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A number of hotly contested primaries appeared on the August ballot.

Contents 1 Ypsi City Primaries 1.1 Mayor - Democratic Primary 1.2 City Council - Democratic Primary 2 County Commission Primaries

[edit] Ypsi City Primaries

[edit] Mayor - Democratic Primary

• Steve Pierce
• Lois Richardson (current 1st Ward Councilmember)
• Paul Schreiber (Winner)

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[edit] City Council - Democratic Primary

1st Ward:

• Juanita House
• David Kircher
• Trudy Swanson - incumbent (Winner)

2nd Ward:

• John Bailey
• William Nickels - incumbent (Winner)

3rd Ward:

• Rod Johnson
• Brian Robb (Winner - Won the Recount as well)

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[edit] County Commission Primaries

County Commission seats were hotly contested this year, with disputes over Sheriff's Department Patrol Funding considered the largest issue.

2nd District (Superior Twp) Democratic primary:

• Martha Kern - incumbent
• Ken Schwarz (Winner)

4th District (western Ypsi Twp) Democratic primary:

• Wes Prater - incumbent
• William Riney
• Karen Roe (Winner)

Winner faces Republican Mitchell Gasche

5th District (eastern Ypsi Twp) Democratic primary:

• Tony Martin
• Rolland Sizemore - incumbent

6th District (Ypsi City and parts Twp) Democratic primary

• Mark Namatevs
• Ronnie Peterson - incumbent (Winner)

Winner faces Republican Kurt Koehler