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2020-11-03 Senatorial Election Results for Benzie County, MI (Class 2)


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Turnout Gary Peters*
(D)		 John James
(R)		 Valerie Willis
(U.S. Taxpayers)		 Marcia Squier
(Green)		 Other Margin TOTAL
Almira townshipn/a1,03041.0%1,45357.8%130.5%150.6%30.1%-423 2,514
Benzonia townshipn/a91048.1%96551.0%100.5%50.3%20.1%-55 1,892
Blaine townshipn/a20149.9%20049.6%00.0%10.2%10.2%1 403
Colfax townshipn/a13332.3%26865.0%20.5%41.0%51.2%-135 412
Crystal Lake townshipn/a44052.5%39246.8%20.2%10.1%30.4%48 838
Frankfort cityn/a47658.5%33140.7%30.4%30.4%10.1%145 814
Gilmore townshipn/a29354.4%23543.6%30.6%50.9%30.6%58 539
Homestead townshipn/a53237.1%88461.6%80.6%90.6%20.1%-352 1,435
Inland townshipn/a50033.7%95764.5%120.8%140.9%10.1%-457 1,484
Joyfield townshipn/a20341.8%27957.4%00.0%30.6%10.2%-76 486
Lake townshipn/a34548.4%36551.2%00.0%10.1%20.3%-20 713
Platte townshipn/a12547.7%13350.8%10.4%31.1%00.0%-8 262
Weldon townshipn/a14037.1%23061.0%41.1%20.5%10.3%-90 377
TOTAL 81% 5,32843.8% 6,69255.0% 580.5% 660.5% 250.2% -1,364 12,169
* incumbent

Other candidates included: Doug Dern (Natural Law), 13,093 votes



2020 Senate class 2, Almira township
CandidateVotesPct
Gary Peters* (D) 1,030 41.0%
John James (R) 1,453 57.8%
Valerie Willis (UST) 13 0.5%
Marcia Squier (Grn) 15 0.6%
TOTAL 2,514
Turnout: 251400% Diff: 10


2020 Senate class 2, Benzonia township
CandidateVotesPct
Gary Peters* (D) 910 48.1%
John James (R) 965 51.0%
Valerie Willis (UST) 10 0.5%
Marcia Squier (Grn) 5 0.3%
TOTAL 1,892
Turnout: 189200% Diff: 3


2020 Senate class 2, Blaine township
CandidateVotesPct
Gary Peters* (D) 201 49.9%
John James (R) 200 49.6%
Valerie Willis (UST) 10 2.5%
Marcia Squier (Grn) 1 0.2%
TOTAL 403
Turnout: 40300% Diff: 1


2020 Senate class 2, Colfax township
CandidateVotesPct
Gary Peters* (D) 133 32.3%
John James (R) 268 65.0%
Valerie Willis (UST) 2 0.5%
Marcia Squier (Grn) 4 1.0%
TOTAL 412
Turnout: 41200% Diff: 17


2020 Senate class 2, Crystal Lake township
CandidateVotesPct
Gary Peters* (D) 440 52.5%
John James (R) 392 46.8%
Valerie Willis (UST) 2 0.2%
Marcia Squier (Grn) 1 0.1%
TOTAL 838
Turnout: 83800% Diff: -1


2020 Senate class 2, Frankfort city
CandidateVotesPct
Gary Peters* (D) 476 58.5%
John James (R) 331 40.7%
Valerie Willis (UST) 3 0.4%
Marcia Squier (Grn) 3 0.4%
TOTAL 814
Turnout: 81400% Diff: -8


2020 Senate class 2, Gilmore township
CandidateVotesPct
Gary Peters* (D) 293 54.4%
John James (R) 235 43.6%
Valerie Willis (UST) 3 0.6%
Marcia Squier (Grn) 5 0.9%
TOTAL 539
Turnout: 53900% Diff: -5


2020 Senate class 2, Homestead township
CandidateVotesPct
Gary Peters* (D) 532 37.1%
John James (R) 884 61.6%
Valerie Willis (UST) 8 0.6%
Marcia Squier (Grn) 9 0.6%
TOTAL 1,435
Turnout: 143500% Diff: 13


2020 Senate class 2, Inland township
CandidateVotesPct
Gary Peters* (D) 500 33.7%
John James (R) 957 64.5%
Valerie Willis (UST) 12 0.8%
Marcia Squier (Grn) 14 0.9%
TOTAL 1,484
Turnout: 148400% Diff: 16


2020 Senate class 2, Joyfield township
CandidateVotesPct
Gary Peters* (D) 203 41.8%
John James (R) 279 57.4%
Valerie Willis (UST) 12 2.5%
Marcia Squier (Grn) 3 0.6%
TOTAL 486
Turnout: 48600% Diff: 9


2020 Senate class 2, Lake township
CandidateVotesPct
Gary Peters* (D) 345 48.4%
John James (R) 365 51.2%
Valerie Willis (UST) 12 1.7%
Marcia Squier (Grn) 1 0.1%
TOTAL 713
Turnout: 71300% Diff: 3


2020 Senate class 2, Platte township
CandidateVotesPct
Gary Peters* (D) 125 47.7%
John James (R) 133 50.8%
Valerie Willis (UST) 1 0.4%
Marcia Squier (Grn) 3 1.1%
TOTAL 262
Turnout: 26200% Diff: 3


2020 Senate class 2, Weldon township
CandidateVotesPct
Gary Peters* (D) 140 37.1%
John James (R) 230 61.0%
Valerie Willis (UST) 4 1.1%
Marcia Squier (Grn) 2 0.5%
TOTAL 377
Turnout: 37700% Diff: 13

Campaign finance data for this election**:

Gary Peters*
Total Disbursements: $50,890,960
Total Receipts: $52,466,192
Cash on Hand: $1,770,272
Candidate Contributions: $0
Candidate Loans: $0
Individual Contributions: $46,717,066
Party Contributions: $2,500
Other Committee Contributions: $4,079,631
Other Committee Transfers: $1,622,136
Indep. Expenditures Supporting: $11,597,836
Indep. Expenditures Opposing: $39,519,254
Net Independent Expenditures: $-27,921,418
Net Spending: $22,969,542



John James
Total Disbursements: $47,661,001
Total Receipts: $48,764,414
Cash on Hand: $1,611,367
Candidate Contributions: $0
Candidate Loans: $0
Individual Contributions: $45,827,403
Party Contributions: $0
Other Committee Contributions: $873,059
Other Committee Transfers: $1,105,374
Indep. Expenditures Supporting: $6,714,627
Indep. Expenditures Opposing: $38,055,804
Net Independent Expenditures: $-31,341,177
Net Spending: $16,319,824



**Financial data shown here takes into account all elections for this office during this cycle, including primary, special and runoff elections, if any.
Source: https://www.fec.gov/data/elections/senate/MI/2020

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