By John Raffel
Correspondent
MCBAIN – Missaukee County voters went for Gretchen Whitmer (Democrat) and Tudor Dixon (Republican) in Tuesday’s primary election.
Whitmer was running unopposed. Dixon was running against five other GOP opponents.
Jack Bergman (Republican) and Bob Lorinser (Democrat) are the Congressional first district nominees while Michele Hoitenga (Republican) and Joel Sheltrown (Democrat) were the state legislature nominees.
Party winners advance to the general election in November.
County voters also voted for various millage proposals.
A millage proposal for support of county senior citizens passed 2,766-1,019. There was a public safety support millage which passed 2,541-1,249.
Various township proposals also were approved. Proposals for fire protection passed 97-25 in Aetna Township, 193-68 in Forest Township, 131-41 in Norwich Township, 65-39 in Pioneer Township, 197-65 in Riverside Township and 94-30 in West Branch.
Voters approved proposals for roadwork in Bloomfield Township 116-46, in Butterfield Township 98-56, in Norwich 106-59, and in Richland 241-119.
Missaukee County voters also participated in three school millage elections for operational millage. It passed 131-111 for the Houghton Lake School District, 1,088-918 for the Lake City School District and 853-459 for the McBain School District.