Some U P Election results

From the Iron Mtn Daily News. Looks like Michigan is on the road to better times and a better economy.

Gov
The state-wide race for governor of Michigan resulted in Republican Rick Snyder defeating Democrat Virg Bernero. Gov. Jennifer Granholm could not run for re-election due to Michigan's term limits law. In Dickinson County, Snyder received 63.38 percent of the vote compared to Bernero's 33.61 percent.

Congress
Republican Dan Benishek of Crystal Falls has won the race to succeed veteran Democrat Bart Stupak in Congress.

Stupak had announced in April that he wouldn't seek a 10th term in Washington, after helping rescue President Barack Obama's health care plan.

Benishek is a general surgeon and political novice who tapped into the growing tea party movement and voter angst in northern Michigan's 1st District to beat 58-year-old state Rep. Gary McDowell of Rudyard, a moderate Democrat supported by Stupak

DETROIT (AP) - Republicans regained control of the Michigan Supreme Court by capturing two seats Tuesday, riding the same electoral wave that made the GOP victorious in all major statewide races.

Courts

Wayne County Judge Mary Beth Kelly and incumbent Justice Robert Young Jr. beat the three other candidates. The result means conservatives will form a 4-3 majority on the court beginning in January, after two years in which Democrats largely had control.