Franklin Township

U.S. Senator

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• Abdul El-SayedDemocratic
• Mike RogersRepublican
• Lydia ChristensenLibertarian
• Tim LongU.S. Taxpayers
• Douglas P. MarshGreen
• Walter P. KristyNatural Law

U.S. Representative, 1st Congressional District

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• Callie BarrDemocratic
• Arnett SatterlaLibertarian
• Doc KovalyU.S. Taxpayers
• LaVeta DavenportGreen
• Liz HakolaWorking Class
• Zebulon FeatherlyNo Party Affiliation
• Jack BergmanRepublican

Governor

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• Jocelyn BensonDemocratic
• John JamesRepublican
• Anthony HudsonLibertarian
• Donna BrandenburgU.S. Taxpayers
• Douglas CampbellGreen

Secretary of State

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• Garlin Gilchrist IIDemocratic
• Anthony G. ForliniRepublican
• Christine SloanLibertarian
• Scott E. AughneyU.S. Taxpayers
• Eric BorregardGreen

Attorney General

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• Eli SavitDemocratic
• Doug LloydRepublican
• Jason DyeLibertarian
• John Perry Ludtke Jr.U.S. Taxpayers
• Jeff PolonowskiGreen
• Doug DernNatural Law

State Senator, 38th District

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• Kelli J. Van GinhovenDemocratic
• David PrestinRepublican
• Sara CambensyNo Party Affiliation

State Representative, 110th District

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• Brian IrizarryDemocratic
• Gregory MarkkanenRepublican

Member of the State Board of Education

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• Terence CollinsRepublican
• Bree MoeggenbergRepublican
• Charles EssnerLibertarian
• William Mohr IIU.S. Taxpayers
• Christine C. SchwartzU.S. Taxpayers
• Wissam CharafeddineGreen
• Mary Anne HeringWorking Class
• Kelli MonroeNatural Law
• Judith PritchettDemocratic
• Tiffany TilleyDemocratic

Regent of the University of Michigan

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• Amir MakledDemocratic
• Lena EpsteinRepublican
• Michael SchostakRepublican
• Andrew ChadderdonLibertarian
• Kyle MaasU.S. Taxpayers
• Paul BrownDemocratic

Trustee of Michigan State University

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• Julie MadayRepublican
• Roger VictoryRepublican
• Daniel R. PattersonLibertarian
• Will Tyler WhiteLibertarian
• Janet SangerU.S. Taxpayers
• John SangerU.S. Taxpayers
• John Anthony La PietraGreen
• Yaz OzbekWorking Class
• Brianna ScottDemocratic
• Kelly Tebay ZemkeDemocratic

Governor of Wayne State University

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• Shereef AkeelDemocratic
• Richard MackDemocratic
• Andy AnuzisRepublican
• Christa MurphyRepublican
• Alex AveryLibertarian
• Jami Van AlstineLibertarian
• Jeff McDonaldU.S. Taxpayers
• Paul M. RaganGreen
• Suzanne RoehrigWorking Class
• Kathleen OakfordNatural Law

Judge of the Court of Appeals, 4th District · Incumbent position

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• Michael J. KellyNo party listed
• Allie Greenleaf MaldonadoNo party listed
• Michelle M. RickNo party listed

Judge of the 12th Circuit Court · Incumbent position

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• Brittany A. BulleitNo party listed

Judge of the 97th District Court · Incumbent position

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• Nicholas J. DaavettilaNo party listed

Justice of the Supreme Court

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• Thomas W. HoweNo party listed
• Casandra Morse-BillsNo party listed
• Michael WarrenNo party listed
• Jody WhiteNo party listed
• Megan Kathleen CavanaghNo party listed
• Noah P. HoodNo party listed

Drain Commissioner, Houghton County · Partial Term Ending 12/31/2028

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• Nolan MilesDemocratic

Board of Education Member, Hancock Public Schools · 4 Year Term

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• Charlie KleinNo party listed
• Michael F. LancourNo party listed
• Michael NiilekselaNo party listed

Board of Education Member, Hancock Public Schools · Partial Term Ending 12/31/2028

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• Robert JeannotteNo party listed

Proposal 2026-1: Call a constitutional convention

Shall a convention of elected delegates be convened in 2027 to draft a general revision of the State Constitution for presentation to the state’s voters for their approval or rejection?

Proposal 2026-2: Campaign contributions by utilities and government contractors, and political ad disclosure (initiated law)

The proposal would: • Prohibit regulated electric and gas utilities, contractors with over $250,000 annually in government contracts, and people and organizations with substantial connections to these utilities/contractors from making direct or indirect campaign contributions to those who run for or hold offices that impact them. • Expand laws regulating spending on political communications, including those requiring disclosing donor information, to apply to communications clearly identifying candidates or ballot questions, even if they do not expressly advocate voting for/against them. • Expressly apply the law requiring disclosure of who paid for political communications to internet political communications. Should this proposal be adopted?

Copper Country ISD: special education millage

This proposal will replace millage that expires with the 2026 tax levy and will allow the intermediate school district to continue to levy area special education millage previously approved by the electors. Shall the limitation on the amount of taxes which may be assessed against all property in the Copper Country Intermediate School District, Michigan, be increased by 0.2903 mill ($0.2903 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation) for a period of 20 years, 2027 to 2046, inclusive, to provide funds for the education of students with a disability; the estimate of the revenue the intermediate school district will collect if the millage is approved and levied in 2027 is approximately $601,033 from local property taxes authorized herein?

Houghton County: $28 million jail and building improvement bond

Shall the County of Houghton, Michigan, borrow the principal sum of not to exceed Twenty Eight Million Dollars ($28,000,000) and issue its general obligation unlimited tax bonds, in one or more series, payable in not to exceed thirty (30) years from the date of issuance of each series, for the purpose of paying all or part of the costs to acquire, construct, furnish and equip new county jail facilities, and remodel, re-construct, renovate, furnish and equip existing county buildings, including interests in land, site improvements, and parking improvements, together with rights-of-way, appurtenances and attachments thereto, and demolition of existing buildings? If approved, the estimated millage to be levied in the first year of the levy in 2027 is 1.2726 mills ($1.2726 per $1,000 of taxable value) and the estimated simple average annual millage rate required to retire the bonds is 1.2722 mills ($1.2722 per $1,000 of taxable value).

Franklin Township: fire department fund millage renewal

Shall the tax increase of 1 mill ($1.00 per $1,000.00 of taxable value) which has been in effect previously in Franklin Township Precincts, and designated as “FIRE DEPARTMENT FUND” be continued for the ensuing 4 (four) years, namely: 2027, 2028, 2029, 2030 inclusive, thereby raising in the first year an estimated $65,400?

Franklin Township: fire apparatus millage renewal

Shall Franklin Township impose an increase of .25 mills ($.25 per $1,000 of taxable value) which has been in effect previously and levy it for 4 (four) years namely: 2027, 2028, 2029, 2030 inclusive for Purchase of Fire Truck and other Firefighting Apparatus for the Township, thereby raising in the first year an estimated $16,350?

Franklin Township: road millage renewal

Shall Franklin Township impose an increase of 2 mills ($2.00 per $1,000 of taxable value), which had been in effect previously, and levy it for 4 (four) years namely: 2027, 2028, 2029, 2030 inclusive for Improvements to Public Roads within the Township, thereby raising in the first year an estimated $130,800?

Hancock Area District Library: new library millage

Shall the Hancock Area District Library, County of Houghton, Michigan, be authorized to levy annually a new additional millage in an amount not to exceed 0.70 mill ($0.70 per each $1,000 of taxable value) against all taxable property within the Hancock Area District Library district for a period of five (5) years, 2026 through 2030, inclusive, for the purpose of providing funds for all district library purposes authorized by law? The estimate of the revenue the Hancock Area District Library will collect if the millage is approved and levied by the Hancock Area District Library in the first year (2026) is approximately $200,000. By law, a portion of the revenue from the millage may be subject to capture by the Houghton County Brownfield Redevelopment Authority.