Alcona County - Updated

We're going in alphabetical order, and the county updates are going to be coming back, hopefully in time for the 2010 primaries. Alcona County is first.

For the previous Alcona County Profile from before the 06 election - Click here. 

Background:
Location - Northeastern Lower Michigan
Population estimates - 11,719 (2000 census)
County Seat - Harrisville (Population 514)
Ethnic makeup - 98.0% White, 0.2% Black, 0.6% American Indian, 0.2% Asian, 0.9% of more than one race. 0.7% Hispanic/Latino.

Local Elected Officials as of 2008 election:
County:
Prosecutor - Thomas Jay Weickel - Republican
Sheriff - Douglas Atchison - Republican
Clerk - Patricia Truman - Republican
Treasurer - Anna McCoy - Republican
Register of Deeds - Karen V Healy - Republican
Road Commissioner - Harry Harvey - Republican
County Commissioners - 3 Republicans, 2 Democrats

Township officials :
Alcona - 3 Democrats, 2 Republicans
Caledonia - 2 Democrats, 2 Republicans, 1 No Party Affiliation
Curtis - 9 Republicans, 1 Democrat
Greenbush - 6 Republicans
Gustin - 5 Republicans
Harrisville Twp - 5 Republicans
Hawes - 4 Republicans, 1 Democrat
Haynes - 5 Republicans
Mikado - 4 Republicans, 1 Democrat
Millen - 4 Democrats, 1 Republican
Mitchell - 5 Republicans

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Election Results - For all races, I will be posting the results within the County, not the overall district, although I will indicate the winner in commentary. Redistricting took place for the 2002 elections, and that changed many districts.

1998 Results:
1998 was a banner year for the GOP in Michigan. Thank you Geoffrey Fieger. John Engler ran for a third term and got the perfect opponent. That set the stage for a big win.

	Engler	Fieger	3rd Party	Total	Diff.	GOP%	Dem%	Diff%
Alcona Twp	437	123	3	563	314	77.62%	21.85%	55.77%
Caledonia Twp	309	161	0	470	148	65.74%	34.26%	31.49%
Curtis Twp	269	194	0	463	75	58.10%	41.90%	16.20%
Greenbush Twp	447	171	0	618	276	72.33%	27.67%	44.66%
Gustin Twp	160	73	0	233	87	68.67%	31.33%	37.34%
City of Harrisville	313	166	0	479	147	65.34%	34.66%	30.69%
Harrisville Twp	348	130	0	478	218	72.80%	27.20%	45.61%
Hawes Twp	242	131	0	373	111	64.88%	35.12%	29.76%
Haynes Twp	192	102	0	294	90	65.31%	34.69%	30.61%
Mikado Twp	172	70	0	242	102	71.07%	28.93%	42.15%
Millen Twp	101	49	0	150	52	67.33%	32.67%	34.67%
Mitchell Twp	108	42	0	150	66	72.00%	28.00%	44.00%
Total	3098	1412	3	4513	1686	68.65%	31.29%	37.36%

The Secretary of State race was even more one sided.

	Miller	Parks	3rd Party	Total	Diff.	GOP%	Dem%	Diff%
Alcona Twp	413	131	6	550	282	75.09%	23.82%	51.27%
Caledonia Twp	312	144	1	457	168	68.27%	31.51%	36.76%
Curtis Twp	276	164	9	449	112	61.47%	36.53%	24.94%
Greenbush Twp	448	149	2	599	299	74.79%	24.87%	49.92%
Gustin Twp	163	59	2	224	104	72.77%	26.34%	46.43%
City of Harrisville	177	41	2	220	136	80.45%	18.64%	61.82%
Harrisville Twp	360	110	5	475	250	75.79%	23.16%	52.63%
Hawes Twp	236	127	2	365	109	64.66%	34.79%	29.86%
Haynes Twp	193	89	3	285	104	67.72%	31.23%	36.49%
Mikado Twp	175	54	6	235	121	74.47%	22.98%	51.49%
Millen Twp	100	44	1	145	56	68.97%	30.34%	38.62%
Mitchell Twp	99	40	2	141	59	70.21%	28.37%	41.84%
Total	2952	1152	41	4145	1800	71.22%	27.79%	43.43%

The Attorney General 's race was where the dems put all their eggs. If the GOP was smarter about this, we would have avoided the Matt Millen of Governors, today. Granholm lost Alcona County, but did respectable in one of the more Republican leaning areas of competitive and somewhat democrat leaning Northeast Michigan. Granholm won the race statewide.

	Smietanka	Granholm	3rd Party	Total	Diff.	GOP%	Dem%	Diff%
Alcona Twp	333	221	0	554	112	60.11%	39.89%	20.22%
Caledonia Twp	236	215	0	451	21	52.33%	47.67%	4.66%
Curtis Twp	204	233	0	437	-29	46.68%	53.32%	-6.64%
Greenbush Twp	332	258	0	590	74	56.27%	43.73%	12.54%
Gustin Twp	134	87	0	221	47	60.63%	39.37%	21.27%
City of Harrisville	132	90	0	222	42	59.46%	40.54%	18.92%
Harrisville Twp	270	172	0	442	98	61.09%	38.91%	22.17%
Hawes Twp	178	182	0	360	-4	49.44%	50.56%	-1.11%
Haynes Twp	161	118	0	279	43	57.71%	42.29%	15.41%
Mikado Twp	143	86	0	229	57	62.45%	37.55%	24.89%
Millen Twp	76	60	0	136	16	55.88%	44.12%	11.76%
Mitchell Twp	84	54	0	138	30	60.87%	39.13%	21.74%
Total	2283	1776	0	4059	507	56.25%	43.75%	12.49%

Incumbent social moderate to conservative democrats do well. Jim Barcia won Alcona County in the old 5th District. This district was eliminated in Redistricting and is now represented by Bart Stupak in the 1st District. Barcia is now in the State Senate. The old 5th District covered Alcona, Arenac, Bay, part of Genesee, Huron, Iosco, part of Lapeer, part of Saginaw, Sanilac, and Tuscola counties. Barcia is from Bay City. Parts of the district moved to the 1st, new 5th, and 10th districts.

	Brewster	Barcia	3rd Party	Total	Diff.	GOP%	Dem%	Diff%
Alcona Twp	267	256	5	528	11	50.57%	48.48%	2.08%
Caledonia Twp	199	233	3	435	-34	45.75%	53.56%	-7.82%
Curtis Twp	158	273	8	439	-115	35.99%	62.19%	-26.20%
Greenbush Twp	261	318	4	583	-57	44.77%	54.55%	-9.78%
Gustin Twp	93	124	2	219	-31	42.47%	56.62%	-14.16%
City of Harrisville	109	106	4	219	3	49.77%	48.40%	1.37%
Harrisville Twp	197	245	4	446	-48	44.17%	54.93%	-10.76%
Hawes Twp	122	222	5	349	-100	34.96%	63.61%	-28.65%
Haynes Twp	104	172	1	277	-68	37.55%	62.09%	-24.55%
Mikado Twp	109	113	6	228	-4	47.81%	49.56%	-1.75%
Millen Twp	49	78	1	128	-29	38.28%	60.94%	-22.66%
Mitchell Twp	66	62	4	132	4	50.00%	46.97%	3.03%
Total	1734	2202	47	3983	-468	43.54%	55.28%	-11.75%

The State Senate district also changed much after redistricting. It now connects between Midland and Alpena instead of going up to the Eastern UP. This is the old District 37. Walt North was the winner. The old 37th covered Alcona, Alger, Alpena, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Chippewa, Emmet, Iosco, Luce, Mackinac, Montmorency, Oscoda, Presque Isle, and Schoolcraft counties.

37th State Senate	North	Chase	3rd Party	Total	Diff.	GOP%	Dem%	Diff%
Alcona Twp	340	191	0	531	149	64.03%	35.97%	28.06%
Caledonia Twp	279	165	0	444	114	62.84%	37.16%	25.68%
Curtis Twp	239	190	0	429	49	55.71%	44.29%	11.42%
Greenbush Twp	382	203	0	585	179	65.30%	34.70%	30.60%
Gustin Twp	149	77	0	226	72	65.93%	34.07%	31.86%
City of Harrisville	154	62	0	216	92	71.30%	28.70%	42.59%
Harrisville Twp	309	136	0	445	173	69.44%	30.56%	38.88%
Hawes Twp	208	150	0	358	58	58.10%	41.90%	16.20%
Haynes Twp	170	111	0	281	59	60.50%	39.50%	21.00%
Mikado Twp	166	70	0	236	96	70.34%	29.66%	40.68%
Millen Twp	77	57	0	134	20	57.46%	42.54%	14.93%
Mitchell Twp	89	51	0	140	38	63.57%	36.43%	27.14%
Total	2562	1463	0	4025	1099	63.65%	36.35%	27.30%

The State Rep district changed much. The old 105th State Rep was based in Gaylord and was solid GOP. The redistrict put them with more democrat-leaning Alpena.  The old 105th covered Alcona, Antrim, Crawford, Kalkaska, Montmorency, Oscoda, and Otsego counties.

105th St Rep	Bradstreet	Felts	3rd Party	Total	Diff.	GOP%	Dem%	Diff%
Alcona Twp	350	177	0	527	173	66.41%	33.59%	32.83%
Caledonia Twp	269	164	0	433	105	62.12%	37.88%	24.25%
Curtis Twp	243	184	0	427	59	56.91%	43.09%	13.82%
Greenbush Twp	370	191	0	561	179	65.95%	34.05%	31.91%
Gustin Twp	146	74	0	220	72	66.36%	33.64%	32.73%
City of Harrisville	162	52	0	214	110	75.70%	24.30%	51.40%
Harrisville Twp	309	134	0	443	175	69.75%	30.25%	39.50%
Hawes Twp	206	145	0	351	61	58.69%	41.31%	17.38%
Haynes Twp	180	93	0	273	87	65.93%	34.07%	31.87%
Mikado Twp	157	70	0	227	87	69.16%	30.84%	38.33%
Millen Twp	87	52	0	139	35	62.59%	37.41%	25.18%
Mitchell Twp	91	48	0	139	43	65.47%	34.53%	30.94%
Total	2570	1384	0	3954	1186	65.00%	35.00%	29.99%

2000 was a more competitive year. Gore was no Fieger and Bush was no Engler. Bush won by slightly less than 10%.

2000 President	Bush	Gore	3rd Party	Total	Diff.	GOP%	Dem%	Diff%
Alcona Twp	398	318	14	730	80	54.52%	43.56%	10.96%
Caledonia Twp	347	309	14	670	38	51.79%	46.12%	5.67%
Curtis Twp	277	333	16	626	-56	44.25%	53.19%	-8.95%
Greenbush Twp	408	335	17	760	73	53.68%	44.08%	9.61%
Gustin Twp	197	153	7	357	44	55.18%	42.86%	12.32%
City of Harrisville	118	140	10	268	-22	44.03%	52.24%	-8.21%
Harrisville Twp	429	279	20	728	150	58.93%	38.32%	20.60%
Hawes Twp	260	306	18	584	-46	44.52%	52.40%	-7.88%
Haynes Twp	243	165	10	418	78	58.13%	39.47%	18.66%
Mikado Twp	241	157	11	409	84	58.92%	38.39%	20.54%
Millen Twp	116	105	5	226	11	51.33%	46.46%	4.87%
Mitchell Twp	118	96	7	221	22	53.39%	43.44%	9.95%

Total

3152

2696

149

5997

456

52.56%

44.96%

7.60%

The US Senate race was somewhat of an upset at the time when Stabenow beat Spence Abraham, but I was not shocked at all for several reasons which I won't get into here. 3rd party votes made the difference statewide. Abraham won big in Alcona.

2000 US Senate	Abraham	Stabenow	3rd Party	Total	Diff.	GOP%	Dem%	Diff%
Alcona Twp	422	284	7	713	138	59.19%	39.83%	19.35%
Caledonia Twp	365	269	12	646	96	56.50%	41.64%	14.86%
Curtis Twp	305	293	9	607	12	50.25%	48.27%	1.98%
Greenbush Twp	441	286	16	743	155	59.35%	38.49%	20.86%
Gustin Twp	225	115	2	342	110	65.79%	33.63%	32.16%
City of Harrisville	139	115	9	263	24	52.85%	43.73%	9.13%
Harrisville Twp	445	226	21	692	219	64.31%	32.66%	31.65%
Hawes Twp	285	268	10	563	17	50.62%	47.60%	3.02%
Haynes Twp	241	152	8	401	89	60.10%	37.91%	22.19%
Mikado Twp	264	124	11	399	140	66.17%	31.08%	35.09%
Millen Twp	121	91	4	216	30	56.02%	42.13%	13.89%
Mitchell Twp	103	82	5	190	21	54.21%	43.16%	11.05%
Total	3356	2305	114	5775	1051	58.11%	39.91%	18.20%

Barcia had an even easier time in the county than in 98 with Fieger off the ticket. He swept every municipality.

Congress - 5th (00)	Actis	Barcia	3rd Party	Total	Diff.	GOP%	Dem%	Diff%
Alcona Twp	292	360	5	657	-68	44.44%	54.79%	-10.35%
Caledonia Twp	257	326	5	588	-69	43.71%	55.44%	-11.73%
Curtis Twp	163	381	3	547	-218	29.80%	69.65%	-39.85%
Greenbush Twp	260	445	6	711	-185	36.57%	62.59%	-26.02%
Gustin Twp	129	176	2	307	-47	42.02%	57.33%	-15.31%
City of Harrisville	86	158	2	246	-72	34.96%	64.23%	-29.27%
Harrisville Twp	264	354	9	627	-90	42.11%	56.46%	-14.35%
Hawes Twp	144	355	4	503	-211	28.63%	70.58%	-41.95%
Haynes Twp	158	213	4	375	-55	42.13%	56.80%	-14.67%
Mikado Twp	138	236	2	376	-98	36.70%	62.77%	-26.06%
Millen Twp	55	130	2	187	-75	29.41%	69.52%	-40.11%
Mitchell Twp	62	102	5	169	-40	36.69%	60.36%	-23.67%
Total	2008	3236	49	5293	-1228	37.94%	61.14%	-23.20%

Ken Bradstreet had an easy win too in the 105th.

State Rep - 105	Bradstreet	Hefner	3rd Party	Total	Diff.	GOP%	Dem%	Diff%
Alcona Twp	387	259	0	646	128	59.91%	40.09%	19.81%
Caledonia Twp	363	228	0	591	135	61.42%	38.58%	22.84%
Curtis Twp	281	263	0	544	18	51.65%	48.35%	3.31%
Greenbush Twp	409	279	0	688	130	59.45%	40.55%	18.90%
Gustin Twp	212	99	0	311	113	68.17%	31.83%	36.33%
City of Harrisville	156	78	0	234	78	66.67%	33.33%	33.33%
Harrisville Twp	434	179	0	613	255	70.80%	29.20%	41.60%
Hawes Twp	282	216	0	498	66	56.63%	43.37%	13.25%
Haynes Twp	241	122	0	363	119	66.39%	33.61%	32.78%
Mikado Twp	251	115	0	366	136	68.58%	31.42%	37.16%
Millen Twp	115	74	0	189	41	60.85%	39.15%	21.69%
Mitchell Twp	100	72	0	172	28	58.14%	41.86%	16.28%
Total	3231	1984	0	5215	1247	61.96%	38.04%	23.91%

2002 showed the difference between National Democrat and North Michigan Democrat in Alcona County. Fieger was an aberration which you'll certainly see when I get to some of the democrat strong counties. Granholm performed about the same as Gore in 02. Other democrats won here, including an open seat. Alcona County has some ticket splitting tendencies if the democrats are not social liberals (or entrenched incumbents). Also keep in mind that there are a lot of state workers up north, especially in corrections. They aren't liberal, but will vote for some democrats, and Engler was not popular in North Michigan. Some took it out on Posthumus.

02 Governor	Posthumus	Granholm	3rd Party	Total	Diff.	GOP%	Dem%	Diff%
Alcona Twp	321	259	2	582	62	55.15%	44.50%	10.65%
Caledonia Twp	241	263	3	507	-22	47.53%	51.87%	-4.34%
Curtis Twp	240	232	5	477	8	50.31%	48.64%	1.68%
Greenbush Twp	320	273	4	597	47	53.60%	45.73%	7.87%
Gustin Twp	133	135	0	268	-2	49.63%	50.37%	-0.75%
City of Harrisville	103	106	3	212	-3	48.58%	50.00%	-1.42%
Harrisville Twp	320	212	7	539	108	59.37%	39.33%	20.04%
Hawes Twp	181	244	2	427	-63	42.39%	57.14%	-14.75%
Haynes Twp	161	169	2	332	-8	48.49%	50.90%	-2.41%
Mikado Twp	164	107	2	273	57	60.07%	39.19%	20.88%
Millen Twp	97	92	2	191	5	50.79%	48.17%	2.62%
Mitchell Twp	106	73	3	182	33	58.24%	40.11%	18.13%
Total	2387	2165	35	4587	222	52.04%	47.20%	4.84%

Secretary of State was an easier win for the GOP. Terri Land had the best numbers of statewide candidates in 2002 across the board. This was an open seat vacated by Candice Miller. She's running for Lt Governor with Mike Bouchard.

02 Sec of State	Land	Hollowell	3rd Party	Total	Diff.	GOP%	Dem%	Diff%
Alcona Twp	340	204	2	546	136	62.27%	37.36%	24.91%
Caledonia Twp	265	213	3	481	52	55.09%	44.28%	10.81%
Curtis Twp	221	214	4	439	7	50.34%	48.75%	1.59%
Greenbush Twp	358	190	4	552	168	64.86%	34.42%	30.43%
Gustin Twp	145	100	0	245	45	59.18%	40.82%	18.37%
City of Harrisville	106	78	5	189	28	56.08%	41.27%	14.81%
Harrisville Twp	339	157	5	501	182	67.66%	31.34%	36.33%
Hawes Twp	193	189	6	388	4	49.74%	48.71%	1.03%
Haynes Twp	171	138	2	311	33	54.98%	44.37%	10.61%
Mikado Twp	158	98	3	259	60	61.00%	37.84%	23.17%
Millen Twp	99	69	3	171	30	57.89%	40.35%	17.54%
Mitchell Twp	96	50	2	148	46	64.86%	33.78%	31.08%
Total	2491	1700	39	4230	791	58.89%	40.19%	18.70%

The AG's race was close. This was an open seat vacated by Jennifer Granholm. Mike Cox won statewide by about 5500 votes. He defeated then state senator Gary Peters. Peters is now a congressman down in Oakland County. Cox is now running for Governor. 

02 Att. General	Cox	Peters	3rd Party	Total	Diff.	GOP%	Dem%	Diff%
Alcona Twp	281	242	6	529	39	53.12%	45.75%	7.37%
Caledonia Twp	241	235	6	482	6	50.00%	48.76%	1.24%
Curtis Twp	207	219	6	432	-12	47.92%	50.69%	-2.78%
Greenbush Twp	300	258	6	564	42	53.19%	45.74%	7.45%
Gustin Twp	121	114	3	238	7	50.84%	47.90%	2.94%
City of Harrisville	101	96	3	200	5	50.50%	48.00%	2.50%
Harrisville Twp	297	190	8	495	107	60.00%	38.38%	21.62%
Hawes Twp	166	217	4	387	-51	42.89%	56.07%	-13.18%
Haynes Twp	164	148	2	314	16	52.23%	47.13%	5.10%
Mikado Twp	140	103	4	247	37	56.68%	41.70%	14.98%
Millen Twp	81	86	4	171	-5	47.37%	50.29%	-2.92%
Mitchell Twp	84	65	3	152	19	55.26%	42.76%	12.50%
Total	2183	1973	55	4211	210	51.84%	46.85%	4.99%

Unfortunately for reasons that baffle me, Carl Lenin, I mean Levin is entrenched and always wins big. He needs to be challenged on his record more often. Rocky Raczkowski was thrown to the wolves. He won three times in Oakland County, but Alcona County is 150 miles away. It was a near sweep.

O2 US Senate	Raczkowski	Levin	3rd Party	Total	Diff.	GOP%	Dem%	Diff%
Alcona Twp	251	313	1	565	-62	44.42%	55.40%	-10.97%
Caledonia Twp	209	293	4	506	-84	41.30%	57.91%	-16.60%
Curtis Twp	172	282	6	460	-110	37.39%	61.30%	-23.91%
Greenbush Twp	258	309	6	573	-51	45.03%	53.93%	-8.90%
Gustin Twp	99	157	1	257	-58	38.52%	61.09%	-22.57%
City of Harrisville	83	117	1	201	-34	41.29%	58.21%	-16.92%
Harrisville Twp	254	260	6	520	-6	48.85%	50.00%	-1.15%
Hawes Twp	137	268	5	410	-131	33.41%	65.37%	-31.95%
Haynes Twp	131	193	2	326	-62	40.18%	59.20%	-19.02%
Mikado Twp	121	138	1	260	-17	46.54%	53.08%	-6.54%
Millen Twp	70	104	4	178	-34	39.33%	58.43%	-19.10%
Mitchell Twp	76	72	2	150	4	50.67%	48.00%	2.67%
Total	1861	2506	39	4406	-645	42.24%	56.88%	-14.64%

Redistricting placed Alcona County in the new 1st district, based in the UP. Bart Stupak is an entrenched incumbent, and won Alcona County big. The 1st district includes all of the UP and all of Northeast Michigan, stretching down to part of Bay County. It's a swing district on paper, but Stupak won a tougher district before redistricting, and this district is even easier for him. It's impressive numbers for someone with new territory in any case, since Alpena (media market) or Saginaw/Bay City (media) areas are also new in the district.

1st District Cong.	Hooper	Stupak	3rd Party	Total	Diff.	GOP%	Dem%	Diff%
Alcona Twp	202	349	3	554	-147	36.46%	63.00%	-26.53%
Caledonia Twp	161	329	3	493	-168	32.66%	66.73%	-34.08%
Curtis Twp	171	266	4	441	-95	38.78%	60.32%	-21.54%
Greenbush Twp	245	303	3	551	-58	44.46%	54.99%	-10.53%
Gustin Twp	95	151	2	248	-56	38.31%	60.89%	-22.58%
City of Harrisville	68	125	3	196	-57	34.69%	63.78%	-29.08%
Harrisville Twp	223	289	1	513	-66	43.47%	56.34%	-12.87%
Hawes Twp	106	282	2	390	-176	27.18%	72.31%	-45.13%
Haynes Twp	109	208	0	317	-99	34.38%	65.62%	-31.23%
Mikado Twp	113	139	3	255	-26	44.31%	54.51%	-10.20%
Millen Twp	62	112	1	175	-50	35.43%	64.00%	-28.57%
Mitchell Twp	68	83	1	152	-15	44.74%	54.61%	-9.87%
Total	1623	2636	26	4285	-1013	37.88%	61.52%	-23.64%

State Senate was most interesting and shows the Alpena influence on Alcona County. Tony Stamas won the district, but lost the county. Stamas is from Midland, the "big city" down south. Andy Neumann was a neighboring state rep up in Alpena who ran for senate. Neumann's a strong candidate, and did well Up North, while Stamas's home base got him the victory. This was an open seat created with redistricting. The new 36th District covers Alcona, Alpena, Crawford, Gladwin, Iosco, Midland, Montmorency, Ogemaw, Oscoda, and Otsego counties.

36th District senate	Stamas	Neumann	3rd Party	Total	Diff.	GOP%	Dem%	Diff%
Alcona Twp	252	307	0	559	-55	45.08%	54.92%	-9.84%
Caledonia Twp	192	326	0	518	-134	37.07%	62.93%	-25.87%
Curtis Twp	189	264	0	453	-75	41.72%	58.28%	-16.56%
Greenbush Twp	283	291	0	574	-8	49.30%	50.70%	-1.39%
Gustin Twp	111	149	0	260	-38	42.69%	57.31%	-14.62%
City of Harrisville	89	117	0	206	-28	43.20%	56.80%	-13.59%
Harrisville Twp	280	246	0	526	34	53.23%	46.77%	6.46%
Hawes Twp	134	287	0	421	-153	31.83%	68.17%	-36.34%
Haynes Twp	138	186	0	324	-48	42.59%	57.41%	-14.81%
Mikado Twp	129	135	0	264	-6	48.86%	51.14%	-2.27%
Millen Twp	77	105	0	182	-28	42.31%	57.69%	-15.38%
Mitchell Twp	80	76	0	156	4	51.28%	48.72%	2.56%
Total	1954	2489	0	4443	-535	43.98%	56.02%	-12.04%

State Rep was also an interesting race and shows Alcona's ticket splitting ways. This was an open seat created by Andy Neumann's run for the state senate. Matt Gillard won the race (by 466 votes) and the county (by 45 votes), which was big for the democrats. Redistricting placed Alcona County in District 106. The district covers Alcona, Alpena, Crawford, Montmorency, Oscoda, and Presque Isle counties.

State Rep 106	Wyman	Gillard	3rd Party	Total	Diff.	GOP%	Dem%	Diff%
Alcona Twp	276	277	0	553	-1	49.91%	50.09%	-0.18%
Caledonia Twp	213	293	0	506	-80	42.09%	57.91%	-15.81%
Curtis Twp	207	235	0	442	-28	46.83%	53.17%	-6.33%
Greenbush Twp	307	235	0	542	72	56.64%	43.36%	13.28%
Gustin Twp	132	128	0	260	4	50.77%	49.23%	1.54%
City of Harrisville	98	104	0	202	-6	48.51%	51.49%	-2.97%
Harrisville Twp	297	216	0	513	81	57.89%	42.11%	15.79%
Hawes Twp	141	262	0	403	-121	34.99%	65.01%	-30.02%
Haynes Twp	149	174	0	323	-25	46.13%	53.87%	-7.74%
Mikado Twp	145	111	0	256	34	56.64%	43.36%	13.28%
Millen Twp	80	94	0	174	-14	45.98%	54.02%	-8.05%
Mitchell Twp	94	55	0	149	39	63.09%	36.91%	26.17%
Total	2139	2184	0	4323	-45	49.48%	50.52%	-1.04%

Bush improved in 2004 over his 2000 numbers. I don't think John Kerry helped the dems much. There were not a lot of coattails here though, as the incumbents from 02 won easily.Taking Hawes Township is impressive since the democrats do well there.

04 President	Bush	Kerry	3rd Party	Total	Diff.	GOP%	Dem%	Diff%
Alcona Twp	439	346	5	790	93	55.57%	43.80%	11.77%
Caledonia Twp	369	330	9	708	39	52.12%	46.61%	5.51%
Curtis Twp	324	358	10	692	-34	46.82%	51.73%	-4.91%
Greenbush Twp	457	345	12	814	112	56.14%	42.38%	13.76%
Gustin Twp	233	158	2	393	75	59.29%	40.20%	19.08%
City of Harrisville	143	144	3	290	-1	49.31%	49.66%	-0.34%
Harrisville Twp	498	323	5	826	175	60.29%	39.10%	21.19%
Hawes Twp	307	303	8	618	4	49.68%	49.03%	0.65%
Haynes Twp	247	208	5	460	39	53.70%	45.22%	8.48%
Mikado Twp	275	167	3	445	108	61.80%	37.53%	24.27%
Millen Twp	134	93	1	228	41	58.77%	40.79%	17.98%
Mitchell Twp	166	96	5	267	70	62.17%	35.96%	26.22%
Total	3592	2871	68	6531	721	55.00%	43.96%	11.04%

No changes with the 1st district. Stupak won big in a rematch with Hooper.

1st District Congress	Hooper	Stupak	3rd Party	Total	Diff.	GOP%	Dem%	Diff%
Alcona Twp	267	462	7	736	-195	36.28%	62.77%	-26.49%
Caledonia Twp	232	413	3	648	-181	35.80%	63.73%	-27.93%
Curtis Twp	224	386	7	617	-162	36.30%	62.56%	-26.26%
Greenbush Twp	348	408	6	762	-60	45.67%	53.54%	-7.87%
Gustin Twp	130	216	4	350	-86	37.14%	61.71%	-24.57%
City of Harrisville	84	162	3	249	-78	33.73%	65.06%	-31.33%
Harrisville Twp	329	412	10	751	-83	43.81%	54.86%	-11.05%
Hawes Twp	183	368	6	557	-185	32.85%	66.07%	-33.21%
Haynes Twp	170	263	3	436	-93	38.99%	60.32%	-21.33%
Mikado Twp	174	232	6	412	-58	42.23%	56.31%	-14.08%
Millen Twp	72	133	2	207	-61	34.78%	64.25%	-29.47%
Mitchell Twp	123	113	3	239	10	51.46%	47.28%	4.18%
Total	2336	3568	60	5964	-1232	39.17%	59.83%	-20.66%

Gillard won his re-election battle against Fortier.

106th State Rep	Fortier	Gillard	3rd Party	Total	Diff.	GOP%	Dem%	Diff%
Alcona Twp	284	425	0	709	-141	40.06%	59.94%	-19.89%
Caledonia Twp	284	387	0	671	-103	42.32%	57.68%	-15.35%
Curtis Twp	245	359	0	604	-114	40.56%	59.44%	-18.87%
Greenbush Twp	384	375	0	759	9	50.59%	49.41%	1.19%
Gustin Twp	140	212	0	352	-72	39.77%	60.23%	-20.45%
City of Harrisville	97	163	0	260	-66	37.31%	62.69%	-25.38%
Harrisville Twp	367	396	0	763	-29	48.10%	51.90%	-3.80%
Hawes Twp	216	358	0	574	-142	37.63%	62.37%	-24.74%
Haynes Twp	184	247	0	431	-63	42.69%	57.31%	-14.62%
Mikado Twp	184	217	0	401	-33	45.89%	54.11%	-8.23%
Millen Twp	79	128	0	207	-49	38.16%	61.84%	-23.67%
Mitchell Twp	129	107	0	236	22	54.66%	45.34%	9.32%
Total	2593	3374	0	5967	-781	43.46%	56.54%	-13.09%

2006 was a disaster statewide for the GOP. So was 2008. Granholm and Stabenow won big statewide, including Alcona County.

06 Governor	DeVos	Granholm	3rd Party	Total	Diff.	GOP%	Dem%	Diff%
Alcona Twp	317	346	7	670	-29	47.31%	51.64%	-4.33%
Caledonia Twp	237	328	3	568	-91	41.73%	57.75%	-16.02%
Curtis Twp	257	320	18	595	-63	43.19%	53.78%	-10.59%
Greenbush Twp	312	340	5	657	-28	47.49%	51.75%	-4.26%
Gustin Twp	164	134	7	305	30	53.77%	43.93%	9.84%
City of Harrisville	114	130	4	248	-16	45.97%	52.42%	-6.45%
Harrisville Twp	369	319	14	702	50	52.56%	45.44%	7.12%
Hawes Twp	203	298	11	512	-95	39.65%	58.20%	-18.55%
Haynes Twp	204	211	6	421	-7	48.46%	50.12%	-1.66%
Mikado Twp	213	158	4	375	55	56.80%	42.13%	14.67%
Millen Twp	82	117	3	202	-35	40.59%	57.92%	-17.33%
Mitchell Twp	111	92	6	209	19	53.11%	44.02%	9.09%
Total	2583	2793	88	5464	-210	47.27%	51.12%	-3.84%

The good news is that the Secretary of State and Attorney General races were positive for the GOP despite the onslaught. Terri Land won easily.

06 Secretary of State	Land	Sabaugh	3rd Party	Total	Diff.	GOP%	Dem%	Diff%
Alcona Twp	410	242	7	659	168	62.22%	36.72%	25.49%
Caledonia Twp	318	238	7	563	80	56.48%	42.27%	14.21%
Curtis Twp	308	257	18	583	51	52.83%	44.08%	8.75%
Greenbush Twp	393	293	7	693	100	56.71%	42.28%	14.43%
Gustin Twp	196	98	6	300	98	65.33%	32.67%	32.67%
City of Harrisville	153	80	7	240	73	63.75%	33.33%	30.42%
Harrisville Twp	456	208	17	681	248	66.96%	30.54%	36.42%
Hawes Twp	262	226	10	498	36	52.61%	45.38%	7.23%
Haynes Twp	243	153	9	405	90	60.00%	37.78%	22.22%
Mikado Twp	237	121	14	372	116	63.71%	32.53%	31.18%
Millen Twp	116	80	5	201	36	57.71%	39.80%	17.91%
Mitchell Twp	139	62	5	206	77	67.48%	30.10%	37.38%
Total	3231	2058	112	5401	1173	59.82%	38.10%	21.72%

Mike Cox won easily as well.

06 Att. General	Cox	Williams	3rd Party	Total	Diff.	GOP%	Dem%	Diff%
Alcona Twp	385	246	16	647	139	59.51%	38.02%	21.48%
Caledonia Twp	288	249	12	549	39	52.46%	45.36%	7.10%
Curtis Twp	286	267	19	572	19	50.00%	46.68%	3.32%
Greenbush Twp	369	260	13	642	109	57.48%	40.50%	16.98%
Gustin Twp	184	104	10	298	80	61.74%	34.90%	26.85%
City of Harrisville	134	87	14	235	47	57.02%	37.02%	20.00%
Harrisville Twp	417	214	27	658	203	63.37%	32.52%	30.85%
Hawes Twp	241	225	16	482	16	50.00%	46.68%	3.32%
Haynes Twp	225	169	11	405	56	55.56%	41.73%	13.83%
Mikado Twp	204	140	18	362	64	56.35%	38.67%	17.68%
Millen Twp	109	78	6	193	31	56.48%	40.41%	16.06%
Mitchell Twp	118	71	8	197	47	59.90%	36.04%	23.86%
Total	2960	2110	170	5240	850	56.49%	40.27%	16.22%

Stabenow unfortunately cleaned up in the Northlands. That race should have been closer than it was.

06 Senate	Bouchard	Stabenow	3rd Party	Total	Diff.	GOP%	Dem%	Diff%
Alcona Twp	280	378	7	665	-98	42.11%	56.84%	-14.74%
Caledonia Twp	216	351	4	571	-135	37.83%	61.47%	-23.64%
Curtis Twp	213	366	12	591	-153	36.04%	61.93%	-25.89%
Greenbush Twp	289	359	8	656	-70	44.05%	54.73%	-10.67%
Gustin Twp	117	184	3	304	-67	38.49%	60.53%	-22.04%
City of Harrisville	100	141	6	247	-41	40.49%	57.09%	-16.60%
Harrisville Twp	324	357	13	694	-33	46.69%	51.44%	-4.76%
Hawes Twp	163	336	12	511	-173	31.90%	65.75%	-33.86%
Haynes Twp	165	245	5	415	-80	39.76%	59.04%	-19.28%
Mikado Twp	149	224	7	380	-75	39.21%	58.95%	-19.74%
Millen Twp	76	121	5	202	-45	37.62%	59.90%	-22.28%
Mitchell Twp	104	96	6	206	8	50.49%	46.60%	3.88%
Total	2196	3158	88	5442	-962	40.35%	58.03%	-17.68%

Stupak had another rematch with Don Hooper.

06 Senate	Hooper	Stupak	3rd Party	Total	Diff.	GOP%	Dem%	Diff%
Alcona Twp	206	449	9	664	-243	31.02%	67.62%	-36.60%
Caledonia Twp	155	407	7	569	-252	27.24%	71.53%	-44.29%
Curtis Twp	140	418	19	577	-278	24.26%	72.44%	-48.18%
Greenbush Twp	206	436	7	649	-230	31.74%	67.18%	-35.44%
Gustin Twp	83	214	7	304	-131	27.30%	70.39%	-43.09%
City of Harrisville	65	171	6	242	-106	26.86%	70.66%	-43.80%
Harrisville Twp	234	432	23	689	-198	33.96%	62.70%	-28.74%
Hawes Twp	109	387	7	503	-278	21.67%	76.94%	-55.27%
Haynes Twp	117	290	9	416	-173	28.13%	69.71%	-41.59%
Mikado Twp	105	254	12	371	-149	28.30%	68.46%	-40.16%
Millen Twp	59	139	4	202	-80	29.21%	68.81%	-39.60%
Mitchell Twp	78	121	7	206	-43	37.86%	58.74%	-20.87%
Total	1557	3718	117	5392	-2161	28.88%	68.95%	-40.08%

State Senate was more interesting, with Stamas winning his re-election in a tough district, breaking the democrat trends of 06.

District 36 Senate	Stamas	Reid	3rd Party	Total	Diff.	GOP%	Dem%	Diff%
Alcona Twp	426	227	0	653	199	65.24%	34.76%	30.47%
Caledonia Twp	329	234	0	563	95	58.44%	41.56%	16.87%
Curtis Twp	299	274	0	573	25	52.18%	47.82%	4.36%
Greenbush Twp	398	245	0	643	153	61.90%	38.10%	23.79%
Gustin Twp	218	85	0	303	133	71.95%	28.05%	43.89%
City of Harrisville	177	67	0	244	110	72.54%	27.46%	45.08%
Harrisville Twp	495	191	0	686	304	72.16%	27.84%	44.31%
Hawes Twp	315	183	0	498	132	63.25%	36.75%	26.51%
Haynes Twp	278	135	0	413	143	67.31%	32.69%	34.62%
Mikado Twp	242	131	0	373	111	64.88%	35.12%	29.76%
Millen Twp	134	70	0	204	64	65.69%	34.31%	31.37%
Mitchell Twp	141	65	0	206	76	68.45%	31.55%	36.89%
Total	3452	1907	0	5359	1545	64.42%	35.58%	28.83%

Gillard won his re-election. 

State Rep 106	Viegelahn	Gillard	3rd Party	Total	Diff.	GOP%	Dem%	Diff%
Alcona Twp	225	423	0	648	-198	34.72%	65.28%	-30.56%
Caledonia Twp	148	417	0	565	-269	26.19%	73.81%	-47.61%
Curtis Twp	165	396	0	561	-231	29.41%	70.59%	-41.18%
Greenbush Twp	224	407	0	631	-183	35.50%	64.50%	-29.00%
Gustin Twp	69	228	0	297	-159	23.23%	76.77%	-53.54%
City of Harrisville	69	171	0	240	-102	28.75%	71.25%	-42.50%
Harrisville Twp	243	426	0	669	-183	36.32%	63.68%	-27.35%
Hawes Twp	121	381	0	502	-260	24.10%	75.90%	-51.79%
Haynes Twp	130	280	0	410	-150	31.71%	68.29%	-36.59%
Mikado Twp	103	263	0	366	-160	28.14%	71.86%	-43.72%
Millen Twp	61	134	0	195	-73	31.28%	68.72%	-37.44%
Mitchell Twp	86	119	0	205	-33	41.95%	58.05%	-16.10%
Total	1644	3645	0	5289	-2001	31.08%	68.92%	-37.83%

2008 was another democrat year. McCain actually did well in Alcona County running only 200 votes behind Bush's numbers in differential. This was a bit of an aberration, but I think age was the big factor. McCain won the senior vote natiionwide, and many Michiganders retire up North. Obama may be 48 years old, but he is quite immature for his age trying to be "cool" and that did not sell here.

President 08	McCain	Obama	3rd Party	Total	Diff.	GOP%	Dem%	Diff%
Alcona Twp	423	329	15	767	94	55.15%	42.89%	12.26%
Caledonia Twp	371	289	11	671	82	55.29%	43.07%	12.22%
Curtis Twp	316	370	15	701	-54	45.08%	52.78%	-7.70%
Greenbush Twp	456	376	10	842	80	54.16%	44.66%	9.50%
Gustin Twp	210	163	7	380	47	55.26%	42.89%	12.37%
City of Harrisville	127	134	5	266	-7	47.74%	50.38%	-2.63%
Harrisville Twp	475	318	12	805	157	59.01%	39.50%	19.50%
Hawes Twp	296	283	11	590	13	50.17%	47.97%	2.20%
Haynes Twp	228	207	6	441	21	51.70%	46.94%	4.76%
Mikado Twp	249	214	15	478	35	52.09%	44.77%	7.32%
Millen Twp	109	121	6	236	-12	46.19%	51.27%	-5.08%
Mitchell Twp	144	92	7	243	52	59.26%	37.86%	21.40%
Total	3404	2896	120	6420	508	53.02%	45.11%	7.91%

While McCain won big, so did Levin. Jack Hoogendyk was thrown to the wolves, much like Rocky was.

Senate 08	Hoogendyk	Lenin	3rd Party	Total	Diff.	GOP%	Dem%	Diff%
Alcona Twp	348	391	19	758	-43	45.91%	51.58%	-5.67%
Caledonia Twp	249	382	23	654	-133	38.07%	58.41%	-20.34%
Curtis Twp	239	414	28	681	-175	35.10%	60.79%	-25.70%
Greenbush Twp	360	444	28	832	-84	43.27%	53.37%	-10.10%
Gustin Twp	133	219	24	376	-86	35.37%	58.24%	-22.87%
City of Harrisville	100	150	7	257	-50	38.91%	58.37%	-19.46%
Harrisville Twp	360	393	32	785	-33	45.86%	50.06%	-4.20%
Hawes Twp	204	358	16	578	-154	35.29%	61.94%	-26.64%
Haynes Twp	169	252	17	438	-83	38.58%	57.53%	-18.95%
Mikado Twp	194	248	23	465	-54	41.72%	53.33%	-11.61%
Millen Twp	79	144	5	228	-65	34.65%	63.16%	-28.51%
Mitchell Twp	127	111	7	245	16	51.84%	45.31%	6.53%
Total	2562	3506	229	6297	-944	40.69%	55.68%	-14.99%

Stupak had his toughest opponent in awhile, but it didn't matter this year. Tom Casperson wasn't a bad candidate, but Stupak is probably the most popular pol Up North. It will take a 1994 type year to take him out. In Alcona County, Casperson ran about 6% better than Hooper's 06 numbers, and ran about the same as his 04 numbers.

1st District Congress	Casperson	Stupak	3rd Party	Total	Diff.	GOP%	Dem%	Diff%
Alcona Twp	305	442	11	758	-137	40.24%	58.31%	-18.07%
Caledonia Twp	231	417	13	661	-186	34.95%	63.09%	-28.14%
Curtis Twp	196	459	19	674	-263	29.08%	68.10%	-39.02%
Greenbush Twp	286	531	19	836	-245	34.21%	63.52%	-29.31%
Gustin Twp	119	250	10	379	-131	31.40%	65.96%	-34.56%
City of Harrisville	80	170	7	257	-90	31.13%	66.15%	-35.02%
Harrisville Twp	320	454	20	794	-134	40.30%	57.18%	-16.88%
Hawes Twp	154	420	9	583	-266	26.42%	72.04%	-45.63%
Haynes Twp	156	274	10	440	-118	35.45%	62.27%	-26.82%
Mikado Twp	152	310	7	469	-158	32.41%	66.10%	-33.69%
Millen Twp	74	148	7	229	-74	32.31%	64.63%	-32.31%
Mitchell Twp	110	128	7	245	-18	44.90%	52.24%	-7.35%
Total	2183	4003	139	6325	-1820	34.51%	63.29%	-28.77%

The State Rep seat was more of a fight, but Andy Neumann came back to take his old seat for a term. This one should be open soon as term limits are for total terms, not consecutive terms. I think in 2010 it will open. Neumann probably wants another shot at the Stamas seat. Pettalia might try for this open seat and win the Alpena seat for the GOP for the first time in years. 1994 maybe?

106th State Rep	Pettalia	Neumann	3rd Party	Total	Diff.	GOP%	Dem%	Diff%
Alcona Twp	397	348	8	753	49	52.72%	46.22%	6.51%
Caledonia Twp	333	312	14	659	21	50.53%	47.34%	3.19%
Curtis Twp	256	372	29	657	-116	38.96%	56.62%	-17.66%
Greenbush Twp	424	378	23	825	46	51.39%	45.82%	5.58%
Gustin Twp	170	197	13	380	-27	44.74%	51.84%	-7.11%
City of Harrisville	140	111	4	255	29	54.90%	43.53%	11.37%
Harrisville Twp	407	342	27	776	65	52.45%	44.07%	8.38%
Hawes Twp	257	315	6	578	-58	44.46%	54.50%	-10.03%
Haynes Twp	204	225	7	436	-21	46.79%	51.61%	-4.82%
Mikado Twp	208	234	19	461	-26	45.12%	50.76%	-5.64%
Millen Twp	106	114	6	226	-8	46.90%	50.44%	-3.54%
Mitchell Twp	135	98	10	243	37	55.56%	40.33%	15.23%
Total	3037	3046	166	6249	-9	48.60%	48.74%	-0.14%

Overall, this is a difficult, but important small county. It's ticket splitting ways are important because it sits in three potentially competitive districts. It should be competitive in 2010 for state rep and state senate. If Stupak doesn't run for re-election, it will be competitive there too. There isn't a lot of votes in Alcona County but the ticket splitters make the votes here important. It's more Republican than most areas of Northeast Michigan than have a more democrat tilt to them. That makes this a must win county if Michigan republicans make a comeback in 2010.