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2020-11-03 Senatorial Election Results for Houghton 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
Adams townshipn/a53842.6%70755.9%90.7%70.6%30.2%-169 1,264
Calumet charter townshipn/a1,30439.7%1,93258.8%170.5%250.8%80.2%-628 3,286
Chassell townshipn/a38431.8%80466.7%80.7%80.7%20.2%-420 1,206
Duncan townshipn/a6038.5%9661.5%00.0%00.0%00.0%-36 156
Elm River townshipn/a8149.4%8350.6%00.0%00.0%00.0%-2 164
Franklin townshipn/a32539.3%48458.6%30.4%101.2%40.5%-159 826
Hancock cityn/a1,18952.1%1,05446.2%100.4%231.0%50.2%135 2,281
Hancock townshipn/a10734.2%20364.9%10.3%20.6%00.0%-96 313
Houghton cityn/a1,35961.2%81636.8%130.6%281.3%40.2%543 2,220
Laird townshipn/a11035.4%20064.3%10.3%00.0%00.0%-90 311
Osceola townshipn/a41239.1%63159.9%20.2%80.8%10.1%-219 1,054
Portage charter townshipn/a76041.8%1,03356.9%80.4%110.6%50.3%-273 1,817
Quincy townshipn/a5432.5%10965.7%10.6%21.2%00.0%-55 166
Schoolcraft townshipn/a43842.0%59256.7%50.5%40.4%50.5%-154 1,044
Stanton townshipn/a36135.8%63763.2%30.3%60.6%10.1%-276 1,008
Torch Lake townshipn/a45936.8%77061.8%80.6%80.6%10.1%-311 1,246
TOTAL 62% 7,94143.3% 10,15155.3% 890.5% 1420.8% 270.1% -2,210 18,350
* incumbent

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



2020 Senate class 2, Adams township
CandidateVotesPct
Gary Peters* (D) 538 42.6%
John James (R) 707 55.9%
Valerie Willis (UST) 9 0.7%
Marcia Squier (Grn) 7 0.6%
TOTAL 1,264
Turnout: 126400% Diff: 8


2020 Senate class 2, Calumet charter township
CandidateVotesPct
Gary Peters* (D) 1,304 39.7%
John James (R) 1,932 58.8%
Valerie Willis (UST) 17 0.5%
Marcia Squier (Grn) 25 0.8%
TOTAL 3,286
Turnout: 328600% Diff: 11


2020 Senate class 2, Chassell township
CandidateVotesPct
Gary Peters* (D) 384 31.8%
John James (R) 804 66.7%
Valerie Willis (UST) 8 0.7%
Marcia Squier (Grn) 8 0.7%
TOTAL 1,206
Turnout: 120600% Diff: 18


2020 Senate class 2, Duncan township
CandidateVotesPct
Gary Peters* (D) 60 38.5%
John James (R) 96 61.5%
Valerie Willis (UST) 8 5.1%
Marcia Squier (Grn) 8 5.1%
TOTAL 156
Turnout: 15600% Diff: 13


2020 Senate class 2, Elm River township
CandidateVotesPct
Gary Peters* (D) 81 49.4%
John James (R) 83 50.6%
Valerie Willis (UST) 8 4.9%
Marcia Squier (Grn) 8 4.9%
TOTAL 164
Turnout: 16400% Diff: 2


2020 Senate class 2, Franklin township
CandidateVotesPct
Gary Peters* (D) 325 39.3%
John James (R) 484 58.6%
Valerie Willis (UST) 3 0.4%
Marcia Squier (Grn) 10 1.2%
TOTAL 826
Turnout: 82600% Diff: 10


2020 Senate class 2, Hancock city
CandidateVotesPct
Gary Peters* (D) 1,189 52.1%
John James (R) 1,054 46.2%
Valerie Willis (UST) 10 0.4%
Marcia Squier (Grn) 23 1.0%
TOTAL 2,281
Turnout: 228100% Diff: -2


2020 Senate class 2, Hancock township
CandidateVotesPct
Gary Peters* (D) 107 34.2%
John James (R) 203 64.9%
Valerie Willis (UST) 1 0.3%
Marcia Squier (Grn) 2 0.6%
TOTAL 313
Turnout: 31300% Diff: 17


2020 Senate class 2, Houghton city
CandidateVotesPct
Gary Peters* (D) 1,359 61.2%
John James (R) 816 36.8%
Valerie Willis (UST) 13 0.6%
Marcia Squier (Grn) 28 1.3%
TOTAL 2,220
Turnout: 222000% Diff: -11


2020 Senate class 2, Laird township
CandidateVotesPct
Gary Peters* (D) 110 35.4%
John James (R) 200 64.3%
Valerie Willis (UST) 1 0.3%
Marcia Squier (Grn) 28 9.0%
TOTAL 311
Turnout: 31100% Diff: 16


2020 Senate class 2, Osceola township
CandidateVotesPct
Gary Peters* (D) 412 39.1%
John James (R) 631 59.9%
Valerie Willis (UST) 2 0.2%
Marcia Squier (Grn) 8 0.8%
TOTAL 1,054
Turnout: 105400% Diff: 12


2020 Senate class 2, Portage charter township
CandidateVotesPct
Gary Peters* (D) 760 41.8%
John James (R) 1,033 56.9%
Valerie Willis (UST) 8 0.4%
Marcia Squier (Grn) 11 0.6%
TOTAL 1,817
Turnout: 181700% Diff: 9


2020 Senate class 2, Quincy township
CandidateVotesPct
Gary Peters* (D) 54 32.5%
John James (R) 109 65.7%
Valerie Willis (UST) 1 0.6%
Marcia Squier (Grn) 2 1.2%
TOTAL 166
Turnout: 16600% Diff: 17


2020 Senate class 2, Schoolcraft township
CandidateVotesPct
Gary Peters* (D) 438 42.0%
John James (R) 592 56.7%
Valerie Willis (UST) 5 0.5%
Marcia Squier (Grn) 4 0.4%
TOTAL 1,044
Turnout: 104400% Diff: 8


2020 Senate class 2, Stanton township
CandidateVotesPct
Gary Peters* (D) 361 35.8%
John James (R) 637 63.2%
Valerie Willis (UST) 3 0.3%
Marcia Squier (Grn) 6 0.6%
TOTAL 1,008
Turnout: 100800% Diff: 15


2020 Senate class 2, Torch Lake township
CandidateVotesPct
Gary Peters* (D) 459 36.8%
John James (R) 770 61.8%
Valerie Willis (UST) 8 0.6%
Marcia Squier (Grn) 8 0.6%
TOTAL 1,246
Turnout: 124600% Diff: 14

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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