Below is a list of opposed candidates who are running for and are considered as relevant offices in the north Oakland County area for the 2004 Michigan elections. This information will be updated and added to throughout the campaign season. Please visit this page often to see newly added members and pages!

The persons that are in bold and have a thumbnail picture beside their name have their own NORC Web page you may view by clicking on their name. As an added feature, these candidates have contributed to give more information about themselves and their reasons for running for office (please check back often as others will decide to do the same as the election draws near).

The persons' names in red and italicized are currently NORC members.

Please double check your status to ensure accuracy, if you notice any incorrect information please contact the NORC. We took these results directly from the Oakland County Web site www.co.oakland.mi.us/.

This is truly an exclusive feature you will only find here at www.norc-us.org!


I: Incumbents
R: Republican
D: Democrat
Ind: Independent

UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

District 8

United States Representative Mike Rogers (I, R)
Robert Alexander (D)

District 9

   

United States Representative Joe Knollenberg (I, R)

Steven Reifman (D)

District 11

United States Representative Thaddeus G. McCotter (I, R)
Phillip Truran (D)

District 12

Randell Shafer (R)
Sander Levin (I, D)

MICHIGAN STATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

District 29: Pontiac, Auburn Hills

Samantha Moffett, R-Auburn Hills
Clarence Phillips, D-Pontiac (I)

District 38: Novi, South Lyon, Lyon Township, Wixom, Walled Lake, Wolverine Lake

Craig DeRoche, R-Novi (I)
Joan Morgan, D-South Lyon

District 39: West Bloomfield, Commerce Township

David Law, R-West Bloomfield
Michael Alan Schwartz, D-West Bloomfield

District 40: Birmingham, Bloomfield Hills and Township, Keego Harbor, Sylvan Lake, Orchard Lake, Beverly Hills, Franklin, Bingham Farms

Shelley Goodman Taub, R-Bloomfield Hills (I)
Syed Jafry, D-Bloomfield Hills

District 43: Waterford, Lake Angelus

   

Fran Amos, R-Waterford (I)

Scott Hudson, D-Waterford

District 44: Highland, White Lake, Independence, Springfield and Clarkston

John Stakoe, R-Highland (I)
Bill Scrase, D-Clarkston

District 45: Rochester Hills, Rochester and Oakland Township

John Garfield, R-Rochester Hills (I)
Thomas Werth, D-Rochester

District 46: Orion, Oxford, Addison, Rose, Holly, Brandon and Groveland townships

James Marleau, R-Lake Orion
Daniel Myslakowski, D-Lake Orion

COUNTYWIDE RACES (FOUR-YEAR TERMS)

COUNTY EXECUTIVE

   

L. Brooks Patterson, R-Clarkston (I)

Robert Corbett Jr., D-Madison Heights

PROSECUTING ATTORNEY

David Gorcyca, R-Troy (I)
David Girard, D-Birmingham

SHERIFF

Michael Bouchard, R-Birmingham (I)
Mark Mitchell, D-Troy

COUNTY CLERK/REGISTER OF DEEDS

Ruth Johnson, R-Holly
Jason Ellenburg, D-Royal Oak

COUNTY TREASURER

   

Pat Dohany, R-Commerce Township (I)

Shelli Weisberg, D-Birmingham

DRAIN COMMISSIONER

   

John McCulloch, R-Royal Oak (I)

Jon Levin, D-Bloomfield Hills

COUNTY COMMISSIONERS (TWO-YEAR TERMS)

District 1

William Patterson, R-Oxford (I)
Brandon Galbraith, D-Leonard

District 2

Bill Bullard Jr., R-Highland (I)
Donna Williams, D-Highland

District 3

Eric Wilson, R-Lake Orion (I)
Regina Meo, D-Lake Orion

District 4

Tom Middleton, R-Clarkston (I)
Charles Inman, D-Clarkston

District 5

John Scott, R-Waterford (I)
Garry Nielsen, D-Waterford

District 6

Eileen Kowall, R-White Lake (I)

District 7

Christine Long, R-Commerce Township (I)
Kathleen Leep, D-Commerce Township

District 10

Terry Haines, R-Pontiac
Mattie McKinney Hatchett, D-Pontiac (I)

District 11

Randall Speck, R-Auburn Hills
Tim Melton, D-Auburn Hills

District 13

Will Molnar, R-Troy
Nada Grubor, D-Troy

District 16

Greg Jamian, R-Bloomfield Hills (I)
Karen Spector, D-West Bloomfield

District 17

John Richards, R-Bloomfield Hills
Marcia Gershenson, D-Franklin

District 20

Chuck Moss, R-Birmingham (I)
Kathryn Kittides, D-Bloomfield Hills

OAKLAND COUNTY TOWNSHIP (FOUR-YEAR TERMS)

ADDISON TOWNSHIP BOARD

Supervisor: A. Robert Koski (I)
Clerk: Pauline Bennett (I)
Treasurer: Daniel Alberty (I)
Trustees (four seats):
John D. Sutphin (I, R), Ed Brakefield (R), Claudia Vondrak (R), Christine Sypitkowski (R)

BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP BOARD

Supervisor:David Payne (I, R)
Clerk: Janet Roncelli (R)
Treasurer: Dan Devine (I, R)
Trustees (four seats):
Neil Barnett (I, R), David Buckley (I, R), Leo Savoie (R), Sherry Stefanes (R)

BRANDON TOWNSHIP BOARD

Supervisor: Ronald Lapp (I, R), Becky Gilpin (D)
Clerk: Jeannie McCreery (I, R)
Treasurer: Linda Owen (I, R)
Trustees (four seats):
Charlene A. Carlson (I, R), Robert P. DeWitt Jr. (R), Thomas A. Stowell (I, R), Sandra Willett (I, R)

COMMERCE TOWNSHIP BOARD

Supervisor: Thomas Zoner (I, R)
Clerk: Sandra Abrams (I, R)
Treasurer: Susan Gross (I, R)
Trustees (four seats):
Debra Kirkwood (R), Robert Long (I, R), Daniel Munro (I, R), Rock Sovel (I, R)

GROVELAND TOWNSHIP BOARD

Supervisor: Robert DePalma (I, R)
Clerk: Pamela Mazich (I, R)
Treasurer: Shirley Scramlin (I, R)
Trustees (four seats):
David Ax (I, R), Diane Howell (I, R)

HIGHLAND TOWNSHIP BOARD

Supervisor: Triscia Pilchowski (I, R)
Clerk: Mary McDonell (I, R)
Treasurer: Judith Kiley (I, R)
Trustees (four seats):
Mary Chynoweth (R), Judy Dietrich (I, R), Larry Pepera (I, R), Russ Tierney (R)

HOLLY TOWNSHIP BOARD

Supervisor: Dale M. Smith (D, I), John Lauve (R)
Clerk: Karin S. Winchester (R)
Treasurer: Bernice M. Alexander (R)
Trustees (four seats):
Roger Welsh (D), Mark Cornwell (D), Roger Studley (R), Steven Ruth (R), Gene Dawson (D), Ed O'Connor (D)

INDEPENDENCE TOWNSHIP BOARD

Supervisor: David Wagner (R)
Clerk: Shelagh VanderVeen (R)
Treasurer: Jim Wenger (I, R)
Trustees (four seats):
Charles Dunn (R), Dan Kelly (I, R), Larry Rosso (I, R), Daniel Travis (I, R)

ORION TOWNSHIP BOARD

Supervisor: Jerry Dywasuk (I, R)
Clerk: Jill D. Bastian (I, R)
Treasurer: Alice Young (R)
Trustees (four seats):
Michael J. Gingell (I, R), Mark Crane (D), John Garlicki (R), Frank Joseph Granett (D), Matthew Gibb (R), John Steimel (R)

OXFORD TOWNSHIP BOARD

Supervisor: William Dunn (I, R)
Clerk: Clara J. Sanerson (I, R)
Treasurer: Joseph G. Ferrari (I, R)
Trustees (four seats):
Gerald Dywasuk Jr. (I, R), Patrica Fitchena (I, R), Charles Kniffen (I, R), Susan Bellairs (R),
Doleen Behnke (R)

ROSE TOWNSHIP BOARD

Supervisor: Chester W. Koop (I, R)
Clerk: Alison Kalcec (I, R)
Treasurer: Susan J. Slaughter (I, R)
Trustees (four seats):
David Gordon (I, R), Donald J. Walls II (I, R), Michael P. MacGregor (D)

SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP BOARD

Supervisor: Collin Walls (I, R)
Clerk: Nancy Strole (I, R)
Treasurer: Jamie Dubre (I, R)
Trustees (four seats):
Marc Cooper (R), Dave Hopper (I, R), Roger Lamont (R), Dennis Vallad (I, R)

WATERFORD TOWNSHIP BOARD

Supervisor: Carl Solden (I, D), Kris Dreyer (R)
Clerk: Betty Fortino (I, D), Sue Camilleri (R)
Treasurer: Dee Minton (I, R)
Trustees (four seats):
Kathy Boyea (D), Rick Gladstone (R), Stan Moore (R), Todd Fox (I, R), Paul Deni (I, R), Bette O'Shea (I, D), Tom Somers (D), David Maloney (I, R)

WEST BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP BOARD

Supervisor: David Flaisher (I, D), Michael Madigan (R)
Clerk: Sharon Law (R, I), Maxine Brickner (D)
Treasurer: Denise Hammond (R, I), Sandra Shipper (D)
Trustees (four seats):
Joshua B. Bock (D), Roberta Y. Boyle (R), Stuart Brickner (I, D), Gerald Chudler (D),
Larry Horn (D), Todd K. Kokko (R), Debbie Macon (I, R), Diane Reis-Harnisch (R), Karen Spector (D), Robert Spector (D)

WHITE LAKE TOWNSHIP BOARD

Supervisor: Mike Kowall (R)
Clerk: Carol Burkhard (I, R)
Treasurer: Beverly Opdycke Spoor (I, R)
Trustees (four seats):
Forrest Jay Brendel (I, R), Thomas Johnson (R), Terry Lilley (R), Michael Powell (R), Andrea Voorheis (R), Michael Long (D)

BOARD OF REGENTS

University of Michigan

Carl Meyers

JUDGESHIPS

6th District Court

Mary Ellen Brennan
Cheryl Matthews

52nd District Court (Second Division)

Kelley Kostin
Larence Kozma

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