Politics & Government
Mitt Romney Wins Macomb Township by 1,000 Vote Margin
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney won Macomb Township with 4,004 votes in Tuesday's presidential primary.
It was a Mitt Romney victory in Macomb Township on Tuesday night, with the former Massachusetts governor winning 4,004 votes to former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum's 2,969.
"We didn’t win by a lot but we won by enough and that’s all that counts," Romney said during a post-primary speech in Novi Tuesday night.
Voter turnout in Macomb Township was low, with only 8,864 township residents casting ballots and the majority of those coming in absentee form.
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Although Romney wasn't the preferred nominee of some at the Republican Committee of Northern Macomb County's watch party in Shelby Township, Philis DeSaele, chair of the Sterling Heights-Utica Republicans, summed up her party's feelings saying, "It doesn't matter. We are supporting Republican candidates. Anyone is better than (President Barack) Obama."
Macomb Township Republican Caucus John Wolfsberger Jr. echoed DeSaele's sentiments.
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"Every single (candidate)–all four–have strengths and weaknesses and I think that after all is said and done, the primary is over and the convention has selected a nominee, we have to remember that we're adults," Wolfsberger said. "We're not looking for the Second Coming in a candidate and what we want is someone who will be an effective chief executive, follow the law and work with Congress."
Texas Congressman Ron Paul won 924 Macomb Township votes, while former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich took 725 of his own. A total of 184 Republican votes were cast "uncommitted."
Shortly before 10:30 p.m. Tuesday, the Associated Press and NBC declared . Romney performed well in southeastern Michigan, particularly in Macomb and Oakland counties. With 92 percent of the precincts reporting in Macomb, Romney had 43 percent of the vote compared to 34.8 percent for Santorum.
During the 2008 presidential primary, held Jan. 15, 2008, 10,366 Macomb Township residents visited the polls and 2,539 turned in absentee ballots. Of those votes, 3,260 went to Romney and 1,516 to the eventual GOP presidential candidate John McCain. Paul, who appeared on the ballot again this year, earned 448 votes in 2008.
Results for individual Macomb Township precincts, as reported by the Macomb County clerk, are available below:
Precinct Gingrich Paul Romney Santorum 1 15 35 104 109 2 34 32 126 106 3 19 26 129 89 4 26 29 119 116 5 22 34 125 72 6 33 31 124 71 7 29 28 114 107 8 29 27 103 76 9 15 38 79 84 10 7 18 59 61 11 27 40 192 106 12 33 16 135 95 13 17 31 111 100 14 18 37 158 114 15 35 24 183 102 16 19 21 159 120 17 21 43 111 97 18 12 14 51 47 19 4 13 25 33 20 21 23 136 97 21 27 33 171 106 22 38 35 175 106 23 39 37 223 136 24 27 32 132 99 25 15 18 75 51 26 9 18 79 58 27 19 19 71 65 28 19 22 84 46 29 15 19 106 49 30 16 25 119 96 31 16 8 83 49 32 12 35 89 100 33 11 25 84 70 34 12 18 99 74 35 14 20 71 62 Totals 725 924 4,004 2,969Others:
Macomb Township voters also cast 1,546 votes for President Barack Obama and 261 residents voted "uncommitted" on the Democratic ballot.
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