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Marquette County

MARQUETTE COUNTY

Only contested races are shown.

Democratic Candidates for County Commissioner

District 1:     Steve Pence -- 381

             John DePetro -- 461

District 3:     Bruce Heikkila -- 567

             Jason Schneider -- 417

District 6:     Karen L. Alholm -- 352

                Erik Booth -- 148

                Dwight Brady -- 292

                Randall L. Yelle -- 142

Republican Candidates for County Commissioner

District 6:     Mark Curran -- 405

                   Nick Smaby -- 349

Michigamme Township Clerk—Unexpired Term Ending November 20, 2016

Roxane Gardner -- 87

William C. Seppanen -- 50

Marquette City Commission—Six will move on to General Election

Thomas Baldini -- 1,654

Brice Burge -- 284

Mike Conley -- 1,267

Peter White Frazier -- 1,119

Craig Miller -- 437

Adam Robarge -- 485

Jesse Schramm -- 706

Marquette Board of Light and Power—Four will move on to General Election

John Braamse -- 288

Dave Carlson -- 808

Jerry Irby -- 883

Thomas Tourville -- 1,646

Kenneth Wanberg -- 478

County Proposition

.6 mills over 6 years for continued operation of the Marquette County Transit Authority (MARQ-TRAN). 

Yes -- 6,020   No -- 1,882

Marquette Area Public Schools

.95 mills over 10 years to create a sinking fund for the construction or repair of school buildings.  If approved and levied the millage would raise about $1,104,380 in 2014.

Yes -- 2,687   No -- 1,535

Powell Township School District No. 12

20-mill renewal over 20 years for school operations.

Yes -- 253   No -- 54

Ewing Township

2 mills over 4 years for road improvement, repairs and maintenance. 

Yes -- 18   No -- 7

Forsyth Township

4.8923 mills over 5 years for general operations.

Yes -- 442   No -- 204

1.8017 mills over 20 years to maintain and operate the Township Community Centers and related recreation. 

Yes --445   No -- 180

Humboldt Township

1.5 mills over 5 years for sanitation services.

Yes -- 70   No -- 24

Michigamme Township

4 mills over 6 years for operations.

Yes -- 114   No --33

Republic Township

1 mill over 5 years for road improvement, repairs and maintenance. 

Yes -- 152   No -- 115

5 mills over 4 years for general operations. 

Yes -- 150   No -- 116

Richmond Township

2-mill renewal over 5 years for general operations.

Yes -- 69   No -- 13

Tilden Township

1 mill over 5 years for road improvement, repairs and maintenance. 

Yes -- 91   No -- 20

Nicole was born near Detroit but has lived in the U.P. most of her life. She graduated from Marquette Senior High School and attended Michigan State and Northern Michigan Universities, graduating from NMU in 1993 with a degree in English.