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County commissioners win legislative nominations

Aug 6, 2014 | Legislative, Uncategorized

courtesy/Macomb County

courtesy/Macomb County

An array of county commissioners found favor with the voters in their bids to become members of the next Michigan Legislature. Among notable races tracked by MAC:

19th House District: Laura Cox of Wayne County won the Republican nomination easily and will face Stacey Dogonski in the general election.

38th House District: Kathy Crawford of Oakland County won the Republican nomination and will face Jason Catanzaro in the fall.

44th House District: Jim Runestad of Oakland County won the GOP nod in a closely watched race and will face Mark Venie in the fall.

56th House District: Jason Sheppard of Monroe County won the Republican nomination and will face Tom Redmond in the general.

61st House District: Brandt Iden of Kalamazoo County won the Republican nomination and will face John Fisher in the general election.

62nd House District: Terris Todd of Calhoun County won a squeaker for the Democratic nomination and will face John Bizon in the general.

63rd House District: Dave Maturen of Kalamazoo County won the Republican nod in this district that spreads across Kalamazoo and Calhoun counties.

104th House District: Larry Inman of Grand Traverse County emerged with a narrow victory from an eight-candidate GOP field to advance to the general election.

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