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CANDIDATE
DIRECTORY LEGEND:
Bold = Active Candidate
Italics = Potential Candidate
* = Incumbent
= Winner
(Incumbent Party Listed First)
Filing
Deadline (Major Parties): May 11, 2010
Filing Deadline (Independents & Other Parties): July 15, 2010
Filing Deadline (Write-Ins for Primary): July 23, 2010
Filing Deadline (Write-Ins): October 22, 2010
State Primary: August 3, 2010
This
page was last updated on June 25, 2009

STATE
CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS:
GOVERNOR:
[ Jennifer
Granholm (D)* - Term-Limited in 2010. ]
John Cherry (D)
- Lt. Governor, Ex-State Senate Minority Leader & Ex-State
Rep.
Andy Dillon (D) - State
House Speaker, Attorney & Ex-Congressional Aide
Kate Ebli (D) - State Representative
& Businesswoman
Robert Ficano (D)
- Wayne County Executive, Ex-Wayne County Sheriff & Attorney
John Freeman (D) - Ex-State Rep. & Community Organizer
Dan
Kildee (D) - Genesee County Treasurer, Ex-Genesee County Commissioner
& Ex-Flint School Board Member
George Perles (D)
- Michigan State University Trustee, Retired MSU Football Coach
& Army Veteran
Alma Wheeler Smith (D)
- State Rep., Ex-State Sen., Ex-Washtenaw County Commissioner
& '02 Candidate
Gretchen Whitmer (D)
- State Sen., Ex-State Rep. & Attorney
Don Williamson
(D) - Ex-Flint Mayor & Businessman
Mike Bouchard (R)
- Oakland County Sheriff, Ex-State Sen Majority Leader, Ex-State
Rep & '06 US Sen. Nominee
Dave
Brandon (R) - Domino's Pizza Corp. CEO & Ex-University
of Michigan Regent
Mike Cox (R) - Attorney
General, Ex-Wayne County Deputy Prosecutor & USMC Veteran
Tom George (R)
- State Sen., Ex-Senate Majority Leader, Ex-State Rep. & Physician
Peter Hoekstra (R)
- Congressman & Ex-Manufacturing Executive
Wayne
Kuipers (R) - State Sen., Ex-State Rep. & Businessman
Candice Miller (R)
- Congresswoman, Ex-Secretary of State & Ex-Macomb County
Treasurer
Joe Schwarz (R) - Ex-Congressman, Ex-State Senate President Pro
Tempore, Surgeon & '02 Candidate
Rick Snyder (R) -
Venture Capitalist
Next
State Constitutional Officer Elections in 2010.

LIEUTENANT
GOVERNOR:
[ John
Cherry (D)* - Candidate for Governor in 2010. ]
SECRETARY
OF STATE:
[
Terri Lynn Land (R)*
- Term-Limited in 2010. ]
Cameron Brown
(R) - State Sen. & Ex-St. Joseph County Commissioner
Judy Emmons (R) - Ex-State
Rep.
Ruth Johnson (R)
- Oakland County Clerk, Ex-State Rep. & Businesswoman
Michelle McManus (R)
- State Sen., Ex-State Rep., Ex-Gubernatorial Aide & '98 US
Rep. Nominee
Anne Norlander (R) - Calhoun
County Clerk & Ex-Calhoun County Commissioner
Kathy Angerer (D) - State
House Majority Leader & Ex-Dundee Community Schools Communications
Director
Jocelyn Benson (D) -
Law School Professor & Attorney
Janice
Winfrey (D) - Detroit City Clerk
ATTORNEY
GENERAL:
[ Mike
Cox (R)* - Candidate for Governor in 2010. ]
Mike Bishop (R) - State
Senate Majority Leader, Ex-State Rep. & Attorney
Bruce
Patterson (R) - State Sen., Ex-State Rep., Ex-Wayne County
Commissioner & Attorney
Bill
Schuette (R) - Ex-State Appeals Court Judge, Ex-Congressman,
Ex-State Sen. & '90 US Sen. Nominee
Gretchen Whitmer (D)
- State Sen., Ex-State Rep. & Attorney
MICHIGAN STATE
LEGISLATURE:
State
House - ( Republican
Caucus - Democratic Caucus
)
State Senate -
( Republican Caucus
- Democratic Caucus )
U.S.
SENATOR:
Carl Levin (D)*
- (Campaign Site)
- Next Election in 2014.

Debbie Stabenow (D)*
- (Campaign Site)
- Next Election in 2012.
U.S. CONGRESS:
District
1:
Bart Stupak (D)*
- (Campaign Site)
District
2:
[ Pete
Hoekstra (R)* - Candidate for Governor in 2010. ]
Bill Huizenga (R)
- Ex-State Rep., Businessman & Ex-Congressional Aide
Wayne
Kuipers (R) - State Sen., Ex-State Rep. & Businessman
Jay Riemersma (R) - Ex-Pro
Football Player & Religious Right Activist
Bob Wood (D) - Teacher & Author
District
3:
Vern Ehlers (R)*
- (Campaign Site)

District
4:
Dave Camp (R)*
- (Campaign Site)
Richard
Renner (D) - Missaukee County Commissioner & Ex-Congressional
Aide
District
5:
Dale Kildee (D)*
- (Campaign Site)
District
6:
Fred Upton (R)*
- (Campaign Site)
District
7:
Mark Schauer (D)*
- (Campaign Site)
Tim Walberg (R)
- Ex-Congressman, Ex-State Rep. & Minister
District
8:
Mike Rogers (R)*
- (Campaign Site)

District
9:
Gary Peters (D)*
- (Campaign Site)
Paul Welday (R) -
Public Relations Consultant & Ex-Congressional Aide
District
10:
Candice Miller (R)*
- (Campaign Site)
District
11:
Thad McCotter (R)*
- (Campaign Site)
Glenn Anderson (D)
- State Sen., Ex-State Rep., Ex-Westland City Councilman, Realtor
& Ex-Auto Worker
Natalie Mosher (D)
- Retired Teacher & Ex-Non-Profit Group Executive
District
12:
Sander
Levin (D)* - (Campaign
Site)
Mickey Switalski (D)
- State Sen., Ex-State Rep., Ex-Macomb County Commissioner &
Ex-Roseville City Councilman
Jason McClanahan
(R) - Auto Worker & Community Activist
Les Townsend (R) - Gun Rights
Activist & '06/'08 US Taxpayers Party Nominee

District
13:
Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick
(D)* - (Campaign
Site)
District
14:
John Conyers Jr. (D)*
- (Campaign
Site)
District
15:
John Dingell (D)*
- (Campaign Site)

STATE
POLITICAL PARTIES:
Constitution
Party of Michigan / USTP of Michigan
Michigan Democratic Party
Green Party of Michigan
Independence Party of Michigan
Libertarian Party of Michigan
Michigan Republican Party
Socialist Party of Michigan
STATE
ELECTION OFFICE:
Secretary of State's Office

STATE
NEWS SOURCES:
Alpena
News
Ann Arbor News
Battle Creek Enquirer
Bay City Times
Detroit Free Press
Detroit News - (Politics
Section)
Dundee Independent
Flint Journal
Gongwer News Service Michigan
Report
Grand Rapids Press
Jackson Citizen Patriot
Kalamazoo Gazette
Lenawee Daily Telegram
Livingston County Press / Brighton
Argus
Macomb Daily
MichCourts.net (Judicial
Candidates)
Michigan Government Television
(MGTV)
MLive.com
Michigan Liberal
Michigan Press Association
Michigan Votes
Midland Daily News
Monroe Evening News
Muskegon Chronicle
Observer & Eccentric
(Wayne/Oakland Counties)
Saginaw News
Southgate News-Herald
WDIV TV-4 (NBC - Detroit)
WJBK TV-2 (FOX - Detroit)
WLNS TV-6 (CBS - Lansing)
WLUC TV-6 (NBC - Marquette)
WNEM TV-5 (CBS - Flint / Saginaw
/ Midland / Bay City)
WOOD TV-8 (NBC - Grand Rapids)
WOOD NewsRadio 1300 AM (Grand
Rapids)
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