Mike McCready Wins GOP Primary for 40th District in State House
The Bloomfield Hills City Commissioner rose above a crowded field to win with 32 percent of the vote in the Aug. 7 primary. Democrat Dorian Coston awaits in November.
There were several anxious moments while waiting for results to trickle in, but Mike McCready kept cool-headed and focused on being the next Republican to represent voters in the 40th District in Lansing. Much like he had for the better part of three months. McCready was rewarded early this morning when unofficial results from the Oakland County Clerk's Office showed he won the district bridging Bloomfield, West Bloomfield and Birmingham with 32 percent of the vote over three formidable opponents. County Commissioner and Birmingham-based attorney David Potts and West Bloomfield attorney David Wolkinson finished in a virtual tie for second with 29.8 percent, and Birmingham Board of Education Trustee Robert Lawrence rounded out the field …
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Brad Fingeroot
5:02 pm on Saturday, August 11, 2012
A major congratulations to Mike, he is going to make an outstanding representative - our community is lucky to have had such a distinguished group of candidates vying for office. One clarification to the above commenter, the Wolkinson campaign never represented that Snyder endorsed. The quote that was used was approved by Governor Snyder and represented exactly what it said. Never once did the … more ›