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Grosse Pointe Shores primary election resultsFree Access


Voters in Grosse Pointe Shores weren’t entirely thrilled with the slate of candidates in two primary races Tuesday.

In the Republican gubernatorial primary, the Shores favored Tudor Dixon 52 percent (269 votes) to 34 percent (174) for Grosse Pointe Farms native Kevin Rinke, but there was a total of 34 write-in votes, including 31 on the Republican side and three on the Democratic side, where Gov. Gretchen Whitmer ran unopposed. Statewide results show Dixon pulled 40 percent of the vote, compared to 22 percent for Rinke in the five-person field.

In the race for Wayne County sheriff, incumbent Raphael Washington, appointed after former Sheriff Benny Napoleon died, will serve the rest of the current term, defeating two challengers with 47 percent of the countywide vote. He received 47 percent of votes in the Shores, with 127 ballots cast in his favor, but there also were 46 write-ins. No Republican filed to run.

Total turnout Tuesday in the Shores was 832 voters, or 32 percent of registered voters. Of those, 460 voted absentee.

Shores voters favored Focus: HOPE CEO Portia Roberson in the 13th Congressional District Democratic primary with 93 votes, or 34 percent. Sen. Adam Hollier got 62 votes, or 23 percent, while current state Rep. Shri Thanedar picked up 20 percent, or 56 votes.

Districtwide, Thanedar declared victory Wednesday morning as results showed him leading Hollier 28 percent to 23 percent, with Roberson in third with 17 percent. Hollier put out a statement Wednesday morning congratulating Thanedar on his win.

He will face Republican Martell Bivins, who was unopposed Tuesday, in November.

Tim Killeen, the eight-term incumbent representing District 1 on the Wayne County Board of Commissioners, received 199 votes (88 percent), compared to 47 votes (11 percent) for challenger Brian Banks. Districtwide results show Killeen winning 78 percent to 22 percent. Banks, a former state representative and eight-time convicted felon, was forced to resign his House seat in 2017, shortly after winning a third term.

In the general election, Killeen will face Woods resident John Barry Anderson, who ran unopposed in the Republican primary.

In the 12th Senate District Republican primary, Pamela Hornberger took 68 percent of the vote, or 318 votes, compared to 32 percent, 148 votes, for Michael Williams. Overall, Hornberger won 65 percent of the district’s voters. She’ll face incumbent Kevin Hertel, who ran unopposed in the Democratic primary, in November.

Incumbent Joe Tate was the favorite in the Shores in the Democratic primary for state House District 10, with 198 votes, 86 percent, to 32 votes, 14 percent, for challenger Toni Mua. Across the district, Tate took 81 percent of the vote. He will face Republican Mark Corcoran, who was unopposed Tuesday, in November.

Wayne County Executive Warren Evans defeated challenger Mohammed Alam in the Democratic primary, 88 percent to 12 percent. Evans garnered 208 votes in the Shores, compared to 28 for Alam. Evans faces Republican Mark Ashley Price in November.

Shores voters also supported a 10-year renewal for a jail operating millage of 0.9358 mills, with 430, or 63 percent, voting yes and 310, or 40 percent, voting no. A mill is $1 in taxes for every $1,000 in taxable value on a property. Countywide, some 161,000 voters, or 61 percent, supported the measure, compared with 101,000, or 39 percent, who voted no.