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Thursday, August 9, 2012

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ELECTION RESULTS
STATE HOUSE 52nd District
Mark Ouimet (R) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,577 Gretchen Driskell (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,407

53rd District
Jeff Irwin (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,541 Thomas Partridge (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 725 Jon Spisak (R) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,176

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54th District
Bill Emmerich (R) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 713 David Rutledge (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,555

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55th District
Andrea Brown-Harrison (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,133 Adam Zemke (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,439 Owen Diaz (R) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,616

At about 9 a.m. July 31, a two-vehicle collision on the Michigan Avenue overpass near the US-23 exits occurred and caused trafc backups in the area. Another crash occurred earlier along US-23 in which an Ann Arbor woman was critically injured.

COUNTY COMMISSIONERS District 1

Rob Turner (R) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,638 Kent Martinez-Kratz (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,710

District 2
Dan Smith (R) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,667

Ann Arbor woman, 33, critically injured in crash

By Ben Baird
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District 3
Alicia Ping (R) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,047 Wesley Prater (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,330

District 4
Felicia Brabec (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,207 Richard Conn (R) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 787

District 5
Roland Sizemore (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 506 Richard Clark Deitering (R) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302

District 6
Ronnie Peterson (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,688 David Raaaub (R) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256

District 7
Christine Montague (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,158 Andy LaBarre (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,198 David Parker (R) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 707

Two traffic crashes occurred the morning of July 31 in Pittsfield Township, causing traffic backups for motorists in the area along US-23. A 33-year-old Ann Arbor woman was critically injured when her vehicle crossed the median at about 7:30 a.m. on US-23 near I-94 and struck a cement wall on the northbound side, according to the Pittsfield Township Department of Public Safety. A second crash occurred later in the morning on Michigan Avenue right at the US-23 exits and although this crash is considered minor, its location created traffic backups in the area. At 7:38 a.m. July 31, township firefighters responded to the accident on northbound US-23 near I-94. They found the Ann Arbor

woman unconscious and pinned in the drivers seat of her vehicle. Firefighters removed the cars roof and drivers side door using hydraulic rescue tools and reciprocating saws, according to the press release. Michigan State Police temporarily closed US-23 in both directions to allow for a landing zone for a helicopter, which was initially requested due to the possibility of an extended rescue effort. The firefighters and Huron Valley Ambulance provided care for the critically injured woman once she was removed from her car about 21 minutes after the first firefighters arrived on scene. Emergency responders were then able to transport her to St. Joseph Mercy Hospital without the need of the helicopter, which was cancelled.
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District 8
Joe Baublis (R) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256 Yousef Rabhi (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,361

District 9
Conan Smith (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,938 John Floyd (R) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 672

Tony Derezinski ousted in City Council Primary Election

By Danny Shaw
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COUNTY OFFICES Clerk

Lawrence Kestenbaum (R) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,555 Stanley Watson (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,874

Treasurer
Catherine McClary (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,419 Marlene Chockley (R) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,039

Sheriff
Jerry Clayton (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,826 Jeffrey Gallatin (R). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,011

Prosecuting Attorney
Brian Mackie (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,716

Water Resource Commissioner

Evan Pratt (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10,975 Harry Bentz (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4,122 Eric Scheie (R) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10,816 *Unofcial election results provided by ewashtenaw.org as of 12:15 a.m. Wednesday. Winners from each party will face off in November.

Ann Arbor residents flocked to the polls Tuesday to choose who will be the citys next City Council members. Of the five council positions, only the Ward 5 seat will be contested in the November election. Wards 1 through 4 had only Democrat candidates and will go uncontested for their positions in November, barring a writein campaign. Chuck Warpehoski beat Vivienne Armentrout, snagging 56 percent of the vote in Ward 5, according to unofficial results released by the county late Tuesday. Warpehoski will be opposite of Stuart Berry, the uncontested Republican

on the Christopher ticket, in Taylor was FYI November. the only Check out results from I have a the Pittseld Township and candidate for lot of work Ann Arbor Township races Ward 3 and to do until will go unconon Page 10-A. November For complete coverage, tested in the and Im November visit www.Heritage.com. looking election with forward the lack of a to being able to serve the Republican candidate. Fifth Ward as best as I can, Im very much lookWarpehoski said Tuesday. ing forward to serving the Sumi Kailasapathy won residents of Ann Arbor and the council seat for Ward the third ward again, said 1 with 54.75 percent of the Taylor, who will be serving vote. his third term as an Ann Sally Hart Petersen won Arbor council member. Ward 2 with 55 percent of Ward 4 was won by the vote, ousting incumbent incumbent Margie Teall Tony Derezinski. with 54 percent of the vote. I have been thrilled Staff Writer Danny Shaw with the enthusiasm of can be reached at 734-429my friends and growing 7380 or dshaw@heritage. network of supporters com. Follow him on Twitter throughout the campaign, Petersen said. @ShawEduReporter.

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