Our endorsements for November 8 election

The Detroit News is endorsing candidates in a number of races in the November 8 election. Here are our choices thus far.

For President: Gary Johnson (L)

For U.S. Congress:

• 1st District: Lon Johnson (D)
• 2nd District: Bill Huizenga (R)
• 3rd District: Justin Amash (R)
• 4th District: John Moolenaar (R)
• 5th District: Dan Kildee (D)
• 6th District: Fred Upton (R)
• 7th District: Tim Walberg (R)
• 8th District: Mike Bishop (R)
• 9th District: Sander Levin (D)
• 10th District: Paul Mitchell (R)
• 11th District: David Trott (R)
• 12th District: Debbie Dingell (D)
• 13th District: Jeff Gorman (R)
• 14th District: Brenda Lawrence (D)

For State Senate:

• District 4: Ian Conyers (D)

For State House:

Wayne County

• District 1: William Broman (R)
• District 2: No endorsement
• District 3: Wendell Byrd (D)
• District 4: Rose Mary Robinson (D)
• District 5: Fred Durhal III (D)
• District 6: Stephanie Chang (D)
• District 7: LaTanya Garrett (D)
• District 8: Sherry Gay-Dagnogo (D)
• District 9: Sylvia Santana (D)
• District 10: Leslie Love (D)
• District 11: Jewell Jones (D)
• District 12: Erika Geiss (D)
• District 13: Frank Liberati (D)
• District 14: No endorsement
• District 15: Terrance Gerin (R)
• District 16: Matthew Morrow (R)
• District 19: Laura Cox (R)
• District 20: Jeff Noble (R)
• District 23: Robert Howey (R)

Oakland County

• District 26: Randy LeVasseur (R)
• District 27: Robert Wittenberg (D)
• District 29: Tim Greimel (D)
• District 35: Jeremy Moss (D)
• District 37: Christine Greig (D)
• District 38: Kathy Crawford (R)
• District 39: Klint Kesto (R)
• District 40: Michael McCready (R)
• District 41: Martin Howrylak (R)
• District 43: Jim Tedder (R)
• District 44: Jim Runestad (R)
• District 45: Michael Webber (R)
• District 46: John Reilly (R)

Macomb County

• District 18: Kevin Hertel (D)
• District 22: John Chirkun (D)
• District 24: Steve Marino (R)
• District 25: Henry Yanez (D)
• District 28: Patrick Green (D)
• District 30: Diana Farrington (R)
• District 31: Lisa Valerio-Nowc (R)
• District 32: Pamela Hornberger (R)
• District 33: Jeff Yaroch (R)
• District 36: Peter Lucido (R)

For County Commissioners:

Wayne County

• 1st District: John Steininger (R)
• 9th District​: Terry Marecki (R)
• 10th District​: Joe Barone (R)
• 15th District: Patrick O'Connell (R)

Oakland County

• County Executive: L. Brooks Patterson (R)
• District 1: Michael Gingell (R)
• District 2: Bob Hoffman (R)
• District 3: Michael Spisz (R)
• District 4: Tom Middleton (R)
• District 5: Tom Berman (R)
• District 6: Eileen Kowall (R)
• District 7: Christine Long (R)
• District 8: Phil Weipert (R)
• District 9: Hugh Crawford (R)
• District 10: David Bowman (D)
• District 11: Doug Tietz (R)
• District 12: Shelley Goodman Taub (R)
• District 13: Marcia Gershenson (D)
• District 14: Bill Dwyer (R)
• District 15: Adam Kochenderfer (R)
• District 16: Wade Fleming (R)
• District 17: Nancy Quarles (D)
• District 18: Helaine Zack (D)
• District 19: Dave Woodward (D)
• District 20: Gary McGillivray (D)
• District 21: Janet Jackson (D)

Macomb County

• District 1: Andrey Duzyj (D)
• District 2: Marvin Sauger (D)
• District 3: Veronica Klinefelt (D)
• District 4: Joseph Romano (R)
• District 5: Robert Mijac (D)
• District 6: James Louis Carabelli (R)
• District 7: Don Brown (R)
• District 8: Phil Kraft (R)
• District 9: No endorsement
• District 10: Linda Burns Torp (R)
• District 11: Mark Henry (R)
• District 12: Bob Smith (D)
• District 13: Leon Drolet (R)

For Macomb County Public Works Commissioner: Candice Miller (R)

For Macomb County Sheriff: Anthony Wickersham (D)

For Macomb County Clerk: Fred Miller (D)

For Macomb County Treasurer: Larry Rocca (R)

For Oakland Water Resources Commissioner: Jim Nash (D)

For Oakland County Sheriff: Michael Bouchard (R)

For Oakland County Clerk: Bill Bullard, Jr. (R)

For Oakland County Treasurer: Andy Meisner (D)

For Oakland County Prosecutor: Mike Goetz (R)

For Supreme Court: Joan Larsen and David Viviano

For Court of Appeals: Kurtis Wilder and Cynthia Diane Stephens

For Wayne County Circuit Court: Matt Evans, Regina Thomas, Brian Morrow, and Melissa Anne Cox

For Oakland County Circuit Court:Lorie Savin

For Macomb County Circuit Court: Teri Lynn Dennings and Michael Servitto

For State Board of Education: Tom McMillin (R) and Nikki Snyder (R)

For University of Michigan Board of Regents: Ron Weiser (R) and Carl Meyers (R)

For Michigan State University Board of Trustees: William Deary (R) and Dan Kelly (R)

For Wayne State University Board of Governors: Michael Busuito (R) and Kim Shmina (R)

For Detroit Public Schools Community District school board: Leslie Andrews, Penny Bailer, Brandon Brice, Mary Kovari, Ryan Mack, Sonya Mays, and Kevin Turman

Regional Transit Authority tax: Yes

Community benefits agreement proposals A and B: Both are bad, but B is better

Wayne Regional Educational Service Agency tax: No