Link to the August 2020 Michigan Libertarian
By Greg Stempfle, Chair
Lansing, MI – Delegates to the Libertarian Party of Michigan State Convention nominated their statewide general election candidates for public office on Saturday at Treetops Resort in Gaylord. On Monday, all of the candidate paperwork was filed with the various state, county, and township election officials across the state.
The party nominated 61 candidates for the 2020 general election; nine candidates for US Congress, ten candidates for the Michigan State House, eight candidates for statewide office, and 32 for county and township races.
The two nominations for the State Board of Education went to Bill Hall, an attorney from Rockford and Richard Hewer, an associate professor at Ferris State, from Big Rapids. Kerry Morgan of Redford, and Katherine Nepton of Lansing, were selected as the party nominees for Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court.
These candidates will join the Libertarian ticket in Michigan along with Presidential candidate Jo Jorgensen and Vice Presidential candidate Jeremy “Spike” Cohen who were chosen by national party delegates at an online convention over Memorial Day weekend. The Michigan party also selected the sixteen Electoral College delegates that would represent Michigan should Libertarian Presidential candidate Jo Jorgensen win the state.
In addition to nominating candidates for public office, delegates also voted on a pair of resolutions targeting politicians from both establishment parties. The first was a resolution condemning President Donald Trump’s use of US military forces against Americans on US soil and the second against Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s overuse of executive orders to fight the coronavirus outbreak.
The following candidates have been nominated by the Libertarian Party of Michigan to appear on the November ballot:
Jo Jorgensen
Jeremy “Spike” Cohen
William Hall (Rockford)
Richard A. Hewer (Big Rapids)
William Tyler White (Bath)
James Lewis Hudler (Chelsea)
Eric Larson (Grand Rapids)
Jonathan Elgas (Brighton)
Kerry Lee Morgan (Redford)
Katherine Mary Nepton (Lansing)
District 1 – Benjamin Boren (Charlevoix)
District 2 – Max Riekse (Fruitport)
District 4 – David Canny (Linden)
District 5 – James Harris (Fenton)
District 6 – Jeffrey Depoy (Berrien Center)
District 8 – Joseph Hartman (Pinckney)
District 9 – Michael Saliba (Clinton Township)
District 11 – Leonard Schwartz (Oak Park)
District 14 – Lisa Lane Gioia (West Bloomfield)
District 1 – Gregory Creswell (Detroit)
District 27 – Gregory Stempfle (Ferndale)
District 28 – Frederick Horndt (Warren)
District 35 – Timothy Yow (Southfield)
District 37 – James Young (Farmington Hills)
District 39 – Anthony Croff (West Bloomfield)
District 63 – Rafael F Wolf (Kalamazoo)
District 64 – Dr. Norman Peterson (Jackson)
District 73 – Ron Heeren (Grand Rapids)
District 104 – Jason Crum (Traverse City)
Mancelona Township Trustee – Donna Gundle-Krieg
County Commissioner – District 5 – Dakota Keeler
Homestead Township Clerk – Frank Pelky
Treasurer – James Johnson
County Commissioner – District 3 – Andy Evans
County Commissioner – District 7 – Dana Carver
Benton Township Trustee – Mike Mankin III
Blair Township Trustee – Cory Dean
Portland Township Supervisor – Joseph Gillotte
Grass Lake Township Trustee – Andrew Wrenbeck
Sheriff – John Stedman
Clerk – Jamie Lewis
Drain Commissioner- Alex Avery
District 1 – Deidre Griffith
District 13 – Matt Saliba
Armada Township Trustee – Jim Fulner
County Commissioner District 7 – David Holmer
Fruitport Township Parks Commission – Richard Riekse
County Executive – Connor Nepomuceno
Commerce Township Supervisor – Bruce Jaquays
County Sheriff – Joseph Charles
County Prosecutor – Jason Evans
Elmira Township Trustee – Ryan Pallas
County Clerk – Mary Buzuma
Ypsilanti Township Parks Commission – Elizabeth Corder [incumbent]
County Prosecuting Attorney – Daniel Ziemba
County Register of Deeds – Richard Secula
County Commissioner – District 4 – Loel Gnadt
County Commissioner – District 11 – Jami VanAlstine
County Commissioner – District 12 – Andrew Chadderdon
County Commissioner – District 14 – Wesley Crouse
Plymouth Township Trustee – Joseph LeBlanc
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