5 countywide officeholders seeking reelection in Macomb County leading in Tuesday's races
The five incumbent countywide officeholders on the ballot Tuesday in Macomb County are leading in their races for reelection, with nearly 88% of precincts reporting Wednesday morning, according to unofficial results.
The prosecutor's race was expected to highlight the countywide races in Michigan's third most populous county, which also is seeing voters supporting former President Donald Trump for another term in the nation's highest office.
Republican Prosecutor Peter Lucido was leading Democratic opponent Christina Hines, a political newcomer who worked in the prosecutor's offices in Wayne and Washtenaw counties, with nearly 57% of the vote, per the unofficial results.
Five of the six countywide offices were up for grabs in Tuesday's contests. The county executive job is not up for two years. All of the countywide seats are four-year terms.
There also were two, six-year judicial seats up for the taking.
Attorney Saima Rehman Khalil and Assistant Prosecutor Anthony Servitto were vying for a non-incumbent seat on the county's Circuit Court, with Servitto leading with 70% of the vote to fill the seat held by his father, Circuit Judge Edward Servitto, who is age-terming out, according to early unofficial results.
In the other judicial contest, Assistant Prosecutor Aaron Hall, who is chief of the probate unit, was leading attorney Benjamin Schock, who specializes in probate cases, 53% to 44% for a new probate judge position.
In other countywide races, Sheriff Anthony Wickersham, a Democrat, was leading GOP opponent, Terence Mekoski, a former state representative who is retired from the Oakland County Sheriff's Office. Wickersham was leading, with 52% of ballots cast. Mekoski faced Wickersham in a rehash of the 2020 election.
Wickersham and County Executive Mark Hackel are the only two Democrats holding countywide office, a shift from years ago when Democrats held every countywide-elected seat prior to the 2016 election.
Republican Clerk/Register of Deeds Anthony Forlini, a former Harrison Township supervisor and state representative, was leading Democratic challenger David Adams with 58% of the vote, according to unofficial results .
GOP Treasurer Larry Rocca also was leading Democratic challenger Mathew Churchwell with 58% of the vote, per the unofficial results. Republican Public Works Commissioner Candice Miller was outpacing Democrat Kevin Higgins with 62% of the vote.
Eleven of the 13 Board of Commissioner incumbents won or were leading in their respective races. Eight of them are Republicans, three are Democrats.
In addition, Democrat Michael Howard won the 12th District seat, which represents Center Line and part of Warren, and will be a newcomer to the county board. He won with 75% of the vote over Libertarian candidate Frederick Horndt. No Republican was in that contest.
Also, Democrat Lisa Wojno won the 11th District seat, which represents part of Warren, on the county board, with 53% of the vote beating GOP Commissioner Gus Ghanam, with 100% of results reporting in that race, according to the county's unofficial results.
In countywide ballot proposals, voters were supporting a proposal for the county to assess a surcharge of up to 42 cents per month on all service users, except for users of a prepaid wireless telecommunications service, within the county to continue to fund 911 emergency call answering and dispatch services. The surcharge would take effect July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2029, according to the proposal.
Voters were shooting down a proposal for the county to elect a charter commission to generally revise the county's home rule charter and frame and submit to the voters a revised charter, according to unofficial results.
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