Mason County — Nov. 3, 2026

UNOFFICIAL RESULTS — City of Ludington, Precinct 1

The following results are from the City of Ludington Precinct 1 report for the Nov. 3 general election. These are precinct-level totals, not citywide, countywide or districtwide results.

Registered voters: 1,085
Ballots cast: 619
Voter turnout: 57.00%

City of Ludington

Mayor

• Cheri Stibitz: 284 (51.6%)

• Carol Hoekstra: 258 (46.9%)

• Write-in: 8 (1.5%)

Stibitz leads by 26 votes in Precinct 1.

City clerk

• Curtis Shields: 452

• Write-in: 3

City of Ludington ballot proposal

Ludington City Charter Amendment

• No: 323 (57.5%)

• Yes: 239 (42.5%)

The proposal is losing by 84 votes in Precinct 1.

Local school board

Ludington Area Schools Board of Education — Vote for three

• Brad Reed: 390

• Julie Keson: 206

• Kathleen Chaney: 204

• Kelly Parker: 203

• Julie Mowry Lipa: 167

• Whitney McCabe-Stevens: 88

• Natalie Grochowski: 84

• Write-in: 6

Reed, Keson and Chaney are the top three vote-getters in Precinct 1.

West Shore Community College Board of Trustees

Vote for two

• Thomas S. Voss: 413

• Daniel LaMore: 400

• Write-in: 2

Michigan Senate — 32nd District

• Kim Cole (R): 332 (54.0%)

• Rebecca Amidon (D): 283 (46.0%)

Cole leads by 49 votes in Precinct 1.

Michigan House — 102nd District

• Curt VanderWall (R): 360 (58.7%)

• Angel Coon (D): 247 (40.3%)

• Shawn Orton (L): 5 (0.8%)

• Write-in: 1 (0.2%)

VanderWall leads by 113 votes.

U.S. House — 2nd Congressional District

• John Moolenaar (R): 328 (53.7%)

• Ben Ambrose (D): 276 (45.2%)

• Charlotte Magoon (Green): 5 (0.8%)

• Richard Sills (Natural Law): 1 (0.2%)

• Write-in: 1 (0.2%)

Moolenaar leads by 52 votes in Precinct 1.

2026 general election results: City of Ludington (3 of 6 precincts reporting)

Mason County — Nov. 3, 2026

UNOFFICIAL COMBINED RESULTS — City of Ludington, Precincts 1, 3 and 4

With three of Ludington’s six voting precincts reporting, Cheri Stibitz leads Carol Hoekstra in the mayoral race, while the proposed City Charter Amendment is trailing.

Stibitz has received 776 votes to Hoekstra’s 722, a margin of 54 votes. The charter amendment has received 664 yes votes and 871 no votes.

The following totals combine the unofficial reports from Precincts 1, 3 and 4.

Precincts reporting: 3 of 6
Registered voters in reporting precincts: 3,379
Ballots cast: 1,704
Combined voter turnout: 50.43%

City of Ludington

Mayor

• Cheri Stibitz: 776 (51.3%)

• Carol Hoekstra: 722 (47.7%)

• Write-in: 16 (1.1%)

Stibitz leads by 54 votes with three of six precincts reporting.

City clerk

• Curtis Shields: 1,211

• Write-in: 9

City Council — 4th Ward (Precinct 4 only)

• Jack Stibitz: 231 (54.2%)

• Marco Iafrate: 194 (45.5%)

• Write-in: 1 (0.2%)

Jack Stibitz leads by 37 votes in the reported 4th Ward contest. No additional 4th Ward results are included in this tally.

City of Ludington ballot proposal

Ludington City Charter Amendment

• No: 871 (56.7%)

• Yes: 664 (43.3%)

The proposed charter amendment is losing by 207 votes with three of six precincts reporting.

Local school board

Ludington Area Schools Board of Education — Vote for three

• Brad Reed: 1,085

• Julie Keson: 594

• Kelly Parker: 516

• Kathleen Chaney: 474

• Julie Mowry Lipa: 430

• Natalie Grochowski: 264

• Whitney McCabe-Stevens: 262

• Write-in: 11

Reed, Keson and Parker are the top three vote-getters in the three reporting city precincts.

West Shore Community College Board of Trustees

Vote for two

• Thomas S. Voss: 1,074

• Daniel LaMore: 1,024

• Write-in: 12

Michigan Senate — 32nd District

• Kim Cole (R): 856 (50.9%)

• Rebecca Amidon (D): 825 (49.0%)

• Write-in: 1 (0.1%)

Cole leads by 31 votes in the three reporting city precincts.

Michigan House — 102nd District

• Curt VanderWall (R): 907 (54.1%)

• Angel Coon (D): 749 (44.7%)

• Shawn Orton (L): 19 (1.1%)

• Write-in: 2 (0.1%)

VanderWall leads by 158 votes.

U.S. House — 2nd Congressional District

• John Moolenaar (R): 843 (50.3%)

• Ben Ambrose (D): 803 (47.9%)

• Charlotte Magoon (Green): 19 (1.1%)

• Richard Sills (Natural Law): 8 (0.5%)

• Write-in: 2 (0.1%)

Moolenaar leads by 40 votes in the three reporting city precincts.