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MICHIGAN

Dunnings retains prosecutor spot

Mike Blasky  and  Pat Evans
November 5, 2008

Incumbent Ingham County Prosecutor Stuart Dunnings won his fourth election since 1996 Tuesday evening. With about 68 percent of votes in, Dunnings had about 67 percent to Republican challenger Nicholas Bostic’s 33 percent as of press time. Dunnings credited his endorsements from United Auto Workers, Fraternal Order of Police, Greater Lansing Labor Council and Michigan Education Association in aiding his campaign.

MICHIGAN

Meadows defends house seat

Jacob Carpenter  and  Heather Guenther
November 5, 2008

Longtime East Lansing politician and incumbent state Rep. Mark Meadows will get two more years in the state House after leading challenger Frank Lambert for the 69th House of Representatives seat. Meadows, D-East Lansing, led Lambert with 54 precincts of out of 136, reporting as of press time. Meadows’ district includes most East Lansing residents and a small eastern portion of Lansing.

MICHIGAN

Levin defeats Hoogendyk to win sixth U.S. Senate term

Sean Ely
November 5, 2008

Thirty years and counting.Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., was re-elected for six more years in the U.S. Senate office after defeating Rep. Jack Hoogendyk, R-Kalamazoo, and seven other candidates. As of press time, Levin had obtained 74,437 votes to Hoogendyk’s 46,907, with 15 counties reporting.

MICHIGAN

MSU sophomore loses commissioner bid

Thea Neal  and  Marilyn King
November 5, 2008

Brad Dennis’ day began at 4 a.m. He packed his car with green and white signs emblazoned with his name and stuffed his backpack full of shiny hand outs. But his day ended in the late hours of the night with a defeat seven months after his race for Ingham County Commissioner began.

NEWS

Obama surpasses McCain in most polls

Zack Colman
November 3, 2008

Republican presidential candidate John McCain can count the red states, gray states and light blue states, but it is unlikely he will overcome one of the more sizable election-eve gaps in the last quarter century, experts said.

NEWS

Party politics not a factor for partisan MSU trustees

Justin Harris
November 3, 2008

When voters step into the booth today, they’ll see the names of nine MSU Board of Trustees candidates, each with a party affiliation next to his or her name. However, many board members said party politics dissolve once the election is over and they’re in the board room.

NEWS

Polls set for students

Zack Colman
November 3, 2008

If students have a long to-do list today, voting could make it even longer with record turnout expected at the polls. The city of East Lansing received about 10,000 new voter registrations this year, City Clerk Nicole Evans said. The influx of voters has led to at least a 50 percent increase in some campus precincts, she said. To avoid long lines, Evans suggested voting as soon as the polls open. “If you really want to be able to vote, you want to try voting at off-peak hours and for campus, that’s right when polls open at 7 a.m.,” she said.

MICHIGAN

City Center II petition comes up short

Allison Bush
November 3, 2008

East Lansing residents who were petitioning for the right to vote on financing the public portion of the City Center II project through municipal bonds fell short of their goal by 98 percent, said Ted Staton, East Lansing city manager.

MSU

MSU students win competition

Dan Faas
November 3, 2008

Four MSU students took first place Sunday at the International Design Competition of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Mechanical engineering seniors Emily Duszynski and Jonathan Luckhardt, operational engineering graduate student Kyle Koepf and MSU alumnus Joshua Thomet won the competition with a robot that washes windows.