Posted by: Jennifer Gomori Posted date: August 8, 2018
Voter turnout set a modern day record with the number of voters who cast ballots in the Aug. 7 Primary Election expected to top 2 million; For the next three months, Michigan voters will hear “Fix the Damn Roads” and “I have been endorsed by President Trump” as Democrat Gretchen Whitmer and Republican Bill Schuette won their respective primaries and will slug it out to see who will succeed Governor Rick Snyder as Governor in the November general election; In his first foray into politics, John James, a 37-year-old Operation Iraqi Freedom veteran and businessman, defeated venture capitalist Sandy Pensler to win the Republican primary and will take on three-term incumbent U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Delta Twp.) in November’s election; and the breakdown of various state senator and representative races is featured in the Special Election Karoub Report below.