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TOM:..ELECTION RESULTS FLOWING
INTO OUR NEWSROOM THROUGOUT
THIS MORNING -- AS CLERKS
SPENT THE NIGHT COUNTING A
RECORD NUMBER OF ABSENTEE
BALLOTS.
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IT TOOK LONGER THAN WE'RE USED
TO -- BUT IT APPEARS THE FINAL
TEST BEFORE THE NOVEMBER
ELECTION WAS MOSTLY SMOOTH FOR
CLERKS.
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EMILY:..LET'S GET TO THE
LATEST RESULTS.THE U.S. HOUSE
RACE IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN --
JON HOADLEY HAS WON THE
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY.THIS WAS A
CLOSE RACE WITH JEN RICHARDSON
THAT WASN'T CALLED UNTIL THIS
MORNING.
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EMILY:..THAT SETS UP A
SHOWDOWN IN NOVEMBER.HOADLEY
WILL FACE REPUBLICAN INCUMBENT
FRED UPTON, WHO DEFEATED HIS
PRIMARY DEFEATED HIS PRIMARY
OPPONENT LAST NIGHT.
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TOM:..NOW TO JUSTIN AMASH'S
SEAT IN THE THIRD DISTRICT.
PETER MEIJER WON A FIVE-WAY
RACE IN THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY.
HE MOVES ON TO FACE DEMOCRAT
HILLARY SCHOLTEN IN NOVEMBER.
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EMILY:..POLITICAL REPORTER
RICK ALBIN WAS HERE LATE LAST
NIGHT -- AND BACK UP FOR
DAYBREAK THIS MORNING.DON'T
WORRY -- HE'S STILL AWAKE.
RICK, TAKEAWAYS FROM WHAT WE
SAW IN THESE U.S. HOUSE
PRIMARIES LAST NIGHT... AND
WHAT IT MEANS FOR NOVEMBER?
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EMILY:..
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MORE RESULTS
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NOW -- A HEATED MORE RESULTS
EMILY:..MORE RESULTS NOW -- A
HEATED BATTLE IN A STATE HOUSE
PRIMARY BETWEEN TWO CURRENT
KALAMAZOO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
WE NOW HAVE A CALL IN THIS
RACE -- JULIE ROGERS BEATING
OUT STEPHANIE MOORE BY LESS
THAN 500 VOTES.SHE ADVANCES TO
FACE REPUBLICAN GARY MITCHELL
IN NOVEMBER.
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TOM:..LET'S GET TO SOME SCHOOL
ELECTIONS...IN ALLEGAN COUNTY
-- THE HAMILTON SCHOOLS BOND
WENT DOWN.THE 65-MILLION
DOLLAR BOND WOULD HAVE PAID
FOR A NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL AND
OTHER BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS.AN
OPERATING MILLAGE IN THE
DISTRICT PASSED.
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TOM:..JENISON VOTERS EASILY
APPROVED A 61-MILLION DOLLAR
EASILY APPROVED A 61-MILLION
DOLLAR SCHOOL BOND THAT WILL
MAKE SEVERAL BUILDING
IMPROVEMENTS.
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EMILY:..WEST OTTAWA VOTERS
OVERWHELMING APPROVED A 13-
MILLION DOLLAR BOND LAST NIGHT.
THIS MILLAGE HAD BEEN DELAYED
FROM THE MAY BALLOT BECAUSE OF
CORONAVIRUS... AND INCLUDES
MONEY TO COVER EXPENSES DURING
THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR.
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EMILY:..AND THE SECOND TIME IN
THE CHARM IN CEDAR SPRINGS.
AFTER A LARGER PROPOSAL FAILED
LAST YEAR, VOTERS NARROWLY
APPROVED A 68-MILLION DOLLAR
BOND.THE MARGIN OF VICTORY --
JUST 20 VOTES.
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TOM:..AND LOOK AT THIS -- A
TIE!THIS IS THE ROAD MILLAGE
IN NORTH PLAINS TOWNSHIP
MILLAGE IN NORTH PLAINS
TOWNSHIP IN IONIA COUNTY...
THAT'S IN THE HUBBARDSTON AREA.
THE FINAL TALLY... 110 FOR,
110 AGAINST.ACCORDING TO STATE
LAW, A TIE IS ACTUALLY A
DEFEAT. ALTHOUGH WE JUST
TALKED TO THE CLERK, AND HE IS
GOING TO RECOMMEND THAT THE
BOARD OF CANVASSERS DOES A
RETABULATION.CANVASSERS DOES A
RETABULATION.WE'LL KEEP YOU
UPDATED.
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TOM:..WE ARE STILL UPDATING
RESULTS RIGHT NOW.YOU CAN SEE
THEM ALL ON WOODTV.COM.
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