Arenac County Updated

Arenac County is one of the more consistently democrat leaning counties in Northern Michigan, and in the cluster of counties in Northern Michigan (along with Clare, Gladwin, Ogemaw,  Roscommon, and Iosco Counties) that makes this part of the state up for grabs. It's heavily tied to the corrections industry in Standish, with some auto industry influence from neighboring Bay County as well. It is also social conservative leaning, as well as democrat, which is shown due to who gets the best voting numbers in the area. They prefer NRA democrats like Barcia and Sheltrown  who won easily compared to Kerry and Gore who barely won the county.

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Arenac County:
Location – Northern Michigan
Population - 17,269 (2000 Census)
Demographics – 95.38% White, 1.82% Black, .95% American Indian, .29% Asian, .21% Some other Race, 1.33% Two or more races, 1.38% Hispanic or Latino(of any race)
County Seat – Standish (pop 1581)


Local Elected Officials:

Sheriff - James Mosciski (R) (won by 112 votes)
Prosecutor - Curtis G Broughton (D)
Clerk - Ricky Rockwell (R)
Treasurer - Dennis Stawowy (R)
Register of Deeds - Rose Smith (D)
Drain Commission - Larry Davis (D) (won by 622 votes over an incumbent)
Road Commission - David T Robinson (D) (won by 183 votes)

County Commissioners:
District 1 - Robert A Luce (D)
District 2 - Raymond Daniels (R)
District 3 - Mike Snyder (D)
District 4 - Ronald Branda (D)
District 5 - Joseph Sancimino (D)


I am unable to find the township information or the maps for the county commissioner districts.

1998 was an abberation year for the GOP with Fieger at the top of the ticket for the democrats. However, Engler couldn't sweep the dems in Arenac County, losing Arenac Township, Deep River Township, Omer, and Standish Township. Those are also the most democrat areas in the county. All of them are in the Southern area of the county.

Governor 98	Engler	Fieger	3rd party	Total	Diff.	GOP%	Dem%	Diff%
Adams Twp	104	47	1	152	57	68.42%	30.92%	37.50%
Arenac Twp	148	150	0	298	-2	49.66%	50.34%	-0.67%
City of Au Gres	259	106	0	365	153	70.96%	29.04%	41.92%
Au Gres Twp	206	157	0	363	49	56.75%	43.25%	13.50%
Clayton Twp	170	124	0	294	46	57.82%	42.18%	15.65%
Deep River Twp	351	368	0	719	-17	48.82%	51.18%	-2.36%
Lincoln Twp	168	118	0	286	50	58.74%	41.26%	17.48%
Mason Twp	132	92	0	224	40	58.93%	41.07%	17.86%
Moffatt Twp	247	148	0	395	99	62.53%	37.47%	25.06%
City of Omer	39	52	0	91	-13	42.86%	57.14%	-14.29%
Sims Twp	383	170	0	553	213	69.26%	30.74%	38.52%
City of Standish	257	148	0	405	109	63.46%	36.54%	26.91%
Standish Twp	299	330	0	629	-31	47.54%	52.46%	-4.93%
Turner Twp	113	53	0	166	60	68.07%	31.93%	36.14%
Whitney Twp	303	147	0	450	156	67.33%	32.67%	34.67%
Total	3179	2210	1	5390	969	58.98%	41.00%	17.98%

Candice Miller set the benchmark in 98 for Secretary of State.

Sec of State 98	Miller	Parks	3rd party	Total	Diff.	GOP%	Dem%	Diff%
Adams Twp	115	29	0	144	86	79.86%	20.14%	59.72%
Arenac Twp	171	101	2	274	70	62.41%	36.86%	25.55%
City of Au Gres	272	82	2	356	190	76.40%	23.03%	53.37%
Au Gres Twp	241	98	3	342	143	70.47%	28.65%	41.81%
Clayton Twp	183	97	4	284	86	64.44%	34.15%	30.28%
Deep River Twp	408	261	7	676	147	60.36%	38.61%	21.75%
Lincoln Twp	173	98	5	276	75	62.68%	35.51%	27.17%
Mason Twp	133	78	0	211	55	63.03%	36.97%	26.07%
Moffatt Twp	260	122	5	387	138	67.18%	31.52%	35.66%
City of Omer	50	34	0	84	16	59.52%	40.48%	19.05%
Sims Twp	402	124	7	533	278	75.42%	23.26%	52.16%
City of Standish	294	98	2	394	196	74.62%	24.87%	49.75%
Standish Twp	371	230	6	607	141	61.12%	37.89%	23.23%
Turner Twp	118	48	5	171	70	69.01%	28.07%	40.94%
Whitney Twp	324	122	2	448	202	72.32%	27.23%	45.09%
Total	3515	1622	50	5187	1893	67.77%	31.27%	36.50%

Granholm however got the dems on the board. in their one big statewide win in 98.

Att General 98	Smietanka	Granholm	3rd party	Total	Diff.	GOP%	Dem%	Diff%
Adams Twp	77	60	0	137	17	56.20%	43.80%	12.41%
Arenac Twp	107	154	0	261	-47	41.00%	59.00%	-18.01%
City of Au Gres	178	152	0	330	26	53.94%	46.06%	7.88%
Au Gres Twp	134	186	0	320	-52	41.88%	58.13%	-16.25%
Clayton Twp	109	161	0	270	-52	40.37%	59.63%	-19.26%
Deep River Twp	222	438	0	660	-216	33.64%	66.36%	-32.73%
Lincoln Twp	115	149	0	264	-34	43.56%	56.44%	-12.88%
Mason Twp	88	103	0	191	-15	46.07%	53.93%	-7.85%
Moffatt Twp	164	212	0	376	-48	43.62%	56.38%	-12.77%
City of Omer	27	54	0	81	-27	33.33%	66.67%	-33.33%
Sims Twp	281	235	0	516	46	54.46%	45.54%	8.91%
City of Standish	174	205	0	379	-31	45.91%	54.09%	-8.18%
Standish Twp	207	373	0	580	-166	35.69%	64.31%	-28.62%
Turner Twp	83	80	0	163	3	50.92%	49.08%	1.84%
Whitney Twp	228	209	0	437	19	52.17%	47.83%	4.35%
Total	2194	2771	0	4965	-577	44.19%	55.81%	-11.62%

The old 5th District in Congress was represented by Jim Barcia. It covered Alcona, Arenac, Bay, Huron, Iosco, Sanilac, Tuscola, and parts of Lapeer, Saginaw, and Genesee Counties. It was eliminated in the 2002 redistricting split three ways with the current UP based 1st (Stupak), Saginaw based 5th (Kildee), and Thumb/Macomb based 10th (Miller) districts.

Congress 5th 98	Brewster	Barcia	3rd party	Total	Diff.	GOP%	Dem%	Diff%
Adams Twp	46	95	0	141	-49	32.62%	67.38%	-34.75%
Arenac Twp	56	216	0	272	-160	20.59%	79.41%	-58.82%
City of Au Gres	129	215	1	345	-86	37.39%	62.32%	-24.93%
Au Gres Twp	85	253	2	340	-168	25.00%	74.41%	-49.41%
Clayton Twp	60	221	2	283	-161	21.20%	78.09%	-56.89%
Deep River Twp	125	556	8	689	-431	18.14%	80.70%	-62.55%
Lincoln Twp	50	223	2	275	-173	18.18%	81.09%	-62.91%
Mason Twp	48	151	2	201	-103	23.88%	75.12%	-51.24%
Moffatt Twp	99	272	7	378	-173	26.19%	71.96%	-45.77%
City of Omer	11	73	0	84	-62	13.10%	86.90%	-73.81%
Sims Twp	199	315	1	515	-116	38.64%	61.17%	-22.52%
City of Standish	95	290	1	386	-195	24.61%	75.13%	-50.52%
Standish Twp	101	490	4	595	-389	16.97%	82.35%	-65.38%
Turner Twp	52	119	3	174	-67	29.89%	68.39%	-38.51%
Whitney Twp	161	276	0	437	-115	36.84%	63.16%	-26.32%
Total	1317	3765	33	5115	-2448	25.75%	73.61%	-47.86%

The State Senate race (34th)  was the shocker here. Joel Gougeon won a tough state senate district including Bay City, and was the extremely rare republican who wins in Bay County. He could not win Arenac County however. Tom Alley won it easily, although he was likely a local from a neighboring county in the same rep district as he had a West Branch address. The old district covered Arenac, Bay, Huron Ogemaw, and Tuscola counties. It may have been the 2nd most democrat district held by a Republican under the pre 2002 redistricting behind Bennett's Wayne County district.

St Senate 34th 98	Gougeon	Alley	3rd party	Total	Diff.	GOP%	Dem%	Diff%
Adams Twp	82	67	0	149	15	55.03%	44.97%	10.07%
Arenac Twp	111	179	0	290	-68	38.28%	61.72%	-23.45%
City of Au Gres	182	182	0	364	0	50.00%	50.00%	0.00%
Au Gres Twp	134	218	0	352	-84	38.07%	61.93%	-23.86%
Clayton Twp	111	181	0	292	-70	38.01%	61.99%	-23.97%
Deep River Twp	245	460	0	705	-215	34.75%	65.25%	-30.50%
Lincoln Twp	125	156	0	281	-31	44.48%	55.52%	-11.03%
Mason Twp	82	136	0	218	-54	37.61%	62.39%	-24.77%
Moffatt Twp	154	237	0	391	-83	39.39%	60.61%	-21.23%
City of Omer	25	62	0	87	-37	28.74%	71.26%	-42.53%
Sims Twp	281	251	0	532	30	52.82%	47.18%	5.64%
City of Standish	190	221	0	411	-31	46.23%	53.77%	-7.54%
Standish Twp	202	424	0	626	-222	32.27%	67.73%	-35.46%
Turner Twp	83	84	0	167	-1	49.70%	50.30%	-0.60%
Whitney Twp	225	221	0	446	4	50.45%	49.55%	0.90%
Total	2232	3079	0	5311	-847	42.03%	57.97%	-15.95%

The state rep district (103rd)  was open with Alley's senate run. Dale Sheltrown won the district now held by his brother Joel. Redistricting changed this district dramaticaly. The old district covered Arenac, Gladwin, Iosco, and Ogemaw Counties and was a swing district on paper. Sheltrown had no problem with it outside of his fairly close district wide win in 98.

St Rep 103rd 98	Birgel	Sheltrown	3rd party	Total	Diff.	GOP%	Dem%	Diff%
Adams Twp	91	57	0	148	34	61.49%	38.51%	22.97%
Arenac Twp	112	159	0	271	-47	41.33%	58.67%	-17.34%
City of Au Gres	184	159	0	343	25	53.64%	46.36%	7.29%
Au Gres Twp	158	184	0	342	-26	46.20%	53.80%	-7.60%
Clayton Twp	113	178	0	291	-65	38.83%	61.17%	-22.34%
Deep River Twp	245	433	0	678	-188	36.14%	63.86%	-27.73%
Lincoln Twp	111	158	0	269	-47	41.26%	58.74%	-17.47%
Mason Twp	90	116	0	206	-26	43.69%	56.31%	-12.62%
Moffatt Twp	158	223	0	381	-65	41.47%	58.53%	-17.06%
City of Omer	30	55	0	85	-25	35.29%	64.71%	-29.41%
Sims Twp	313	199	0	512	114	61.13%	38.87%	22.27%
City of Standish	166	217	0	383	-51	43.34%	56.66%	-13.32%
Standish Twp	205	389	0	594	-184	34.51%	65.49%	-30.98%
Turner Twp	86	80	0	166	6	51.81%	48.19%	3.61%
Whitney Twp	239	196	0	435	43	54.94%	45.06%	9.89%
Total	2301	2803	0	5104	-502	45.08%	54.92%	-9.84%

2000 was generally pro-incumbent in Arenac County. Gore kept it in the democrat column at the top of the ticket.

POTUS	Bush	Gore	3rd party	Total	Diff.	GOP%	Dem%	Diff%
Adams Twp	116	70	1	187	46	62.03%	37.43%	24.60%
Arenac Twp	176	226	12	414	-50	42.51%	54.59%	-12.08%
City of Au Gres	241	220	16	477	21	50.52%	46.12%	4.40%
Au Gres Twp	228	270	19	517	-42	44.10%	52.22%	-8.12%
Clayton Twp	162	204	6	372	-42	43.55%	54.84%	-11.29%
Deep River Twp	428	545	15	988	-117	43.32%	55.16%	-11.84%
Lincoln Twp	189	196	12	397	-7	47.61%	49.37%	-1.76%
Mason Twp	156	146	3	305	10	51.15%	47.87%	3.28%
Moffatt Twp	250	287	16	553	-37	45.21%	51.90%	-6.69%
City of Omer	47	77	3	127	-30	37.01%	60.63%	-23.62%
Sims Twp	367	323	13	703	44	52.20%	45.95%	6.26%
City of Standish	287	296	8	591	-9	48.56%	50.08%	-1.52%
Standish Twp	340	493	24	857	-153	39.67%	57.53%	-17.85%
Turner Twp	142	92	7	241	50	58.92%	38.17%	20.75%
Whitney Twp	292	240	8	540	52	54.07%	44.44%	9.63%
Total	3421	3685	163	7269	-264	47.06%	50.69%	-3.63%

Spence Abraham lost statewide, but surprisingly won Arenac County.

US Senate 00	Abraham	Stabenow	3rd party	Total	Diff.	GOP%	Dem%	Diff%
Adams Twp	129	55	2	186	74	69.35%	29.57%	39.78%
Arenac Twp	179	201	12	392	-22	45.66%	51.28%	-5.61%
City of Au Gres	162	194	13	369	-32	43.90%	52.57%	-8.67%
Au Gres Twp	262	194	10	466	68	56.22%	41.63%	14.59%
Clayton Twp	170	180	8	358	-10	47.49%	50.28%	-2.79%
Deep River Twp	459	497	20	976	-38	47.03%	50.92%	-3.89%
Lincoln Twp	194	183	11	388	11	50.00%	47.16%	2.84%
Mason Twp	161	121	12	294	40	54.76%	41.16%	13.61%
Moffatt Twp	272	254	22	548	18	49.64%	46.35%	3.28%
City of Omer	56	64	5	125	-8	44.80%	51.20%	-6.40%
Sims Twp	369	290	10	669	79	55.16%	43.35%	11.81%
City of Standish	284	277	7	568	7	50.00%	48.77%	1.23%
Standish Twp	368	431	11	810	-63	45.43%	53.21%	-7.78%
Turner Twp	144	80	8	232	64	62.07%	34.48%	27.59%
Whitney Twp	270	253	7	530	17	50.94%	47.74%	3.21%
Total	3479	3274	158	6911	205	50.34%	47.37%	2.97%

Barcia had another easy win.

Congress 5th 00	Actis	Barcia	3rd party	Total	Diff.	GOP%	Dem%	Diff%
Adams Twp	53	123	5	181	-70	29.28%	67.96%	-38.67%
Arenac Twp	70	313	3	386	-243	18.13%	81.09%	-62.95%
City of Au Gres	145	309	14	468	-164	30.98%	66.03%	-35.04%
Au Gres Twp	71	382	9	462	-311	15.37%	82.68%	-67.32%
Clayton Twp	84	263	4	351	-179	23.93%	74.93%	-51.00%
Deep River Twp	152	802	17	971	-650	15.65%	82.60%	-66.94%
Lincoln Twp	73	312	5	390	-239	18.72%	80.00%	-61.28%
Mason Twp	73	202	0	275	-129	26.55%	73.45%	-46.91%
Moffatt Twp	113	402	18	533	-289	21.20%	75.42%	-54.22%
City of Omer	21	92	3	116	-71	18.10%	79.31%	-61.21%
Sims Twp	210	430	4	644	-220	32.61%	66.77%	-34.16%
City of Standish	134	419	5	558	-285	24.01%	75.09%	-51.08%
Standish Twp	133	664	2	799	-531	16.65%	83.10%	-66.46%
Turner Twp	63	154	2	219	-91	28.77%	70.32%	-41.55%
Whitney Twp	163	355	11	529	-192	30.81%	67.11%	-36.29%
Total	1558	5222	102	6882	-3664	22.64%	75.88%	-53.24%

Dale Sheltrown easily won re-election in his rematch with Birgel (who nearly beat him districtwide two years earlier)

St rep 103rd 00	Birgel	Sheltrown	3rd party	Total	Diff.	GOP%	Dem%	Diff%
Adams Twp	91	98	0	189	-7	48.15%	51.85%	-3.70%
Arenac Twp	100	278	0	378	-178	26.46%	73.54%	-47.09%
City of Au Gres	188	275	0	463	-87	40.60%	59.40%	-18.79%
Au Gres Twp	95	354	0	449	-259	21.16%	78.84%	-57.68%
Clayton Twp	95	259	0	354	-164	26.84%	73.16%	-46.33%
Deep River Twp	261	692	0	953	-431	27.39%	72.61%	-45.23%
Lincoln Twp	124	266	0	390	-142	31.79%	68.21%	-36.41%
Mason Twp	97	181	0	278	-84	34.89%	65.11%	-30.22%
Moffatt Twp	137	398	0	535	-261	25.61%	74.39%	-48.79%
City of Omer	25	91	0	116	-66	21.55%	78.45%	-56.90%
Sims Twp	299	335	0	634	-36	47.16%	52.84%	-5.68%
City of Standish	181	363	0	544	-182	33.27%	66.73%	-33.46%
Standish Twp	173	562	0	735	-389	23.54%	76.46%	-52.93%
Turner Twp	83	137	0	220	-54	37.73%	62.27%	-24.55%
Whitney Twp	216	299	0	515	-83	41.94%	58.06%	-16.12%
Total	2165	4588	0	6753	-2423	32.06%	67.94%	-35.88%

 In 2002, Granholm took Arenac County. That isn't surprising with the state workers there.

Governor 02	Posthumus	Granholm	3rd party	Total	Diff.	GOP%	Dem%	Diff%
Adams Twp	94	62	1	157	32	59.87%	39.49%	20.38%
Arenac Twp	160	153	5	318	7	50.31%	48.11%	2.20%
City of Au Gres	176	176	5	357	0	49.30%	49.30%	0.00%
Au Gres Twp	194	228	9	431	-34	45.01%	52.90%	-7.89%
Clayton Twp	130	154	6	290	-24	44.83%	53.10%	-8.28%
Deep River Twp	322	439	15	776	-117	41.49%	56.57%	-15.08%
Lincoln Twp	137	139	5	281	-2	48.75%	49.47%	-0.71%
Mason Twp	114	102	1	217	12	52.53%	47.00%	5.53%
Moffatt Twp	198	240	8	446	-42	44.39%	53.81%	-9.42%
City of Omer	35	52	3	90	-17	38.89%	57.78%	-18.89%
Sims Twp	263	266	3	532	-3	49.44%	50.00%	-0.56%
City of Standish	188	192	10	390	-4	48.21%	49.23%	-1.03%
Standish Twp	240	356	11	607	-116	39.54%	58.65%	-19.11%
Turner Twp	105	55	1	161	50	65.22%	34.16%	31.06%
Whitney Twp	246	207	1	454	39	54.19%	45.59%	8.59%
Total	2602	2821	84	5507	-219	47.25%	51.23%	-3.98%

Land won the county against Butch Hollowell in a classic case of strong campaign v weak campaign. Butch was supported about the same as Bouchard was in 06 by the parties.

Sec of State 02	Land	Hollowell	3rd party	Total	Diff.	GOP%	Dem%	Diff%
Adams Twp	93	53	3	149	40	62.42%	35.57%	26.85%
Arenac Twp	141	140	5	286	1	49.30%	48.95%	0.35%
City of Au Gres	199	139	9	347	60	57.35%	40.06%	17.29%
Au Gres Twp	228	169	15	412	59	55.34%	41.02%	14.32%
Clayton Twp	149	125	13	287	24	51.92%	43.55%	8.36%
Deep River Twp	347	374	26	747	-27	46.45%	50.07%	-3.61%
Lincoln Twp	136	127	11	274	9	49.64%	46.35%	3.28%
Mason Twp	109	87	3	199	22	54.77%	43.72%	11.06%
Moffatt Twp	203	217	17	437	-14	46.45%	49.66%	-3.20%
City of Omer	46	32	2	80	14	57.50%	40.00%	17.50%
Sims Twp	306	191	14	511	115	59.88%	37.38%	22.50%
City of Standish	222	138	13	373	84	59.52%	37.00%	22.52%
Standish Twp	262	309	23	594	-47	44.11%	52.02%	-7.91%
Turner Twp	100	48	0	148	52	67.57%	32.43%	35.14%
Whitney Twp	253	182	8	443	71	57.11%	41.08%	16.03%
Total	2794	2331	162	5287	463	52.85%	44.09%	8.76%

Mike Cox didn't win Arenac County in the open seat for AG, but he won statewide anyway in a close 5500 vote race.

Att. General 02	Cox	Peters	3rd party	Total	Diff.	GOP%	Dem%	Diff%
Adams Twp	79	62	3	144	17	54.86%	43.06%	11.81%
Arenac Twp	113	160	5	278	-47	40.65%	57.55%	-16.91%
City of Au Gres	172	163	11	346	9	49.71%	47.11%	2.60%
Au Gres Twp	178	217	19	414	-39	43.00%	52.42%	-9.42%
Clayton Twp	127	154	9	290	-27	43.79%	53.10%	-9.31%
Deep River Twp	289	441	19	749	-152	38.58%	58.88%	-20.29%
Lincoln Twp	118	148	7	273	-30	43.22%	54.21%	-10.99%
Mason Twp	95	99	4	198	-4	47.98%	50.00%	-2.02%
Moffatt Twp	185	239	15	439	-54	42.14%	54.44%	-12.30%
City of Omer	29	52	2	83	-23	34.94%	62.65%	-27.71%
Sims Twp	243	246	15	504	-3	48.21%	48.81%	-0.60%
City of Standish	183	181	13	377	2	48.54%	48.01%	0.53%
Standish Twp	235	345	18	598	-110	39.30%	57.69%	-18.39%
Turner Twp	91	51	2	144	40	63.19%	35.42%	27.78%
Whitney Twp	225	205	13	443	20	50.79%	46.28%	4.51%
Total	2362	2763	155	5280	-401	44.73%	52.33%	-7.59%

The senate race was Levin and his machine against Rocky thrown to the wolves. No surprises with that.

US Senate 02	Raczkowski	Levin	3rd party	Total	Diff.	GOP%	Dem%	Diff%
Adams Twp	68	76	7	151	-8	45.03%	50.33%	-5.30%
Arenac Twp	80	214	3	297	-134	26.94%	72.05%	-45.12%
City of Au Gres	127	218	6	351	-91	36.18%	62.11%	-25.93%
Au Gres Twp	141	277	7	425	-136	33.18%	65.18%	-32.00%
Clayton Twp	79	206	5	290	-127	27.24%	71.03%	-43.79%
Deep River Twp	203	548	16	767	-345	26.47%	71.45%	-44.98%
Lincoln Twp	76	200	4	280	-124	27.14%	71.43%	-44.29%
Mason Twp	80	123	3	206	-43	38.83%	59.71%	-20.87%
Moffatt Twp	128	310	10	448	-182	28.57%	69.20%	-40.63%
City of Omer	18	67	0	85	-49	21.18%	78.82%	-57.65%
Sims Twp	206	315	6	527	-109	39.09%	59.77%	-20.68%
City of Standish	125	251	7	383	-126	32.64%	65.54%	-32.90%
Standish Twp	164	424	16	604	-260	27.15%	70.20%	-43.05%
Turner Twp	68	86	2	156	-18	43.59%	55.13%	-11.54%
Whitney Twp	188	260	1	449	-72	41.87%	57.91%	-16.04%
Total	1751	3575	93	5419	-1824	32.31%	65.97%	-33.66%

Redistricting destroyed the old Barcia 5th district, throwing all of Arenac County in Bart Stupak's district, making it stronger for the democrats than it currently is.Stupak won the county as easily as he does any northern Michigan county.

Congress 1st 02	Hooper	Stupak	3rd party	Total	Diff.	GOP%	Dem%	Diff%
Adams Twp	74	65	1	140	9	52.86%	46.43%	6.43%
Arenac Twp	98	155	2	255	-57	38.43%	60.78%	-22.35%
City of Au Gres	148	180	7	335	-32	44.18%	53.73%	-9.55%
Au Gres Twp	171	227	9	407	-56	42.01%	55.77%	-13.76%
Clayton Twp	105	171	6	282	-66	37.23%	60.64%	-23.40%
Deep River Twp	252	468	10	730	-216	34.52%	64.11%	-29.59%
Lincoln Twp	103	157	3	263	-54	39.16%	59.70%	-20.53%
Mason Twp	79	108	5	192	-29	41.15%	56.25%	-15.10%
Moffatt Twp	152	269	10	431	-117	35.27%	62.41%	-27.15%
City of Omer	25	51	3	79	-26	31.65%	64.56%	-32.91%
Sims Twp	233	257	8	498	-24	46.79%	51.61%	-4.82%
City of Standish	166	187	8	361	-21	45.98%	51.80%	-5.82%
Standish Twp	194	371	16	581	-177	33.39%	63.86%	-30.46%
Turner Twp	81	49	5	135	32	60.00%	36.30%	23.70%
Whitney Twp	216	220	5	441	-4	48.98%	49.89%	-0.91%
Total	2097	2935	98	5130	-838	40.88%	57.21%	-16.34%

The 31st district is quite similar to the old 34th district. It covers Arenac, Bay, Huron, Sanilac, and Tuscola Counties. Mike Green  is a good guy and would have been a strong candidate for the Republicans in an open seat, except Jim Barcia decided to go back to Lansing instead of running against Dale Kildee. That ended this race. Green was thrown to the wolves, and Barcia is the most popular democrat in the area.

St Senate 31st 02	Green	Barcia	3rd party	Total	Diff.	GOP%	Dem%	Diff%
Adams Twp	71	85	0	156	-14	45.51%	54.49%	-8.97%
Arenac Twp	87	114	0	201	-27	43.28%	56.72%	-13.43%
City of Au Gres	121	228	0	349	-107	34.67%	65.33%	-30.66%
Au Gres Twp	127	297	0	424	-170	29.95%	70.05%	-40.09%
Clayton Twp	95	201	0	296	-106	32.09%	67.91%	-35.81%
Deep River Twp	218	546	0	764	-328	28.53%	71.47%	-42.93%
Lincoln Twp	82	197	0	279	-115	29.39%	70.61%	-41.22%
Mason Twp	80	128	0	208	-48	38.46%	61.54%	-23.08%
Moffatt Twp	126	315	0	441	-189	28.57%	71.43%	-42.86%
City of Omer	18	69	0	87	-51	20.69%	79.31%	-58.62%
Sims Twp	189	335	0	524	-146	36.07%	63.93%	-27.86%
City of Standish	133	257	0	390	-124	34.10%	65.90%	-31.79%
Standish Twp	141	461	0	602	-320	23.42%	76.58%	-53.16%
Turner Twp	70	87	0	157	-17	44.59%	55.41%	-10.83%
Whitney Twp	174	269	0	443	-95	39.28%	60.72%	-21.44%
Total	1732	3589	0	5321	-1857	32.55%	67.45%	-34.90%

The 97th District covers Arenac, Clare, Gladwin, and part of Northern Bay County.  It was intended to be a Republican district, but I think Lansing insiders have a very poor understanding of North Michigan (Clare County especially which was the target with this district). All those counties vote for democrats at least as often as they do for Republicans. They like social conservative democrats. The Republicans luckily caught lightning in 04 here due to a bad blunder which I'll get back to later. It was a close race in 2002 as well, but Jennifer Elkins beat David Coker by 343 votes. The margin in the county was 116 votes.

St rep 97th 02	Coker	Elkins	3rd party	Total	Diff.	GOP%	Dem%	Diff%
Adams Twp	88	64	0	152	24	57.89%	42.11%	15.79%
Arenac Twp	123	161	0	284	-38	43.31%	56.69%	-13.38%
City of Au Gres	187	154	0	341	33	54.84%	45.16%	9.68%
Au Gres Twp	201	209	0	410	-8	49.02%	50.98%	-1.95%
Clayton Twp	132	156	0	288	-24	45.83%	54.17%	-8.33%
Deep River Twp	233	273	0	506	-40	46.05%	53.95%	-7.91%
Lincoln Twp	122	144	0	266	-22	45.86%	54.14%	-8.27%
Mason Twp	101	103	0	204	-2	49.51%	50.49%	-0.98%
Moffatt Twp	198	234	0	432	-36	45.83%	54.17%	-8.33%
City of Omer	32	54	0	86	-22	37.21%	62.79%	-25.58%
Sims Twp	264	239	0	503	25	52.49%	47.51%	4.97%
City of Standish	183	191	0	374	-8	48.93%	51.07%	-2.14%
Standish Twp	274	320	0	594	-46	46.13%	53.87%	-7.74%
Turner Twp	94	53	0	147	41	63.95%	36.05%	27.89%
Whitney Twp	248	194	0	442	54	56.11%	43.89%	12.22%
Total	2480	2549	0	5029	-69	49.31%	50.69%	-1.37%

In 2004, Kerry lost a lot of counties Gore won in 2000, but not Arenac County, which was down to the wire. By the wire, I mean 5 votes.

POTUS	Bush	Kerry	3rd party	Total	Diff.	GOP%	Dem%	Diff%
Adams Twp	144	89	2	235	55	61.28%	37.87%	23.40%
Arenac Twp	207	253	7	467	-46	44.33%	54.18%	-9.85%
City of Au Gres	268	198	5	471	70	56.90%	42.04%	14.86%
Au Gres Twp	320	301	2	623	19	51.36%	48.31%	3.05%
Clayton Twp	210	248	2	460	-38	45.65%	53.91%	-8.26%
Deep River Twp	486	631	6	1123	-145	43.28%	56.19%	-12.91%
Lincoln Twp	210	245	2	457	-35	45.95%	53.61%	-7.66%
Mason Twp	190	189	3	382	1	49.74%	49.48%	0.26%
Moffatt Twp	307	311	9	627	-4	48.96%	49.60%	-0.64%
City of Omer	60	80	2	142	-20	42.25%	56.34%	-14.08%
Sims Twp	416	315	7	738	101	56.37%	42.68%	13.69%
City of Standish	321	294	8	623	27	51.52%	47.19%	4.33%
Standish Twp	420	543	5	968	-123	43.39%	56.10%	-12.71%
Turner Twp	164	131	2	297	33	55.22%	44.11%	11.11%
Whitney Twp	348	248	7	603	100	57.71%	41.13%	16.58%
Total	4071	4076	69	8216	-5	49.55%	49.61%	-0.06%

Stupak had an easy rematch with Hooper.

Congress 1st 04	Hooper	Stupak	3rd party	Total	Diff.	GOP%	Dem%	Diff%
Adams Twp	100	103	4	207	-3	48.31%	49.76%	-1.45%
Arenac Twp	150	266	12	428	-116	35.05%	62.15%	-27.10%
City of Au Gres	205	223	8	436	-18	47.02%	51.15%	-4.13%
Au Gres Twp	244	319	16	579	-75	42.14%	55.09%	-12.95%
Clayton Twp	149	259	13	421	-110	35.39%	61.52%	-26.13%
Deep River Twp	328	681	23	1032	-353	31.78%	65.99%	-34.21%
Lincoln Twp	167	247	6	420	-80	39.76%	58.81%	-19.05%
Mason Twp	151	194	8	353	-43	42.78%	54.96%	-12.18%
Moffatt Twp	217	351	22	590	-134	36.78%	59.49%	-22.71%
City of Omer	42	81	5	128	-39	32.81%	63.28%	-30.47%
Sims Twp	346	341	10	697	5	49.64%	48.92%	0.72%
City of Standish	224	347	8	579	-123	38.69%	59.93%	-21.24%
Standish Twp	306	577	18	901	-271	33.96%	64.04%	-30.08%
Turner Twp	126	135	8	269	-9	46.84%	50.19%	-3.35%
Whitney Twp	269	282	13	564	-13	47.70%	50.00%	-2.30%
Total	3024	4406	174	7604	-1382	39.77%	57.94%	-18.17%

 Jennifer Elkins made a fatal mistake for re-election. She voted against a gay marriage ban. She also had that support of pro-abortion groups. Two strikes up there. This is a case of needing to know your constituents. This is a conservative district on social issues, and John Kerry being at the top of the ticket is not going to help much. The state workers here are also more republican in a presidential year than in a gubernatorial year. Tim Moore won Arenac County by 152 votes. He won the district by less than 1300 votes.

St Rep 97th 04	Moore	Elkins	3rd party	Total	Diff.	GOP%	Dem%	Diff%
Adams Twp	142	82	0	224	60	63.39%	36.61%	26.79%
Arenac Twp	222	229	0	451	-7	49.22%	50.78%	-1.55%
City of Au Gres	233	226	0	459	7	50.76%	49.24%	1.53%
Au Gres Twp	282	318	0	600	-36	47.00%	53.00%	-6.00%
Clayton Twp	204	240	0	444	-36	45.95%	54.05%	-8.11%
Deep River Twp	507	592	0	1099	-85	46.13%	53.87%	-7.73%
Lincoln Twp	231	209	0	440	22	52.50%	47.50%	5.00%
Mason Twp	187	185	0	372	2	50.27%	49.73%	0.54%
Moffatt Twp	322	286	0	608	36	52.96%	47.04%	5.92%
City of Omer	61	77	0	138	-16	44.20%	55.80%	-11.59%
Sims Twp	405	316	0	721	89	56.17%	43.83%	12.34%
City of Standish	333	278	0	611	55	54.50%	45.50%	9.00%
Standish Twp	434	510	0	944	-76	45.97%	54.03%	-8.05%
Turner Twp	170	115	0	285	55	59.65%	40.35%	19.30%
Whitney Twp	335	253	0	588	82	56.97%	43.03%	13.95%
Total	4068	3916	0	7984	152	50.95%	49.05%	1.90%

2006 was a rough year statewide, and  Arenac County was no exception. Granholm won easily.

Governor	DeVos	Granholm	3rd party	Total	Diff.	GOP%	Dem%	Diff%
Adams Twp	98	82	9	189	16	51.85%	43.39%	8.47%
Arenac Twp	150	216	6	372	-66	40.32%	58.06%	-17.74%
City of Au Gres	185	191	5	381	-6	48.56%	50.13%	-1.57%
Au Gres Twp	192	283	5	480	-91	40.00%	58.96%	-18.96%
Clayton Twp	144	198	5	347	-54	41.50%	57.06%	-15.56%
Deep River Twp	314	571	12	897	-257	35.01%	63.66%	-28.65%
Lincoln Twp	138	223	7	368	-85	37.50%	60.60%	-23.10%
Mason Twp	118	162	5	285	-44	41.40%	56.84%	-15.44%
Moffatt Twp	242	290	12	544	-48	44.49%	53.31%	-8.82%
City of Omer	37	62	3	102	-25	36.27%	60.78%	-24.51%
Sims Twp	304	325	8	637	-21	47.72%	51.02%	-3.30%
City of Standish	216	258	1	475	-42	45.47%	54.32%	-8.84%
Standish Twp	289	504	4	797	-215	36.26%	63.24%	-26.98%
Turner Twp	123	122	3	248	1	49.60%	49.19%	0.40%
Whitney Twp	255	250	10	515	5	49.51%	48.54%	0.97%
Total	2805	3737	95	6637	-932	42.26%	56.31%	-14.04%

The Secretary of State and Attorney General races were the bright spots here, as was Tim Moore's re-election.

Land:

Sec of State 06	Land	Sabaugh	3rd party	Total	Diff.	GOP%	Dem%	Diff%
Adams Twp	127	55	4	186	72	68.28%	29.57%	38.71%
Arenac Twp	199	149	17	365	50	54.52%	40.82%	13.70%
City of Au Gres	225	136	5	366	89	61.48%	37.16%	24.32%
Au Gres Twp	273	177	16	466	96	58.58%	37.98%	20.60%
Clayton Twp	188	145	11	344	43	54.65%	42.15%	12.50%
Deep River Twp	460	391	21	872	69	52.75%	44.84%	7.91%
Lincoln Twp	203	148	7	358	55	56.70%	41.34%	15.36%
Mason Twp	154	116	6	276	38	55.80%	42.03%	13.77%
Moffatt Twp	308	212	16	536	96	57.46%	39.55%	17.91%
City of Omer	57	41	3	101	16	56.44%	40.59%	15.84%
Sims Twp	372	240	10	622	132	59.81%	38.59%	21.22%
City of Standish	282	178	9	469	104	60.13%	37.95%	22.17%
Standish Twp	401	369	12	782	32	51.28%	47.19%	4.09%
Turner Twp	162	75	4	241	87	67.22%	31.12%	36.10%
Whitney Twp	314	184	6	504	130	62.30%	36.51%	25.79%
Total	3725	2616	147	6488	1109	57.41%	40.32%	17.09%

Cox:

Att. General 06	Cox	Williams	3rd party	Total	Diff.	GOP%	Dem%	Diff%
Adams Twp	108	62	4	174	46	62.07%	35.63%	26.44%
Arenac Twp	191	150	17	358	41	53.35%	41.90%	11.45%
City of Au Gres	213	134	8	355	79	60.00%	37.75%	22.25%
Au Gres Twp	266	175	18	459	91	57.95%	38.13%	19.83%
Clayton Twp	170	156	11	337	14	50.45%	46.29%	4.15%
Deep River Twp	419	409	27	855	10	49.01%	47.84%	1.17%
Lincoln Twp	189	150	13	352	39	53.69%	42.61%	11.08%
Mason Twp	143	114	12	269	29	53.16%	42.38%	10.78%
Moffatt Twp	293	206	26	525	87	55.81%	39.24%	16.57%
City of Omer	52	42	5	99	10	52.53%	42.42%	10.10%
Sims Twp	357	235	23	615	122	58.05%	38.21%	19.84%
City of Standish	281	176	12	469	105	59.91%	37.53%	22.39%
Standish Twp	370	365	33	768	5	48.18%	47.53%	0.65%
Turner Twp	147	78	10	235	69	62.55%	33.19%	29.36%
Whitney Twp	304	191	9	504	113	60.32%	37.90%	22.42%
Total	3503	2643	228	6374	860	54.96%	41.47%	13.49%

The Senate race closely mirrored the gubernatorial race.

US Senate 06	Bouchard	Stabenow	3rd party	Total	Diff.	GOP%	Dem%	Diff%
Adams Twp	89	99	1	189	-10	47.09%	52.38%	-5.29%
Arenac Twp	123	243	6	372	-120	33.06%	65.32%	-32.26%
City of Au Gres	172	201	6	379	-29	45.38%	53.03%	-7.65%
Au Gres Twp	190	273	10	473	-83	40.17%	57.72%	-17.55%
Clayton Twp	128	212	10	350	-84	36.57%	60.57%	-24.00%
Deep River Twp	299	581	19	899	-282	33.26%	64.63%	-31.37%
Lincoln Twp	126	229	13	368	-103	34.24%	62.23%	-27.99%
Mason Twp	117	162	6	285	-45	41.05%	56.84%	-15.79%
Moffatt Twp	216	309	19	544	-93	39.71%	56.80%	-17.10%
City of Omer	34	67	2	103	-33	33.01%	65.05%	-32.04%
Sims Twp	293	327	14	634	-34	46.21%	51.58%	-5.36%
City of Standish	194	275	10	479	-81	40.50%	57.41%	-16.91%
Standish Twp	261	531	11	803	-270	32.50%	66.13%	-33.62%
Turner Twp	110	133	6	249	-23	44.18%	53.41%	-9.24%
Whitney Twp	236	270	11	517	-34	45.65%	52.22%	-6.58%
Total	2588	3912	144	6644	-1324	38.95%	58.88%	-19.93%

Stupak won in his rematch with Hooper.

Congress 1st 06	Hooper	Stupak	3rd party	Total	Diff.	GOP%	Dem%	Diff%
Adams Twp	60	108	10	178	-48	33.71%	60.67%	-26.97%
Arenac Twp	84	258	9	351	-174	23.93%	73.50%	-49.57%
City of Au Gres	141	201	12	354	-60	39.83%	56.78%	-16.95%
Au Gres Twp	144	293	16	453	-149	31.79%	64.68%	-32.89%
Clayton Twp	95	228	13	336	-133	28.27%	67.86%	-39.58%
Deep River Twp	194	639	27	860	-445	22.56%	74.30%	-51.74%
Lincoln Twp	95	239	17	351	-144	27.07%	68.09%	-41.03%
Mason Twp	87	177	10	274	-90	31.75%	64.60%	-32.85%
Moffatt Twp	158	351	19	528	-193	29.92%	66.48%	-36.55%
City of Omer	23	70	7	100	-47	23.00%	70.00%	-47.00%
Sims Twp	245	352	20	617	-107	39.71%	57.05%	-17.34%
City of Standish	143	302	13	458	-159	31.22%	65.94%	-34.72%
Standish Twp	206	544	25	775	-338	26.58%	70.19%	-43.61%
Turner Twp	90	140	7	237	-50	37.97%	59.07%	-21.10%
Whitney Twp	181	308	13	502	-127	36.06%	61.35%	-25.30%
Total	1946	4210	218	6374	-2264	30.53%	66.05%	-35.52%

Jim Barcia ran ahead of everybody, which isn't a surprise as this is his old district in Congress. 

St Senate 31st 06	Nuncio	Barcia	3rd party	Total	Diff.	GOP%	Dem%	Diff%
Adams Twp	39	139	3	181	-100	21.55%	76.80%	-55.25%
Arenac Twp	54	304	3	361	-250	14.96%	84.21%	-69.25%
City of Au Gres	109	250	7	366	-141	29.78%	68.31%	-38.52%
Au Gres Twp	103	355	7	465	-252	22.15%	76.34%	-54.19%
Clayton Twp	75	262	9	346	-187	21.68%	75.72%	-54.05%
Deep River Twp	129	739	12	880	-610	14.66%	83.98%	-69.32%
Lincoln Twp	57	298	2	357	-241	15.97%	83.47%	-67.51%
Mason Twp	61	212	2	275	-151	22.18%	77.09%	-54.91%
Moffatt Twp	132	384	17	533	-252	24.77%	72.05%	-47.28%
City of Omer	18	81	3	102	-63	17.65%	79.41%	-61.76%
Sims Twp	174	436	11	621	-262	28.02%	70.21%	-42.19%
City of Standish	100	354	8	462	-254	21.65%	76.62%	-54.98%
Standish Twp	131	651	11	793	-520	16.52%	82.09%	-65.57%
Turner Twp	68	171	3	242	-103	28.10%	70.66%	-42.56%
Whitney Twp	154	342	8	504	-188	30.56%	67.86%	-37.30%
Total	1404	4978	106	6488	-3574	21.64%	76.73%	-55.09%

The Tim Moore re-election was one of the big saves in 06.  Moore won re-election, and also won Arenac County.

St Rep 97th 06	Moore	Schwab	3rd party	Total	Diff.	GOP%	Dem%	Diff%
Adams Twp	117	67	0	184	50	63.59%	36.41%	27.17%
Arenac Twp	185	172	0	357	13	51.82%	48.18%	3.64%
City of Au Gres	215	148	0	363	67	59.23%	40.77%	18.46%
Au Gres Twp	168	178	0	346	-10	48.55%	51.45%	-2.89%
Clayton Twp	165	169	0	334	-4	49.40%	50.60%	-1.20%
Deep River Twp	402	475	0	877	-73	45.84%	54.16%	-8.32%
Lincoln Twp	177	178	0	355	-1	49.86%	50.14%	-0.28%
Mason Twp	133	139	0	272	-6	48.90%	51.10%	-2.21%
Moffatt Twp	168	162	0	330	6	50.91%	49.09%	1.82%
City of Omer	50	50	0	100	0	50.00%	50.00%	0.00%
Sims Twp	350	257	0	607	93	57.66%	42.34%	15.32%
City of Standish	270	194	0	464	76	58.19%	41.81%	16.38%
Standish Twp	375	401	0	776	-26	48.32%	51.68%	-3.35%
Turner Twp	146	94	0	240	52	60.83%	39.17%	21.67%
Whitney Twp	290	206	0	496	84	58.47%	41.53%	16.94%
Total	3211	2890	0	6101	321	52.63%	47.37%	5.26%

2008 was also a bad year for the GOP. Obama took the county, as did Levin and Stupak. Tim Moore once again survived.

POTUS:

POTUS	McCain	Obama	3rd party	Total	Diff.	GOP%	Dem%	Diff%
Adams Twp	129	114	5	248	15	52.02%	45.97%	6.05%
Arenac Twp	167	266	9	442	-99	37.78%	60.18%	-22.40%
City of Au Gres	258	227	3	488	31	52.87%	46.52%	6.35%
Au Gres Twp	291	275	7	573	16	50.79%	47.99%	2.79%
Clayton Twp	194	275	6	475	-81	40.84%	57.89%	-17.05%
Deep River Twp	456	606	25	1087	-150	41.95%	55.75%	-13.80%
Lincoln Twp	188	240	9	437	-52	43.02%	54.92%	-11.90%
Mason Twp	153	191	12	356	-38	42.98%	53.65%	-10.67%
Moffatt Twp	349	299	23	671	50	52.01%	44.56%	7.45%
City of Omer	43	88	3	134	-45	32.09%	65.67%	-33.58%
Sims Twp	363	342	17	722	21	50.28%	47.37%	2.91%
City of Standish	312	306	8	626	6	49.84%	48.88%	0.96%
Standish Twp	409	528	25	962	-119	42.52%	54.89%	-12.37%
Turner Twp	145	139	3	287	6	50.52%	48.43%	2.09%
Whitney Twp	350	259	11	620	91	56.45%	41.77%	14.68%
Total	3807	4155	166	8128	-348	46.84%	51.12%	-4.28%

Jack Hoogendyk was thrown to the wolves. I'd like to see the state party and national party finally say damn the torpedoes and kick his ass for his completely awful record.

US Senate 08	Hoogendyk	Levin	3rd party	Total	Diff.	GOP%	Dem%	Diff%
Adams Twp	80	138	10	228	-58	35.09%	60.53%	-25.44%
Arenac Twp	112	290	17	419	-178	26.73%	69.21%	-42.48%
City of Au Gres	192	266	13	471	-74	40.76%	56.48%	-15.71%
Au Gres Twp	204	322	25	551	-118	37.02%	58.44%	-21.42%
Clayton Twp	134	305	18	457	-171	29.32%	66.74%	-37.42%
Deep River Twp	308	704	37	1049	-396	29.36%	67.11%	-37.75%
Lincoln Twp	123	281	14	418	-158	29.43%	67.22%	-37.80%
Mason Twp	108	216	22	346	-108	31.21%	62.43%	-31.21%
Moffatt Twp	250	365	41	656	-115	38.11%	55.64%	-17.53%
City of Omer	30	90	9	129	-60	23.26%	69.77%	-46.51%
Sims Twp	274	408	25	707	-134	38.76%	57.71%	-18.95%
City of Standish	208	373	19	600	-165	34.67%	62.17%	-27.50%
Standish Twp	264	632	40	936	-368	28.21%	67.52%	-39.32%
Turner Twp	97	175	12	284	-78	34.15%	61.62%	-27.46%
Whitney Twp	283	302	22	607	-19	46.62%	49.75%	-3.13%
Total	2667	4867	324	7858	-2200	33.94%	61.94%	-28.00%

Casperson was the best shot for Stupak, but he ran into the 08 buzzsaw, as well as Stupak's popularity.

Congress 1st 08	Casperson	Stupak	3rd party	Total	Diff.	GOP%	Dem%	Diff%
Adams Twp	84	139	6	229	-55	36.68%	60.70%	-24.02%
Arenac Twp	85	311	15	411	-226	20.68%	75.67%	-54.99%
City of Au Gres	163	289	8	460	-126	35.43%	62.83%	-27.39%
Au Gres Twp	171	340	33	544	-169	31.43%	62.50%	-31.07%
Clayton Twp	136	295	22	453	-159	30.02%	65.12%	-35.10%
Deep River Twp	269	729	41	1039	-460	25.89%	70.16%	-44.27%
Lincoln Twp	115	283	16	414	-168	27.78%	68.36%	-40.58%
Mason Twp	90	235	17	342	-145	26.32%	68.71%	-42.40%
Moffatt Twp	225	387	37	649	-162	34.67%	59.63%	-24.96%
City of Omer	26	95	8	129	-69	20.16%	73.64%	-53.49%
Sims Twp	272	407	19	698	-135	38.97%	58.31%	-19.34%
City of Standish	207	365	21	593	-158	34.91%	61.55%	-26.64%
Standish Twp	242	659	24	925	-417	26.16%	71.24%	-45.08%
Turner Twp	103	160	13	276	-57	37.32%	57.97%	-20.65%
Whitney Twp	246	347	9	602	-101	40.86%	57.64%	-16.78%
Total	2434	5041	289	7764	-2607	31.35%	64.93%	-33.58%

Tim Moore was the bright spot, who won rather easily.

St rep 97th 08	Moore	Wilton	3rd party	Total	Diff.	GOP%	Dem%	Diff%
Adams Twp	166	63	0	229	103	72.49%	27.51%	44.98%
Arenac Twp	239	154	0	393	85	60.81%	39.19%	21.63%
City of Au Gres	323	149	0	472	174	68.43%	31.57%	36.86%
Au Gres Twp	368	178	0	546	190	67.40%	32.60%	34.80%
Clayton Twp	259	198	0	457	61	56.67%	43.33%	13.35%
Deep River Twp	636	410	0	1046	226	60.80%	39.20%	21.61%
Lincoln Twp	266	156	0	422	110	63.03%	36.97%	26.07%
Mason Twp	208	133	0	341	75	61.00%	39.00%	21.99%
Moffatt Twp	375	260	0	635	115	59.06%	40.94%	18.11%
City of Omer	77	53	0	130	24	59.23%	40.77%	18.46%
Sims Twp	465	232	0	697	233	66.71%	33.29%	33.43%
City of Standish	404	194	0	598	210	67.56%	32.44%	35.12%
Standish Twp	570	356	0	926	214	61.56%	38.44%	23.11%
Turner Twp	188	87	0	275	101	68.36%	31.64%	36.73%
Whitney Twp	396	205	0	601	191	65.89%	34.11%	31.78%
Total	4940	2828	0	7768	2112	63.59%	36.41%	27.19%

Arenac County will be very important in 2010 and 2012. It's a competitive county that will matter in close elections, and two open seats have this county. Barcia is termed out in a competitive seat, as is Tim Moore. Those two seats could be won by either party. Arenac County has democrat leanings, but it is winnable by Republicans, as Tim Moore showed.