When about 3,200 unreported early in-person votes were added to the unofficial Nov. 5 election results Friday night, many candidates suddenly leapt ahead of their opposition. Although the results still need to be certified by the Leelanau County board of canvassers, the winners of many races could be different than reported last week.
Not only were the results of three Leelanau County commissioner races affected, but so were the winners of the drain commissioner position, three township trustee positions, and a school board member position.
Faith Hoekstra, the Democrat candidate who appeared to be winning the race for county drain commissioner, is now behind Republican candidate Tim O’Non in the unofficial results, with O’Non at 8,736 votes to Hoekstra’s 8,093 votes.
