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Wayne County, Michigan, held general elections for county executive and county commissioner on November 6, 2018. If a race had multiple candidates for a party nomination, a primary was held on August 7, 2018. The deadline for candidates to file to run in this election was April 24, 2018.

Elections

Executive

	2020 → ;
2018 Wayne County elections
Election dates
	Filing deadline: April 24, 2018
	Primary election: August 7, 2018; General election: November 6, 2018
Election stats
	Offices up: County executive, county commissioner, local judgeships, Detroit Charter Commission
	Total seats up: 25;
	Election type: Partisan
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General election

General election candidates

Warren Evans (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
Denis Curran (Republican Party)

Democratic primary

Democratic primary candidates

Warren Evans (Incumbent) ✔

Republican primary

Republican primary candidates

Commission

General elections

Wayne County Commission General Elections 2018
Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name. = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
Office	Democratic	Republican	Other
District 1	Tim Killeen (i)
District 2	Jewel Ware (i)
District 3	Martha Scott (i)	T.P. Nykoriak
District 4	Ilona Varga (i)
District 5	Irma Clark-Coleman (i)
District 6	Monique Baker McCormick
District 7	Alisha Bell (i)
District 8	Diane Webb (i)
District 9	E. Jason Blankenship	Terry Marecki (i)
District 10	Melissa Daub	Joe Barone (i)
District 11	Al Haidous (i)
District 12	Glenn Anderson (i)
District 13	Sam Baydoun
District 14	Raymond Basham (i)
District 15	Joseph Palamara (i)	Patrick O'Connell

Primary elections

Wayne County Commission Primary Elections 2018
Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name. = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
Office	Democratic	Republican	Other
District 1	Tim Killeen (i)
District 2	Jewel Ware (i) Naomi Estella Anderson Joel Batterman Dale Foster E'yandra Otis Nakpangi Thomas
District 3	Martha Scott (i) Mohammed Hassan Sigmunt Szczepkowski Jr.	T.P. Nykoriak
District 4	Ilona Varga (i) Lisa Carter Abe Sharif
District 5	Irma Clark-Coleman (i) Michelle Broughton Thamar Johnson
District 6	Monique Baker McCormick
District 7	Alisha Bell (i) Deborah Jones
District 8	Diane Webb (i)
District 9	E. Jason Blankenship	Terry Marecki (i)
District 10	Melissa Daub	Joe Barone (i)
District 11	Al Haidous (i)
District 12	Glenn Anderson (i)
District 13	Sam Baydoun Brian Stone
District 14	Raymond Basham (i)
District 15	Joseph Palamara (i)	Patrick O'Connell

Wayne County Community College

District 1

General election candidates

Mary Ellen Stempfle (Incumbent) (Nonpartisan) ✔

District 3

General election candidates

Vernon Allen Jr. (Incumbent) (Nonpartisan) ✔

District 5

General election candidates

Denise Wellons-Glover (Incumbent) (Nonpartisan) ✔
Bryan Ferguson (Nonpartisan)

Detroit Charter Commission

[1] Michigan.gov, "Michigan Election Dates," accessed March 27, 2018

[2] 270towin.com, "Michigan," accessed June 29, 2017

[3] Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' statewide election results by congressional and legislative districts," July 9, 2013

[4] Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2016 presidential results for congressional and legislative districts," February 6, 2017

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	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Carol Weaver (Nonpartisan)	8.3	64,681
✔	JoAnna Underwood (Nonpartisan)	7.8	61,008
✔	Quincy Jones (Nonpartisan)	7.5	58,420
✔	Nicole Small (Nonpartisan)	7.3	57,150
✔	Tracy Peters (Nonpartisan)	7.2	56,512
✔	Laura Hughes (Nonpartisan)	7.2	56,300
✔	Richard Mack (Nonpartisan)	6.9	54,119
✔	Barbara Anne Wynder (Nonpartisan)	6.2	48,970
✔	Karissa Holmes (Nonpartisan)	6.2	48,794
	Denzel McCampbell (Nonpartisan)	5.6	43,980
	Byron Osbern (Nonpartisan)	5.6	43,632
	Graham Davis (Nonpartisan)	5.5	43,028
	Taylor Harrell (Nonpartisan)	5.0	39,106
	Michael Griffie (Nonpartisan)	4.6	36,442
	Emily Dabish (Nonpartisan)	4.5	35,609
	Chase Cantrell (Nonpartisan)	3.7	29,396
	Other/Write-in votes	0.9	6,783

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 783,930
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Demographic Data for Wayne County, Michigan
	Wayne County	Michigan
Population	1,820,584	9,883,640
Land area (sq mi)	611	56,607
Race and ethnicity**
White	53.1%	78.4%
Black/African American	38.7%	13.8%
Asian	3.4%	3.1%
Native American	0.3%	0.5%
Pacific Islander	0%	0%
Two or more	2.5%	2.9%
Hispanic/Latino	5.9%	5.1%
Education
High school graduation rate	86.5%	90.8%
College graduation rate	23.9%	29.1%
Income
Median household income	$47,301	$57,144
Persons below poverty level	22.3%	14.4%
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2010). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2014-2019).
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

Counties won by Trump in 2016 and Obama in 2012 and 2008
County	Trump margin of victory in 2016	Obama margin of victory in 2012	Obama margin of victory in 2008
Bay County, Michigan	12.55%	5.56%	15.31%
Calhoun County, Michigan	12.46%	1.60%	9.36%
Eaton County, Michigan	4.72%	3.13%	8.40%
Gogebic County, Michigan	14.80%	8.10%	17.27%
Isabella County, Michigan	3.66%	9.28%	19.26%
Lake County, Michigan	22.77%	5.01%	12.28%
Macomb County, Michigan	11.53%	3.99%	8.62%
Manistee County, Michigan	15.29%	5.93%	13.26%
Monroe County, Michigan	21.97%	0.98%	4.35%
Saginaw County, Michigan	1.13%	11.89%	17.34%
Shiawassee County, Michigan	19.59%	3.67%	8.59%
Van Buren County, Michigan	13.92%	0.45%	8.78%

2016 presidential results by state House district
District	Obama	Romney	2012 Margin	Clinton	Trump	2016 Margin	Party Control
1	76.12%	23.52%	D+52.6	74.49%	22.85%	D+51.6	D
2	75.84%	23.76%	D+52.1	74.45%	22.64%	D+51.8	D
3	98.21%	1.58%	D+96.6	96.30%	2.42%	D+93.9	D
4	96.04%	3.37%	D+92.7	92.77%	5.06%	D+87.7	D
5	96.95%	2.71%	D+94.2	93.33%	4.83%	D+88.5	D
6	94.15%	5.34%	D+88.8	90.29%	7.44%	D+82.9	D
7	98.97%	0.86%	D+98.1	96.95%	1.74%	D+95.2	D
8	97.77%	1.98%	D+95.8	95.72%	2.90%	D+92.8	D
9	96.42%	3.28%	D+93.1	93.92%	4.34%	D+89.6	D
10	83.03%	16.36%	D+66.7	80.28%	16.66%	D+63.6	D
11	69.83%	29.28%	D+40.6	60.65%	34.79%	D+25.9	D
12	69.66%	29.46%	D+40.2	56.96%	38.90%	D+18.1	D
13	58.70%	40.26%	D+18.4	47.99%	46.73%	D+1.3	D
14	63.97%	34.90%	D+29.1	50.54%	44.29%	D+6.2	D
15	65.45%	33.49%	D+32	62.76%	31.92%	D+30.8	D
16	65.88%	33.26%	D+32.6	56.06%	38.69%	D+17.4	D
17	53.64%	45.27%	D+8.4	38.41%	56.34%	R+17.9	R
18	58.28%	40.69%	D+17.6	50.48%	44.92%	D+5.6	D
19	47.24%	51.98%	R+4.7	43.64%	51.18%	R+7.5	R
20	47.63%	51.76%	R+4.1	49.30%	45.76%	D+3.5	R
21	55.97%	43.27%	D+12.7	54.96%	40.68%	D+14.3	D
22	62.75%	36.16%	D+26.6	50.97%	44.23%	D+6.7	D
23	51.61%	47.53%	D+4.1	41.73%	53.84%	R+12.1	D
24	48.16%	51.15%	R+3	40.03%	55.91%	R+15.9	R
25	51.35%	47.82%	D+3.5	42.94%	52.49%	R+9.6	D
26	58.60%	40.29%	D+18.3	56.27%	37.48%	D+18.8	D
27	74.32%	24.77%	D+49.6	71.48%	23.39%	D+48.1	D
28	63.19%	35.81%	D+27.4	54.82%	40.99%	D+13.8	D
29	75.48%	23.86%	D+51.6	69.48%	26.66%	D+42.8	D
30	47.68%	51.54%	R+3.9	39.34%	57.11%	R+17.8	R
31	57.26%	41.80%	D+15.5	47.27%	48.11%	R+0.8	D
32	45.10%	53.91%	R+8.8	30.78%	64.53%	R+33.8	R
33	43.07%	56.18%	R+13.1	32.28%	63.80%	R+31.5	R
34	91.05%	8.32%	D+82.7	85.10%	12.15%	D+73	D
35	81.97%	17.64%	D+64.3	81.81%	15.71%	D+66.1	D
36	38.24%	61.04%	R+22.8	30.40%	65.42%	R+35	R
37	59.10%	40.27%	D+18.8	60.06%	35.59%	D+24.5	D
38	45.76%	53.61%	R+7.9	45.77%	49.43%	R+3.7	R
39	47.87%	51.46%	R+3.6	45.98%	49.67%	R+3.7	R
40	46.75%	52.82%	R+6.1	53.61%	42.72%	D+10.9	R
41	47.73%	51.57%	R+3.8	48.35%	46.97%	D+1.4	R
42	39.08%	60.20%	R+21.1	35.20%	59.46%	R+24.3	R
43	44.30%	54.75%	R+10.5	37.46%	56.79%	R+19.3	R
44	40.04%	59.10%	R+19.1	33.95%	60.71%	R+26.8	R
45	43.50%	55.87%	R+12.4	43.89%	51.48%	R+7.6	R
46	38.96%	60.14%	R+21.2	33.28%	61.11%	R+27.8	R
47	36.64%	62.49%	R+25.9	29.62%	65.24%	R+35.6	R
48	58.92%	39.84%	D+19.1	42.94%	51.79%	R+8.9	D
49	70.36%	28.78%	D+41.6	62.12%	33.46%	D+28.7	D
50	56.32%	42.74%	D+13.6	47.23%	47.93%	R+0.7	D
51	45.91%	53.06%	R+7.1	35.38%	58.95%	R+23.6	R
52	51.66%	47.46%	D+4.2	52.00%	42.81%	D+9.2	D
53	79.38%	19.51%	D+59.9	84.00%	11.95%	D+72.1	D
54	75.10%	23.79%	D+51.3	72.03%	23.05%	D+49	D
55	67.37%	31.61%	D+35.8	68.76%	26.59%	D+42.2	D
56	48.37%	50.57%	R+2.2	35.50%	59.23%	R+23.7	R
57	49.04%	49.87%	R+0.8	36.78%	57.21%	R+20.4	R
58	38.71%	60.10%	R+21.4	26.28%	68.98%	R+42.7	R
59	44.29%	54.72%	R+10.4	32.68%	61.96%	R+29.3	R
60	72.01%	26.83%	D+45.2	69.41%	24.00%	D+45.4	D
61	50.04%	49.13%	D+0.9	49.18%	44.85%	D+4.3	R
62	55.24%	43.75%	D+11.5	46.21%	48.51%	R+2.3	R
63	44.40%	54.59%	R+10.2	36.73%	57.51%	R+20.8	R
64	47.70%	51.23%	R+3.5	39.65%	54.58%	R+14.9	R
65	45.58%	53.37%	R+7.8	34.34%	59.82%	R+25.5	R
66	49.22%	49.68%	R+0.5	40.21%	53.57%	R+13.4	R
67	54.11%	44.79%	D+9.3	48.13%	45.14%	D+3	D
68	74.22%	24.64%	D+49.6	69.86%	24.09%	D+45.8	D
69	63.28%	35.87%	D+27.4	65.25%	29.76%	D+35.5	D
70	46.16%	52.60%	R+6.4	31.66%	61.85%	R+30.2	R
71	51.63%	47.28%	D+4.4	45.73%	48.08%	R+2.4	R
72	42.84%	56.25%	R+13.4	42.15%	51.76%	R+9.6	R
73	38.17%	60.92%	R+22.8	38.73%	55.53%	R+16.8	R
74	38.55%	60.36%	R+21.8	34.41%	58.80%	R+24.4	R
75	74.68%	23.76%	D+50.9	72.00%	20.81%	D+51.2	D
76	54.72%	44.21%	D+10.5	56.22%	36.96%	D+19.3	D
77	40.65%	58.32%	R+17.7	39.18%	54.16%	R+15	R
78	42.78%	56.14%	R+13.4	35.48%	58.95%	R+23.5	R
79	47.82%	51.46%	R+3.6	43.78%	51.52%	R+7.7	R
80	41.20%	57.64%	R+16.4	34.03%	59.93%	R+25.9	R
81	43.91%	55.01%	R+11.1	29.26%	65.68%	R+36.4	R
82	43.67%	55.14%	R+11.5	28.22%	66.56%	R+38.3	R
83	46.42%	52.52%	R+6.1	33.33%	60.79%	R+27.5	R
84	43.28%	55.59%	R+12.3	28.81%	66.70%	R+37.9	R
85	49.88%	48.85%	D+1	35.62%	57.97%	R+22.4	R
86	36.01%	62.99%	R+27	34.93%	58.61%	R+23.7	R
87	40.02%	58.70%	R+18.7	30.07%	63.54%	R+33.5	R
88	26.40%	72.87%	R+46.5	25.79%	68.49%	R+42.7	R
89	37.56%	61.56%	R+24	36.28%	57.85%	R+21.6	R
90	32.62%	66.46%	R+33.8	32.75%	60.91%	R+28.2	R
91	50.46%	48.46%	D+2	39.61%	54.18%	R+14.6	R
92	67.85%	31.32%	D+36.5	58.17%	36.52%	D+21.7	D
93	46.26%	52.90%	R+6.6	38.97%	55.17%	R+16.2	R
94	43.56%	55.67%	R+12.1	37.44%	57.65%	R+20.2	R
95	74.44%	24.76%	D+49.7	66.46%	29.76%	D+36.7	D
96	53.72%	45.31%	D+8.4	43.05%	51.44%	R+8.4	D
97	45.55%	53.21%	R+7.7	30.25%	65.08%	R+34.8	R
98	43.01%	56.04%	R+13	37.35%	55.97%	R+18.6	R
99	50.75%	48.05%	D+2.7	40.94%	52.83%	R+11.9	R
100	43.36%	55.52%	R+12.2	30.44%	64.16%	R+33.7	R
101	48.22%	50.74%	R+2.5	40.48%	53.98%	R+13.5	R
102	42.55%	56.27%	R+13.7	30.87%	63.45%	R+32.6	R
103	42.90%	55.90%	R+13	28.62%	66.46%	R+37.8	R
104	43.58%	55.39%	R+11.8	40.74%	53.27%	R+12.5	R
105	40.35%	58.47%	R+18.1	31.11%	63.83%	R+32.7	R
106	45.20%	53.57%	R+8.4	32.06%	63.22%	R+31.2	R
107	43.34%	55.54%	R+12.2	35.33%	58.84%	R+23.5	R
108	44.37%	54.58%	R+10.2	32.79%	62.29%	R+29.5	R
109	53.29%	45.44%	D+7.9	44.75%	48.82%	R+4.1	D
110	47.04%	51.62%	R+4.6	37.59%	56.55%	R+19	D
Total	54.30%	44.79%	D+9.5	47.36%	47.59%	R+0.2	-
Source: Daily Kos

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Municipal elections in Wayne County, Michigan (2018)

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Wayne County Commission General Elections 2018

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District 5

Detroit Charter Commission

General election for Detroit Charter Commission (9 seats)

Judicial

3rd Circuit Court (Incumbent - six-year term - 16 positions)

3rd Circuit Court (Non-incumbent - six-year term - 3 positions)

3rd Circuit Court (Incumbent - partial term ending 1/1/2021 - 2 positions)

Probate Court (Incumbent - six-year term - 2 positions)

Probate Court (Non-incumbent - six-year term - 1 position)

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District 16 (Incumbent - six-year term - 1 position)

District 17 (Incumbent - six-year term - 1 position)

District 18 (Incumbent - six-year term - 1 position)

District 19 (Incumbent - six-year term - 1 position)

District 20 (Incumbent - six-year term - 1 position)

District 22 (Incumbent - six-year term - 1 position)

District 23 (Incumbent - six-year term - 1 position)

District 27 (Non-incumbent - six-year term - 1 position)

District 29 (Incumbent - six-year term - 1 position)

District 31 (Incumbent - partial term ending 1/1/2021 - 1 position)

District 33 (Incumbent - six-year term - 1 position)

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District 35 (Incumbent - six-year term - 1 position)

District 36 (Incumbent - six-year term - 11 positions)

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