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Elections in Michigan |
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The 2017 mayoral election in Lansing, Michigan, was held on November 7, 2017 to elect the Mayor of Lansing, Michigan. Andy Schor, a member of the Democratic Party, was elected to his first term as mayor. [1]
Twelve-year incumbent Virg Bernero, a Democrat, declined to seek re-election in 2017. [2]
Five candidates ran in the primary election: Andy Schor, a member of the Michigan House of Representatives; city council member and former athlete Judi Brown Clarke; former city council member Harold Leeman Jr.; Daniel Trevino, the son of a medical marijuana shop owner; and retiree Michael Joseph Gillenkirk, who previously worked for the Michigan Chamber of Commerce and the Michigan Republican Party. [3] Schor and Clarke placed first and second in the primary and so advanced to the general election. [4]
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Elections in Michigan |
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The 2017 mayoral election in Lansing, Michigan, was held on November 7, 2017 to elect the Mayor of Lansing, Michigan. Andy Schor, a member of the Democratic Party, was elected to his first term as mayor. [1]
Twelve-year incumbent Virg Bernero, a Democrat, declined to seek re-election in 2017. [2]
Five candidates ran in the primary election: Andy Schor, a member of the Michigan House of Representatives; city council member and former athlete Judi Brown Clarke; former city council member Harold Leeman Jr.; Daniel Trevino, the son of a medical marijuana shop owner; and retiree Michael Joseph Gillenkirk, who previously worked for the Michigan Chamber of Commerce and the Michigan Republican Party. [3] Schor and Clarke placed first and second in the primary and so advanced to the general election. [4]