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Listing of Candidates for Primary Election

Listing of Candidates for Primary Election – Aug. 3, 2010 Source: Michigan Secretary of State, Office of Elections Official as of July 19, 2010 CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR – 4-year term: Virg Bernero, candidate for governor. Currently he is the Mayor of Lansing. Bernero is a Democrat and resides in Lansing. Contact: website www.votevirg.com; phone 517-999-8696. Mike Bouchard, candidate for governor. Currently he is Oakland County Sheriff. Bouchard is a Republican and resides in Oakland County. Contact: website www.bouchardforgovernor.com; phone 248-647-2010. Mike Cox, candidate for governor. Currently he is the state’s Attorney General. Cox is a Republican and resides in Livonia. Contact: website mikecox2010.com; phone 734-525-5035. Andy Dillon, candidate for governor. Currently he is Speaker of the House in the Michigan House of Representatives. Dillon is a Democrat and resides in Redford. Contact: website www.andydillon.com; phone 248-477-3100. Tom George, candidate for governor. Currently he is a state Senator and a Physician. George is a Republican and resides in Kalamazoo county. Contact: website www.georgeforgovernor.com; phone 269-321-4866. Pete Hoekstra, candidate for governor. Currently he is a U.S. Congressman. Hoekstra is a Republican and resides in Holland, MI. Contact: website hoekstraforgovernor.com; phone 616-396-3354. Rick Snyder, candidate for governor. Currently he is a Businessman. Snyder is a Republican and resides in Ann Arbor. Contact: website www.rickformichigan.com; phone 734-994-4817. 1ST DISTRICT REP. – U.S. CONGRESS – 2-year term: Counties: Alcona, Alger, Alpena, Antrim, Arenac, Baraga, part of Bay, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Chippewa, Crawford, Delta, Dickinson, Emmet, Gladwin, Gogebic, Houghton, Iosco, Iron, Keweenaw, Luce, Mackinac, Marquette, Menominee, Montmorency, Ogemaw, Ontonagon, Oscoda Jason Allen, candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in Michigan’s First Congressional District. Currently he is a state senator. Allen is a Republican and resides in Traverse City. Contact: website: www.jasonallenforcongress; phone 877-37ALLEN. Dan Benishek, candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in Michigan’s First Congressional District. Currently he is a physician and surgeon. Benishek is a Republican and resides in Crystal Falls. Contact: website danbenishekforcongress.com; phone 906-828-1179. Patrick Donlon, candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in Michigan’s First Congressional District. Currently he is a small businessman. Donlon is a Republican and resides in St. Ignace Township. Contact: website www.DONLON4UScongress.net; phone 906-643-6007. Linda Goldthorpe, candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in Michigan’s First Congressional District. She formerly practiced law. Goldthorpe is a Republican and resides in the Upper Peninsula. Contact: website www.lindaforcongress.com; phone 906-762-4227. Don Hooper, candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in Michigan’s First Congressional District. He has a background in business. Hooper is a Republican and resides in Iron River. Contact: website www.donhopper4congress.com; phone 906-265-9329. Gary McDowell, candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in Michigan’s First Congressional District. He is a businessman. McDowell is a Democrat and resides in Rudyard. Contact: website www.votemcdowell.com; phone 906-635-0900. Tom Stillings, candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in Michigan’s First Congressional District. He is an independent sales representative for the steel industry. Stillings is a Republican and resides in the Upper Peninsula. Contact: website www.facebook.com; phone 906-362-1434. 37TH DISTRICT – STATE SENATOR – 4-year term: Counties: Antrim, Charlevoix, Chippewa, Emmet, Grand Traverse, Mackinac, Presque Isle Randy Bishop is a Republican candidate for the State Senate in Michigan’s 37th District. He is a former independent truck driver from Traverse City earning the campaign moniker “Trucker Randy.” Website: www.truckerrandy.ning.com (231) 360-5140 Bob Carr is a Democratic candidate for Michigan’s 37th District State Senator. He is currently works for the Historic Preservation for Community Development a former member of the US House of Representatives in Michigan’s 6th and 8th Districts, and has a residence on Mackinaw Island. Website: www.bobcarr.org (800) 987-8810 Howard Walker is a Republican candidate for the State Senate in Michigan’s 37th District. He is a small business owner residing in Traverse City, and a former three-term State Representative in Michigan’s 104th District. Website: www.howardwalker37.com (231) 922-8000 105th DISTRICT STATE REPRESENTATIVE – 2-year term: Counties: Antrim, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Otsego. Barry Anderson is a Republican candidate for Michigan’s 105th District State Representative. He is a small business owner residing in Charlevoix, and served as Community Corrections Project Director in Charlevoix and Emmet Counties, and was a member of the Charlevoix County Sheriff Department. Website: www.electbarryanderson.com. (231) 348-8665 Tim Boyko is a Republican candidate for Michigan’s 105th District State Representative. He is a small business owner who resides in Charlevoix, and has previously served as Hayes and Norwood Townships as Supervisor, Chair of Charlevoix County Road Commission, and is currently Chairman of the Charlevoix County Republican Party. Website: www.timboyko.com. (231) 547-4105 Triston Cole is a Republican candidate for Michigan’s 105th District State Representative. He is an Antrim County business owner who resides in Chestonia Township, and is a board member of the Antrim County Farm Bureau, the Michigan Farm Bureau State Young Farmer Committee, and is Chairman of the Michigan State University Extension Council in Antrim County. Website: www.tristoncole.com (231) 6331-6659 Greg Dean is a Democratic candidate for Michigan’s 105th District State Representative. A resident of the Antrim County’s Star Township, he previously worked as an engineer for the Greater Detroit Resource Recovery Facility before establishing a business in Northern Michigan. Website: www.nu105rep.com. (734) 474-2422 Ken Glasser is a Republican candidate for Michigan’s 105th District State Representative. He is the third generation owner of a family business in Gaylord where he resides, is the Chairman of the Otsego County Commissioners, has served on the Otsego County Planning Commission, and as a Board Member of the Northeast Michigan Consortium. Website: www.voteforkenglasser.com (989) 732-7470 Dennis Lennox is a Republican candidate for Michigan’s 105th District State Representative. He currently resides in Topinabee serves as the Cheboygan County Drain Commissioner, and has worked for former President George W. Bush, on Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign, and alternative delegate for Michigan’s 1st Congressional District at the 2008 Republican National Convention. Website: www.fixinglansing.com. (231) 238-7829 Greg MacMaster is a Republican candidate for Michigan’s 105th District State Representative. He has worked as a broadcast meteorologist and founder, legislative director and past president of the Grand Traverse Bay Underwater Preserve. Website: www.gregmacmaster.com. (231) 620-0709 CANDIDATES FOR CHARLEVOIX COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS: Bob Drebenstedt, incumbent candidate for the Charlevoix County Board of Commissioners, 5th District. He is retired from the military. Drebenstedt resides in Marion Township. Contact: phone no. 231-547-8463. Jerry Kelts, challenger candidate for the Charlevoix County Board of Commissioners, 5th District. He is retired from the county transit. Kelts resides in Wilson Township. Contact phone no. 231-675-9005. Shirley Roloff, incumbent candidate for the Charlevoix County Board of Commissioners, 6th District. She resides in the city of Charlevoix. Contact: phone no. 231-547-6169. Richard Gillespie, challenger candidate for the Charlevoix County Board of Commissioners, 6th District. He resides on Beaver Island. Contact: phone no. 231-448-2366.

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