Early Election Returns from Ann Arbor

Editor’s note: The preliminary partial results reported here are superseded by unofficial complete results, which can be found in The Chronicle’s Civic News Ticker.

To give a sense of how the Nov. 6 general election in Ann Arbor is unfolding, The Chronicle is reporting early returns from absentee ballot counts and individual precincts as the tallies become available.

We’ll be updating this report over the next few hours, so check back for additional results.

For results on these and other races throughout Washtenaw County, check the county clerk’s elections website.

[Election outcomes aren't considered official until the county board of canvassers certified the results, but the county's figures are considered the official "unofficial" results.]

And look for a complete Chronicle roundup of outcomes on Ann Arbor elections and ballot proposals on Wednesday morning.

Results below are refreshed without preserving previous interim results.

Results below are for 4-4, 4-8, 5-5, 5-6, 5-2, and Absent Voter Count Boards 3, 5, 9 and 11.

Here’s a link to the Google Spreadsheet where we’ve logged these provisional results: [link]

Results below are unofficial and should not be used for settling wagers. Last updated at 11/6/2012 23:59:07 This is the last update of the evening. The county clerk’s website now has the majority  of the precincts countywide logged: [link]. The four Ann Arbor absent voter count boards that are included in our results (but not yet included in the county clerk’s data) show an even clearer trend – than the citywide pattern – against the Ann Arbor proposals for a public art millage and the Ann Arbor District Library bond proposal. It looks like those ballot initiatives will fail.

Ann Arbor Local Proposals

Results from 8 precincts informally reported show 4746 (54.3%) voting no on the Ann Arbor District Library bond proposal compared with 3985 (45.6%) voting yes.

Results from 8 precincts informally reported show 6311 (73.6%) voting yes on the Ann Arbor park maintenance and capital improvements millage compared with 2255 (26.3%) voting no.

Results from 8 precincts informally reported show 4356 (51.6%) voting no on the Ann Arbor public art millage compared with 4071 (48.3%) voting yes.

Ann Arbor Library and School Boards

Results from 8 precincts informally reported show 3540 (22.8%) voting for Nancy Kaplan to serve on the Ann Arbor District Library board compared with 3347 (21.6%) for Margaret Leary, 3159 (20.4%) for Rebecca Head, 2850 (18.4%) for Pru Rosenthal, and 2587 (16.7%) for Lyn Davidge. The top four vote-getters win election.

Results from 8 precincts informally reported show 3873 (66.6%) voting for Deb Mexicotte to serve on the Ann Arbor Public Schools board compared with 1935 (33.3%) voting for Dale Leslie.

Washtenaw County Judicial Races

Results from 8 precincts informally reported show 4588 (79.9%) voting for Timothy Connors in the race for the incumbent 22nd Circuit Court judgeship compared with 1154 (20%) voting for Michael Woodyard.

Results from 8 precincts informally reported show 4875 (72.9%) voting for Carol Kuhnke in the race for the non-incumbent 22nd Circuit Court judgeship compared with 1805 (27%) voting for Jim Fink.

Washtenaw County Officials

Results from 8 precincts informally reported show 7056 (83.5%) voting for Democrat Larry Kestenbaum to serve as Washtenaw County clerk compared with 1389 (16.4%) voting for Republican Stanley Watson.

Results from 8 precincts informally reported show 7403 (90.2%) voting for Democrat Brian Mackie to serve as Washtenaw County prosecuting attorney compared with 802 (9.7%) voting for Libertarian Justin Altman.

Results from 8 precincts informally reported show 7246 (84.2%) voting for Democrat Jerry Clayton to serve as Washtenaw County sheriff compared with 1351 (15.7%) voting for Republican Jeffrey Gallatin.

Results from 8 precincts informally reported show 6905 (82.4%) voting for Democrat Catherine McClary to serve as Washtenaw County treasurer compared with 1470 (17.5%) voting for Republican Marlene Chockley.

Results from 8 precincts informally reported show 6897 (83.2%) voting for Democrat Evan Pratt to serve as Washtenaw County water resources commissioner compared with 1385 (16.7%) voting for Republican Eric Scheie.

Washtenaw County Commissioners

Results from 2 precincts informally reported show 870 (71.7%) voting for Democrat Andy LaBarre to serve as District 7 representative on the Washtenaw County board of commissioners compared with 342 (28.2%) voting for Republican David Parker.

Results from 1 precincts informally reported show 766 (80.2%) voting for Democrat Yousef Rabhi to serve as District 8 representative on the Washtenaw County board of commissioners compared with 189 (19.7%) voting for Republican Joe Baublis.

Results from 7 precincts informally reported show 5023 (82.3%) voting for Democrat Conan Smith to serve as District 9 representative on the Washtenaw County board of commissioners compared with 1079 (17.6%) voting for Republican John Floyd.

Ann Arbor Mayor and City Council

Results from 8 precincts informally reported show 7188 (86.1%) voting for Democrat John Hieftje to serve as Ann Arbor mayor compared with 1152 (13.8%) voting for independent Albert Howard.

Results from 5 precincts informally reported show 3792 (83.8%) voting for Democrat Chuck Warpehoski to serve as Ward 5 Ann Arbor city council representative compared with 730 (16.1%) voting for Republican Stuart Berry.

Michigan Statewide Propositions

Results from 8 precincts informally reported show 5212 (59.6%) voting no on State Prop 1 (Emergency Manager) compared with 3528 (40.3%) voting yes.

Results from 8 precincts informally reported show 5281 (59.3%) voting yes on State Prop 2 (Collective Bargaining) compared with 3611 (40.6%) voting no.

Results from 8 precincts informally reported show 5826 (64.6%) voting yes on State Prop 3 (Energy) compared with 3189 (35.3%) voting no.

Results from 8 precincts informally reported show 4938 (56.5%) voting yes on State Prop 4 (Home Care) compared with 3792 (43.4%) voting no.

Results from 8 precincts informally reported show 7242 (82.3%) voting no on State Prop 5 (Limit Taxes) compared with 1554 (17.6%) voting yes.

Results from 8 precincts informally reported show 6984 (78.9%) voting no on State Prop 6 (Bridges) compared with 1860 (21%) voting yes.

Michigan State Supreme Court

Results from 8 precincts informally reported show 5522 (39.4%) voting for Bridget M. McCormack to serve on the Michigan Supreme Court compared with 4359 (31.1%) for Connie Marie Kelley, 1796 (12.8%) for Stephen Markman, 1735 (12.4%) for Colleen O’Brien, 255 (1.8%) for Kerry L. Morgan, 171 (1.2%) for Doug Dern, and 142 (1%) for Bob Roddis. The top two vote-getters win election.

Michigan House

Results from 6 precincts informally reported show 5852 (86.1%) voting for Democrat Jeff Irwin to take the 53rd District state house seat compared with 941 (13.8%) voting for Republican John Spizak.

University of Michigan Regents

Results from 8 precincts informally reported show 6669 (39.5%) voting for Democrat Mark Bernstein to serve on the University of Michigan board of regents compared with 6265 (37.1%) for Democrat Shauna Ryder Diggs, 1493 (8.8%) for Republican Robert Steele, 1474 (8.7%) for Republican Dan Horning, 431 (2.5%) for Green Party candidate Eric Borregard, 174 (1%) for Libertarian James Lewis Hudler, 159 (0.9%) for Libertarian Gregory Scott Stempfle, 107 (0.6%) for Natural Law Party candidate Nikki Mattson, 59 (0.3%) for U.S. Taxpayer Party candidate Joe Sanger, and 48 (0.2%) for U.S. Taxpayer Party candidate Gerald Van Sickle. The top two vote-getters win election.

U.S. House, Senate

Results from 8 precincts informally reported show 7508 (83.8%) voting for Democrat John Dingell to serve as representative for Michigan’s 12th District in the U.S. House compared with 1441 (16.1%) voting for Republican Cynthia Kallgren.

Results from 8 precincts informally reported show 7641 (82.1%) voting for Democrat Debbie Stabenow to serve as Michigan’s U.S. Senator compared with 1406 (15.1%) for Republican Pete Hoekstra.

U.S. President

Results from 8 precincts informally reported show 7726 (82.4%) voting for Democrat Barack Obama for U.S. president compared with 1543 (16.4%) for Republican Mitt Romney.

Straight Party

Results from 8 precincts informally reported show 3419 (36.4%) voting straight ticket for the Democratic Party compared with 595 (6.3%) for the Republican Party, 24 (300%) for the Libertarian Party, 14 (0.1%) for the Green Party, and 8 (0%) for the Natural Law Party. Percentages are relative to the total votes cast for U.S. president.