Tuesday, May 15, 2012
A look at who is up for election in August.
If you're planning to run for office under a party affiliation this fall, you have until 4 p.m. today to turn in your paperwork. That's the deadline for partisans who may end up running in an August primary. Independents have until July 19 to declare their intention to run for office. Also on the ballot this August, the city is asking residents to raise the road millage rate to improve the quality of neighborhood and city roads. Here's a list of candidates, and the districts they aim to represent, as of Tuesday afternoon: Novi falls in the 11th district, and candidates will be running for a two-year term in the U.S. House of Representatives. The candidates so far are Republican Kerry Bentivolio of Milford, and Democrats William F. …
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Teachers, union members and others chanted, marched and yelled at people arriving for a Republican dinner Tuesday at the San Marino Club, where Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin was to be a speaker.
More than 1,000 protesters chanted, marched and yelled as attendees arrived Tuesday evening for a Republican dinner at the San Marino Club in Troy. The 9th Congressional District Republican committee's Southeast Michigan Ronald Reagan Memorial Dinner 2012 was the event, and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's appearance there was the draw for protesters. The crowd, estimated by Troy police to have reached about 1,300 people at one point, chanted "What do we want?" and an answering "Justice!" and "When do we want it?" "Now!" The protests, which started about 5 p.m. in advance of the 7 p.m. dinner program, stretched a whole block of Big Beaver Road. The Michigan chapter of the National Action Network headed by the Rev. Charles Willams II planned …
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Saturday, March 31, 2012
Here's what happened around Novi this week .
Here's some of the top stories from nearby communities this past week:
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Two big political events held at Suburban Collection Showplace brought a lot of publicity to Novi.
The eyes of the nation turned to Novi on the evening of Feb. 28 as those following the GOP presidential race watched Gov. Mitt Romney celebrate winning the Michigan primary. Romney held his victory rally at Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi, making it the first presidential primary event the showplace has hosted. Showplace owner Blair Bowman said that hosting the event was a great opportunity. “It really spotlighted Novi and Oakland County and Southeastern Michigan and even captured national interest there for a while,” he said. With just a few weeks to prepare, Bowman said it was a challenge to organize, but was happy that the event went smoothly. “The organization of things from the media, all of the people coming in from all over …
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Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Republican committee votes to award the state's two at-large delegates to the Michigan native, who won the popular vote in Tuesday's primary.
Update, 4:30 p.m. Thursday: A Michigan Republican committee voted Thursday to award 16 of the state's 30 delegates to the Republican National Convention to Mitt Romney and the remaining 14 to Rick Santorum. Michigan's Tuesday Republican presidential primary showed the candidates splitting the state's delegates, though Romney won the popular vote. The committee voted 4-2 to give Romney Michigan's two at-large delegates, according to MIRS. Michigan Republicans award delegates based on congressional districts – two for each of the state's 14 districts – and two more awarded by the statewide vote. 2 p.m. Wednesday: Mitt Romney's campaign got a boost of optimism Tuesday night after learning that the candidate had won the popular vote in …
'I was confident we could come together today and take a giant step toward a brighter future,' Bloomfield-area native tells backers after a tense primary day.
NOVI – Mitt Romney was looking for a little home cooking, and he got it. The son of former Michigan Gov. George Romney who was born and raised in Bloomfield Hills needed a win to stop surging opponent Rick Santorum and ease fears that he couldn’t take a state in which the economy is the issue. He ended up taking what many political pundits called a "must win" with 43 percent of the vote statewide and overwhelming support in Oakland and Wayne counties. “It’s a big, big win and I just wanted to come down here and join the rally and the celebration,” Troy resident Bill McNeil said after leaving the ballroom where Romney gave his victory speech at the Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi. “I was a little worried earlier today when I saw the …
Here are your results from Tuesday's primary election.
The results are in for Novi in Michigan's presidential primary and Mitt Romney is the projected winner for Novi and the state. Of 37,675 registered voters in the Novi's 21 precincts, 7,558 people hit the polls. That translates to about 20 percent of voters casting ballots. Mitt Romney wins the majority of Novi's vote with 3,747 votes or 54.96 percent of the vote. Rick Santorum garnered 1,844 votes or 27.05 percent of the vote. Ron Paul got the third largest segment of the vote with 645 votes or 9.46 percent. Exactly 733 Democratic Party ballots were issued in Novi. About 90 percent of those votes went to Barack Obama. It's not surprising that Romney won big in Novi, said Oakland County Commissioner Kathy Crawford. "He has conservative …
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Many southeast Michigan communities report low voter turnout as polls close.
Update, 10:24 p.m.: The Associated Press and NBC have declared Mitt Romney the winner of the Michigan primary. Romney performed well in southeastern Michigan, particularly in Macomb and Oakland counties. With 76 percent of the precincts reporting in Macomb, Romney had 43 percent of the vote compared to 34.8 percent for Santorum. Update, 9:58 p.m.: Mitt Romney has won the Republican primary in Arizona, according to the Huffington Post. The victory garners him 29 new delegates on his quest to gain his party's nomination for president. Meanwhile, it's too close to call in Michigan, according to the Detroit Free Press. Romney and Rick Santorum are in a dead heat, with about 38% of precincts reporting. Both men have made several stops in …
One of the state's high-ranking Democrats says he won't be voting in today's primary.
Michigan Congressman Gary Peters (D-9th District) won't be voting in today's Democratic primary election. Neither will Farmington Hills Mayor Barry Brickner. The two elected officials say there's no reason for them to go to the polls today, because Democrats will be choosing their candidate – President Barack Obama – in statewide caucuses on May 5. And even those won't offer much action. "There's only one person running, so it's going to be a real quickie," Brickner said. Michigan Democratic Party officials passed a resolution earlier this month that allows Democrats to vote in the primary and at their caucuses. In the resolution, officials accused Secretary of State Ruth Johnson of "partisan mischief," confusing voters over a party rule…
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Tuesday, February 28
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 …
DARCEL
12:32 am on Monday, April 23, 2012
It's glaringly obvious the household where you grew up decided to home school the children. BTW every republican president and vice president has sent all their children to private schools. Look it up for yourself. Heck, even GWB who was a recipient of republican affirmative action @ Harvard (he really was in the bottom percentile of his class) more ›