Nov. 6, 2014 | Vol. 6, Issue 24

In This Issue

* Election Recap

* Statewide Offices

* Federal Offices

* State Senate

* State House

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Election Recap

Yesterday's election outcome is a victory for our entire state and all those believing in the equal opportunity and free enterprise philosophy of the Merit Shop. Michigan is moving forward by embracing the principles of fair and open competition through which the individual may achieve limitless possibilities.

Congratulations to Gov. Snyder and the impressive group of men and women elected to the state legislature last night.

Here's to continued momentum, greater opportunity and leading the nation to the benefit of everyone who lives and works in the great State of Michigan.

The ABC of Michigan Political Action Committee expended funds wisely this year, with a 93% win rate for expenditures. Thank you all for your continued efforts to make sure that Michigan hears the voice of the Merit Shop!

Statewide Offices

Governor Rick Snyder and Lt. Governor Brian Calley retained their offices for another four years, fending off a challenge from former legislator Mark Schauer and his running mate, Oakland County Clerk Lisa Brown. Snyder and Calley were ABC-endorsed.

Attorney General Bill Schuette held on to his seat as well, defeating attorney Mark Totten. Schuette had been endorsed by ABC.

Current Secretary of State Ruth Johnson, also endorsed by ABC, retained her position for another term.

In the Supreme Court races, ABC-endorsed candidates won two out of three seats. Incumbent Justices Brian Zahra and David Viviano both retained their seats; while Judge James Redford fell slightly short of attaining a seat on the high court.

Only one of the ABC-endorsed University Board candidates won a seat: Melanie Foster ousted incumbent Michigan State University Trustee Faylene Owens. The five remaining seats on the ballot went to non-ABC endorsed Democrats.

Similarly, the State Board of Election remained elusive this year; ABC-endorsed Maria Carl and Jonathan T. Williams did not succeed in their attempts.

Federal Offices

Michigan's open Senate seat went to Democrat Gary Peters, with ABC-endorsed Terri Lynn Land falling short this cycle.

In the US House of Representatives races, there were no major upsets, with ABC-endorsed candidates taking the majority of seats, including:

House District 1: Rep. Dan Benishek (incumbent)
House District 2: Rep. Bill Huizenga (incumbent)
House District 3: Rep. Justin Amash (incumbent)
House District 4: John Moolenaar
House District 6: Rep. Fred Upton (incumbent)
House District 7: Rep. Tim Walberg (incumbent)
House District 8: Mike Bishop
House District 10: Rep. Candice Miller (incumbent)
House District 11: Dave Trott

State Senate

The Republican Party maintained a supermajority in the Michigan Senate, moving from a majority of 26 members to a majority of 27 members.

Winners are below. Bold type indicates that the winner had been endorsed by ABC.

District	Party	Name
1	D	Young, Coleman
2	D	Johnson, Bert
3	D	Hood, Morris
4	D	Smith, Virgil
5	D	Knezek, David
6	D	Hopgood, Hoon-Yung
7	R	Colbeck, Patrick
8	R	Brandenburg, Jack
9	D	Bieda, Steve
10	R	Rocca, Tory
11	D	Gregory, Vincent
12	R	Marleau, Jim
13	R	Knollenberg, Marty
14	R	Robertson, David B.
15	R	Kowall, Mike
16	R	Shirkey, Mike
17	R	Zorn, Dale W.
18	D	Warren, Rebekah
19	R	Nofs, Mike
20	R	O'Brien, Margaret E.
21	R	Proos, John
22	R	Hune, Joe
23	D	Hertel, Jr., Curtis
24	R	Jones, Rick
25	R	Pavlov, Phillip
26	R	Schuitmaker, Tonya
27	D	Ananich, Jim
28	R	MacGregor, Peter
29	R	Hildenbrand, Dave
30	R	Meekhof, Arlan B.
31	R	Green, Mike
32	R	Horn, Ken
33	R	Emmons, Judy K.
34	R	Hansen, Goeff
35	R	Booher, Darwin L.
36	R	Stamas, Jim
37	R	Schmidt, Wayne A.
38	R	Casperson, Tom

State House

Republicans also bolstered their majority in the Michigan House, capturing an additional four seats to give their caucus 63 seats to Democrats' 47.

Winners are below. Bold type indicates that the winner has been endorsed by ABC.

District	Party	Name
1	D	Banks, Brian
2	D	Tinsley Talabi, Alberta
3	D	Byrd, Wendell L.
4	D	Robinson, Rose Mary C.
5	D	Durhal, Fred
6	D	Chang, Stephanie
7	D	Garrett, LaTanya
8	D	Gay-Dagnogo, Sherry
9	D	Santana, Harvey
10	D	Love, Leslie
11	D	Plawecki, Julie
12	D	Geiss, Erika
13	D	Liberati, Frank
14	D	Clemente, Paul
15	D	Darany, George T.
16	D	Kosowski, Robert L.
17	D	LaVoy, Bill
18	D	Roberts, Sarah
19	R	Cox, Laura
20	R	Heise, Kurt L.
21	D	Pagan, Kristy
22	D	Chirkun, John
23	R	Somerville, Pat
24	R	Forlini, Anthony G.
25	D	Yanez, Henry
26	D	Townsend, Jim
27	D	Wittenberg, Robert
28	D	Miller, Derek E.
29	D	Greimel, Tim
30	R	Farrington, Jeff
31	D	Lane, Marilyn
32	R	LaFontaine, Andrea
33	R	Goike, Ken
34	D	Neeley, Sheldon A.
35	D	Moss, Jeremy
36	R	Lucido, Peter J.
37	D	Greig, Christine
38	R	Crawford, Kathy
39	R	Kesto, Klint
40	R	McCready, Michael D.
41	R	Howrylak, Martin
42	R	Theis, Lana L.
43	R	Tedder, Jim
44	R	Runestad, Jim
45	R	Webber, Michael
46	R	Jacobsen, Bradford C.
47	R	Vaupel, Henry
48	D	Faris, Pam
49	D	Phelps, Phil
50	D	Smiley, Charles
51	R	Graves, Joseph
52	D	Driskell, Gretchen
53	D	Irwin, Jeff
54	D	Rutledge, David
55	D	Zemke, Adam
56	R	Sheppard, Jason M.
57	R	Jenkins, Nancy
58	R	Leutheuser, Eric
59	R	Miller, Aaron
60	D	Hoadley, Jon
61	R	Iden, Brandt
62	R	Bizon, John
63	R	Maturen, David C.
64	R	Poleski, Earl
65	R	Roberts, Brett
66	R	Nesbitt, Aric
67	D	Cochran, Tom
68	D	Schor, Andy
69	D	Singh, Sam
70	R	Outman, Rick
71	R	Barrett, Tom
72	R	Yonker, Ken
73	R	Afendoulis, Chris
74	R	VerHeulen, Rob
75	D	Dillon, Brandon
76	D	Brinks, Winnie
77	R	Hooker, Tom
78	R	Pagel, Dave
79	R	Pscholka, Al
80	R	Gamrat, Cindy
81	R	Lauwers, Dan
82	R	Courser, Todd
83	R	Muxlow, Paul
84	R	Canfield, Edward J.
85	R	Glardon, Ben
86	R	Lyons, Lisa Posthumus
87	R	Callton, Mike
88	R	Victory, Roger
89	R	Price, Amanda
90	R	Garcia, Daniela
91	R	Hughes, Holly
92	D	Hovey-Wright, Marcia
93	R	Leonard, Tom
94	R	Kelly, Tim
95	D	Guerra, Vanessa
96	D	Brunner, Charles M.
97	R	Johnson, Joel
98	R	Glenn, Gary
99	R	Cotter, Kevin
100	R	Bumstead, Jon
101	R	Franz, Ray A.
102	R	Potvin, Phil
103	R	Rendon, Bruce R.
104	R	Inman, Larry C.
105	R	Cole, Triston
106	R	Pettalia, Peter
107	R	Chatfield, Lee
108	R	McBroom, Ed
109	D	Kivela, John
110	D	Dianda, Scott

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