Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Here are your results from Tuesday's primary election.
Genesee County voters chose Rick Santorum with 39.13 percent of the vote over Michigan winner Mitt Romney, who had 38.36 percent of the vote. There was a 13.73 percent voter turnout in the county as 46,502 ballots were cast from a total of 338,776 registered voters. The turnout in Fenton was a bit higher. Fenton Township Clerk Bob Krug said the turnout was above 20 percent. Voting went smoothly in Fenton and Fenton Township, except for one heated dispute at Lake Fenton High School. The results from Genesee County for the primary election on Feb. 28, 2012:
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
The GOP candidate for president stops in Dearborn on Monday night to end his four-city campaign tour of Michigan.
Just 12 hours before the polls were set to open for the 2012 presidential primary in Michigan, Ron Paul took to the stage of Dearborn's Ford Community and Performing Arts Center among a crowd of 1,200 supporters. The event, dubbed "Doctors for Dr. Ron Paul," brought together members of the University of Michigan-Dearborn's Arab Student Union, as well as current and future doctors in the community. "Our name for tonight's event is really appropriate," said former ASU president and medical student Hussein Saghir, who introduced Paul. "Our republic is ill and is in need of a caring hand from a man who has sworn to restore liberty." The underdog GOP candidate fired up the audience – much of which was comprised of youth and Arab Americans – …
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Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Today is primary day in Michigan, when voters mark their ballots with their choice for who should run for president of the United States in November. Republican hopefuls Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum headed into Tuesday's primary race neck and neck, trailed by several other candidates on the GOP ticket. President Barack Obama is the sole candidate on the Democrats' ballot. The Dems will caucus for their candidate May 5. There are some local issues on the ballots, too, such as a school bond proposal in Ferndale and a millage request in Clawson. We want to know how you voted and why and what's going on at the polls, campaign headquarters and at results-watching parties. Give us your thoughts, talk amongst yourselves, share some photos in …
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Romney gets lackluster endorsement from Free Press while Detroit News calls foul on editing of editorial by Romney staff; Paul reaches out with commercials and college campus visits.
Patch presents Michigan presidential campaign roundups before the Republican primary Tuesday. GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney has won the endorsement of the Detroit Free Press, but it's a reluctant one. The headline: "Mitt Romney is best – but we urge him to recapture collaborative spirit." After citing all the things about Romney it doesn't like, the Free Press says: "Romney, unlike the zealous Rick Santorum, the impulsive Newt Gingrich and the backward-thinking Ron Paul, is preferable to the rest of the field." A trio of statewide surveys gives cliché-cherishing writers a chance to reuse "razor-thin," "down to the wire" or "dead heat." We'll go with tight: "Michigan is neck-and-neck," said Lee Miringoff, director of the Marist …
Robert Bulas M.D.
8:37 pm on Tuesday, February 28, 2012
"He is the only candidate bringing us together while others are prying us apart." How true. more ›