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Crawford Shows Lead in Oakland County Commissioner Race

Although both candidates ran uncontested for their parties in the primary, Kathy Crawford shows a lead over Gwen Markham for November.

Editor's note: This story has been updated to show how each candidate did along party lines. View the corrected version .

Republican candidate was favored by voters for Oakland County Commissioner for the 9th District in the primary election Tuesday.

Crawford, the incumbent, is running against Democratic candidate in the November election. Both women ran uncontested in the primary election Tuesday, but Crawford got more votes.

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According to unofficial results from the Oakland County Clerk, Crawford got 4,343 votes to Markham's 2,441 with all precincts reporting.

The winner of the seat to represent Novi and part of Northville for a two-year term will be decided on Nov. 6.

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