COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – Voters in Branch County made their voices heard on Tuesday, turning out to cast their ballots in the highly anticipated November 3 midterm elections.
According to unofficial figures released by the Branch County Clerk’s Office, overall voter participation reached a solid 47.49% of the county’s 34,980 registered voters.
This final turnout followed a steady nine-day early voting window that concluded on Sunday, during which 2,784 voters, roughly 7.96% of the electorate cast their ballots.
Among contested races in Branch County.
Coldwater Community Schools Board: April D Rose led a highly competitive field of nine candidates with 1,837 votes, closely followed by Heather M Harvey (1,732) and Nick Kanouse (1,584).
Quincy Community Schools Board: In a rare dead-heat, Timothy Miller and Brian Preston are tied with 1,437 votes each, while Thomas Madden captured 1,200 votes.
Bronson Community Schools Board: Kristen Carpenter finished first in this multi-seat race with 1,780 votes, pacing ahead of Erica Norton (1,352) and Tyson Franks (1,328).
Union City Community Schools: In a partial reporting , Tyler J Burgett maintains the lead with 284 votes, closely followed by Amber Reene Herman at 266 votes.
City & Village Local Races:
Bronson City Council: Dennis L Sikorski secured the top spot with 356 votes (32%), followed by Layne Clark (265) and Rick Johannes (258).
Quincy Village Trustee: Casey Bassage paced the race with 280 votes, while Katie Hagaman decisively won the partial term vacancy with 301 votes (79%).
Union City Village President James Hurley defeated William Avery by a 63% to 37 % margin.
Jonathon Lindsey was re elected to the Michigan Senate in District 17 by defeating Ashleigh Baker 65,414 to 42,115
Jennefer Wortz crusied to an election night victory in the District 35 State Representative race easily defeating Democrat Jeff Cooley 24,814 to 10,218
Tim Walberg also won re election to Congress with 59% of the vote.
The local voting patterns strongly favored the Republican ticket in major statewide and partisan races. In the gubernatorial race, the Republican pairing of John James and Jay DeBoyer dominated local ballots with 68.27% of the vote (5,503 votes) over the Democratic ticket of Jocelyn Benson and Winnie Brinks, who secured 29.13% (2,348 votes).
This conservative lean was further reflected in the straight-party voting data reported from the county’s partial precinct updates, where the Republican Party pulled in 74.14% of straight-ticket ballots compared to just 24.37% for the Democratic Party.
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