme Court
Noah P. Hood
Justice of Supreme Court
Your choiceJUDGE OF COURT OF APPEALS
COURT OF APPEALS DISTRICT 4
Incumbent Position
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Michael J. Kelly
Judge of Court of Appeals
Allie Greenleaf Maldonado
Judge of Court of Appeals
Michelle M. Rick
Judge of Court of Appeals
Judicial
Your choiceJUDGE OF CIRCUIT COURT
25TH CIRCUIT COURT
Incumbent Position
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Matt Wiese
Judge of Circuit Court
Your choiceJUDGE OF DISTRICT COURT
96TH DISTRICT COURT
Non-Incumbent Position
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Local School District
Your choiceLOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD MEMBER
GWINN AREA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS
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PROPOSAL SECTION
State
Proposal 2026-1 A proposal to convene a constitutional convention for the purpose of drafting a general revision of the state constitution
Shall a convention of elected delegates be convened in 2027 to draft a general revision of the State Constitution for presentation to the state’s voters for their approval or rejection?
State
Proposal 2026-2 A proposed initiated law to prohibit campaign contributions from certain regulated utilities and government contractors and apply campaign finance laws and regulations to additional types of political communications
The proposal would: • Prohibit regulated electric and gas utilities, contractors with over $250,000 annually in government contracts, and people and organizations with substantial connections to these utilities/contractors from making direct or indirect campaign contributions to those who run for or hold offices that impact them. • Expand laws regulating spending on political communications, including those requiring disclosing donor information, to apply to communications clearly identifying candidates or ballot questions, even if they do not expressly advocate voting for/against them. • Expressly apply the law requiring disclosure of who paid for political communications to internet political communications. Should this proposal be adopted?
Your choiceLocal School District
Gwinn Area Community Schools Bond Proposal
Shall Gwinn Area Community Schools, Marquette County, Michigan, borrow the sum of not to exceed Twenty-Four Million Nine Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($24,950,000) and issue its general obligation unlimited tax bonds therefor, in one or more series, for the purpose of: erecting, furnishing, and equipping an elementary school addition to the middle/high school building;partially remodeling, furnishing and refurnishing, and equipping and re-equipping school buildings;purchasing school buses; andpreparing, developing, and improving sites? The following is for informational purposes only: The estimated millage that will be levied for the proposed bonds in 2027 is 1.89 mills ($1.89 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation). The maximum number of years the bonds of any series may be outstanding, exclusive of any refunding, is thirty (30) years. The estimated simple average annual millage anticipated to be required to retire this bond debt is 2.29 mills ($2.29 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation). (Pursuant to State law, expenditure of bond proceeds must be audited and the proceeds cannot be used for repair or maintenance costs, teacher, administrator or employee salaries, or other operating expenses.)
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