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2020-11-03 Senatorial Election Results for Mecosta 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
Aetna townshipn/a27425.0%79973.0%131.2%50.5%30.3%-525 1,094
Austin townshipn/a22226.6%60171.9%91.1%20.2%20.2%-379 836
Big Rapids charter townshipn/a81738.5%1,27360.0%110.5%170.8%40.2%-456 2,122
Big Rapids cityn/a1,38049.7%1,32147.6%281.0%361.3%130.5%59 2,778
Chippewa townshipn/a22832.2%47166.6%40.6%30.4%10.1%-243 707
Colfax townshipn/a39231.6%83267.1%30.2%80.6%50.4%-440 1,240
Deerfield townshipn/a19425.3%55772.5%111.4%50.7%10.1%-363 768
Fork townshipn/a24730.2%55367.6%70.9%50.6%60.7%-306 818
Grant townshipn/a10825.2%31773.9%10.2%10.2%20.5%-209 429
Green charter townshipn/a60431.8%1,25766.3%140.7%191.0%30.2%-653 1,897
Hinton townshipn/a14625.7%41673.4%30.5%10.2%10.2%-270 567
Martiny townshipn/a33837.3%54359.9%171.9%60.7%20.2%-205 906
Mecosta townshipn/a49933.1%98365.1%60.4%130.9%80.5%-484 1,509
Millbrook townshipn/a15928.2%39470.0%40.7%40.7%20.4%-235 563
Morton townshipn/a1,12835.3%2,04764.0%120.4%100.3%20.1%-919 3,199
Sheridan townshipn/a24035.0%42962.6%121.8%20.3%20.3%-189 685
Wheatland townshipn/a25233.3%48263.7%121.6%60.8%50.7%-230 757
TOTAL 64% 7,22834.7% 13,27563.7% 1670.8% 1430.7% 430.2% -6,047 20,856
* incumbent

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



2020 Senate class 2, Aetna township
CandidateVotesPct
Gary Peters* (D) 274 25.0%
John James (R) 799 73.0%
Valerie Willis (UST) 13 1.2%
Marcia Squier (Grn) 5 0.5%
TOTAL 1,094
Turnout: 109400% Diff: 25


2020 Senate class 2, Austin township
CandidateVotesPct
Gary Peters* (D) 222 26.6%
John James (R) 601 71.9%
Valerie Willis (UST) 9 1.1%
Marcia Squier (Grn) 2 0.2%
TOTAL 836
Turnout: 83600% Diff: 24


2020 Senate class 2, Big Rapids city
CandidateVotesPct
Gary Peters* (D) 1,380 49.7%
John James (R) 1,321 47.6%
Valerie Willis (UST) 28 1.0%
Marcia Squier (Grn) 36 1.3%
TOTAL 2,778
Turnout: 277800% Diff: -1


2020 Senate class 2, Big Rapids charter township
CandidateVotesPct
Gary Peters* (D) 817 38.5%
John James (R) 1,273 60.0%
Valerie Willis (UST) 11 0.5%
Marcia Squier (Grn) 17 0.8%
TOTAL 2,122
Turnout: 212200% Diff: 12


2020 Senate class 2, Chippewa township
CandidateVotesPct
Gary Peters* (D) 228 32.2%
John James (R) 471 66.6%
Valerie Willis (UST) 4 0.6%
Marcia Squier (Grn) 3 0.4%
TOTAL 707
Turnout: 70700% Diff: 18


2020 Senate class 2, Colfax township
CandidateVotesPct
Gary Peters* (D) 392 31.6%
John James (R) 832 67.1%
Valerie Willis (UST) 3 0.2%
Marcia Squier (Grn) 8 0.6%
TOTAL 1,240
Turnout: 124000% Diff: 19


2020 Senate class 2, Deerfield township
CandidateVotesPct
Gary Peters* (D) 194 25.3%
John James (R) 557 72.5%
Valerie Willis (UST) 11 1.4%
Marcia Squier (Grn) 5 0.7%
TOTAL 768
Turnout: 76800% Diff: 24


2020 Senate class 2, Fork township
CandidateVotesPct
Gary Peters* (D) 247 30.2%
John James (R) 553 67.6%
Valerie Willis (UST) 7 0.9%
Marcia Squier (Grn) 5 0.6%
TOTAL 818
Turnout: 81800% Diff: 19


2020 Senate class 2, Grant township
CandidateVotesPct
Gary Peters* (D) 108 25.2%
John James (R) 317 73.9%
Valerie Willis (UST) 1 0.2%
Marcia Squier (Grn) 1 0.2%
TOTAL 429
Turnout: 42900% Diff: 26


2020 Senate class 2, Green charter township
CandidateVotesPct
Gary Peters* (D) 604 31.8%
John James (R) 1,257 66.3%
Valerie Willis (UST) 14 0.7%
Marcia Squier (Grn) 19 1.0%
TOTAL 1,897
Turnout: 189700% Diff: 18


2020 Senate class 2, Hinton township
CandidateVotesPct
Gary Peters* (D) 146 25.7%
John James (R) 416 73.4%
Valerie Willis (UST) 3 0.5%
Marcia Squier (Grn) 1 0.2%
TOTAL 567
Turnout: 56700% Diff: 25


2020 Senate class 2, Martiny township
CandidateVotesPct
Gary Peters* (D) 338 37.3%
John James (R) 543 59.9%
Valerie Willis (UST) 17 1.9%
Marcia Squier (Grn) 6 0.7%
TOTAL 906
Turnout: 90600% Diff: 12


2020 Senate class 2, Mecosta township
CandidateVotesPct
Gary Peters* (D) 499 33.1%
John James (R) 983 65.1%
Valerie Willis (UST) 6 0.4%
Marcia Squier (Grn) 13 0.9%
TOTAL 1,509
Turnout: 150900% Diff: 17


2020 Senate class 2, Millbrook township
CandidateVotesPct
Gary Peters* (D) 159 28.2%
John James (R) 394 70.0%
Valerie Willis (UST) 4 0.7%
Marcia Squier (Grn) 4 0.7%
TOTAL 563
Turnout: 56300% Diff: 22


2020 Senate class 2, Morton township
CandidateVotesPct
Gary Peters* (D) 1,128 35.3%
John James (R) 2,047 64.0%
Valerie Willis (UST) 12 0.4%
Marcia Squier (Grn) 10 0.3%
TOTAL 3,199
Turnout: 319900% Diff: 16


2020 Senate class 2, Sheridan township
CandidateVotesPct
Gary Peters* (D) 240 35.0%
John James (R) 429 62.6%
Valerie Willis (UST) 12 1.8%
Marcia Squier (Grn) 2 0.3%
TOTAL 685
Turnout: 68500% Diff: 14


2020 Senate class 2, Wheatland township
CandidateVotesPct
Gary Peters* (D) 252 33.3%
John James (R) 482 63.7%
Valerie Willis (UST) 12 1.6%
Marcia Squier (Grn) 6 0.8%
TOTAL 757
Turnout: 75700% Diff: 15

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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