Aug. 2 Primary Election Results as of 11:59 p.m.

While the polls closed at 8 p.m., Washtenaw County and Ann Arbor election workers are still tallying results. As of 11:59 p.m., 38 percent of the County’s 151 precincts had been fully counted. In Ann Arbor, City Clerk Jackie Beaudry said she expected to have absentee ballots counted by 10 p.m. At 11:59 p.m. no absentee results for City Council races had been posted. In 2020, 25,000 Ann Arbor voters cast absentee ballots for City Council candidates. Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson announced recently that 2022 requests for absentee ballots statewide had jumped a whopping 78 percent. This suggests that there were, perhaps, more than 25,000 absentee ballots cast in this year’s Ann Arbor local races.

The in-person voting results for City Council are available and have been posted to the Washtenaw County Clerk’s website:

Anne Bannister	3912	0	3912	37.88%
Christopher Taylor	6402	0	6402	62.00%

Cynthia Harrison	1011	0	1011	70.06%
Angeline Smith	432	0	432	29.94%

Dharma Akmon	1162	0	1162	52.94%
Elizabeth Nelson	931	0	931	42.41%
Mozhgan Savabieasfahani	100	0	100	4.56%

Jenn Cornell	1929	0	1929	59.08%
Ali Ramlawi	1335	0	1335	40.89%

In Wards 2 and 3, the Council candidates ran unopposed.

In-person voter turnout, thus far, is lowest in Ward 1. Only 8.76 percent of the Ward’s 19,747 registered voters went to the polls. In Ward 4, the percentage of voters who voted in-person was slightly higher, 10.5 percent of the Ward’s 23,463 registered voters. Of the 25,105 registered voters in Ward 5, 14.7 percent of them voted at their local polling places.

In Ypsilanti, Mayor Lois Allen-Richardson trails challenger Nicole Brown by over 1,000 votes with 90 percent of precincts counted. Brown is the Ypsilanti Mayor Pro Tem and has served on City Council since 2014. Allen-Richardson has served on City Council since 2000. She was appointed to the Mayor’s office in 2020, the first Black woman to hold that office in Ypsilanti. Ypsilanti, unlike Ann Arbor, has non-partisan elections.

Lois Allen-Richardson	356	459	815	27.93%
Nicole Brown	1018	877	1895	64.94%
Anthony Morgan	99	102	201	6.89%

Ann Arbor voters are also electing State-level representatives. In the newly-created 14th District, Washtenaw County Commissioner Sue Shink is leading with 45.45 percent of precincts counted. Shink will face Republican Tim Golding in the Nov. general election.

Sue Shink	6283	5443	11726	74.78%
Val Cochran Toops	319	230	549	3.50%
Kelsey Heck Wood	2123	1270	3393	21.64%

In the Michigan governor’s race, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will face one of five Republican challengers in November. With 38.4 percent of precincts counted, Washtenaw County voters have cast the most votes for Trump-backed candidate Tudor Dixon.

Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti and Ypsilanti Township voters are deciding on whether to approve a proposed 240 percent increase in the AAATA millage. With 10.9 percent of precincts fully tallied, these are the millage enhancement results as of 11:59 p.m.

Yes	10753	1189	11942	62.83%
No	6669	396	7065	37.17%

In Ypsilanti Township, where officials sent out a postcard questioning the economic impact of an increased millage on Township residents, residents have in large part voted against the increase.

In 2020, a total of 111,385 Washtenaw County voters cast ballots, or 36.64 percent of the County’s 304,836 registered voters.