Mason County — Nov. 3, 2026

UNOFFICIAL RESULTS — City of Ludington, Precinct 2

The following results are from the City of Ludington Precinct 2 report for the Nov. 3 general election.

Registered voters: 1,188
Ballots cast: 599
Voter turnout: 50.42%

City of Ludington

Mayor

• Cheri Stibitz: 280 (53.3%)

• Carol Hoekstra: 233 (44.4%)

• Write-in: 12 (2.3%)

Stibitz leads by 47 votes in Precinct 2.

City clerk

• Curtis Shields: 438

• Write-in: 7

City Council — 2nd Ward

• Eric Gregory Case: 265 (50.5%)

• Alex Kazmarski: 257 (49.0%)

• Write-in: 3 (0.6%)

Case leads by eight votes in Precinct 2.

City of Ludington ballot proposal

Ludington City Charter Amendment

• No: 290 (55.6%)

• Yes: 232 (44.4%)

The proposal is losing by 58 votes in Precinct 2.

Local school board

Ludington Area Schools Board of Education — Vote for three

• Brad Reed: 378

• Julie Keson: 235

• Kathleen Chaney: 183

• Kelly Parker: 158

• Natalie Grochowski: 131

• Julie Mowry Lipa: 121

• Whitney McCabe-Stevens: 88

• Write-in: 15

Reed, Keson and Chaney are the top three vote-getters in Precinct 2.

West Shore Community College Board of Trustees

Vote for two

• Thomas S. Voss: 397

• Daniel LaMore: 386

• Write-in: 10

Michigan Senate — 32nd District

• Kim Cole (R): 296 (50.1%)

• Rebecca Amidon (D): 295 (49.9%)

Cole leads by one vote in Precinct 2.

Michigan House — 102nd District

• Curt VanderWall (R): 309 (52.9%)

• Angel Coon (D): 269 (46.1%)

• Shawn Orton (L): 5 (0.9%)

• Write-in: 1 (0.2%)

VanderWall leads by 40 votes.

U.S. House — 2nd Congressional District

• Ben Ambrose (D): 289 (49.7%)

• John Moolenaar (R): 285 (49.0%)

• Charlotte Magoon (Green): 4 (0.7%)

• Richard Sills (Natural Law): 2 (0.3%)

• Write-in: 2 (0.3%)

Ambrose leads by four votes in Precinct 2.

2026 general election results: City of Ludington (5 of 6 precincts reporting)

Mason County — Nov. 3, 2026

UNOFFICIAL COMBINED RESULTS — City of Ludington, Precincts 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6

With five of Ludington’s six voting precincts reporting, Cheri Stibitz has expanded her lead over Carol Hoekstra in the mayoral election.

Stibitz has received 1,263 votes compared to Hoekstra’s 1,182, a margin of 81 votes.

The proposed City Charter Amendment continues to trail, with 1,402 no votes and 1,103 yes votes.

In the 2nd Congressional District race, Democrat Ben Ambrose leads Republican John Moolenaar by 17 votes in the five reporting city precincts.

Precincts reporting: 5 of 6
Registered voters in reporting precincts: 5,658
Ballots cast: 2,809
Combined voter turnout: 49.65%

City of Ludington

Mayor

• Cheri Stibitz: 1,263 (51.0%)

• Carol Hoekstra: 1,182 (47.7%)

• Write-in: 32 (1.3%)

Stibitz leads by 81 votes.

City clerk

• Curtis Shields: 2,008

• Write-in: 21

City Council — 2nd Ward

• Eric Gregory Case: 265 (50.5%)

• Alex Kazmarski: 257 (49.0%)

• Write-in: 3 (0.6%)

Case leads by eight votes.

City Council — 4th Ward

• Jack Stibitz: 231 (54.2%)

• Marco Iafrate: 194 (45.5%)

• Write-in: 1 (0.2%)

Jack Stibitz leads by 37 votes.

City Council — 6th Ward

• Brett Vanderwall: 209 (50.6%)

• Jake Brody: 199 (48.2%)

• Write-in: 5 (1.2%)

Vanderwall leads by 10 votes.

City of Ludington ballot proposal

Ludington City Charter Amendment

• No: 1,402 (56.0%)

• Yes: 1,103 (44.0%)

The proposed charter amendment is losing by 299 votes.

Local school board

Ludington Area Schools Board of Education — Vote for three

• Brad Reed: 1,759

• Julie Keson: 976

• Kelly Parker: 814

• Kathleen Chaney: 788

• Julie Mowry Lipa: 659

• Natalie Grochowski: 486

• Whitney McCabe-Stevens: 443

• Write-in: 36

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

West Shore Community College Board of Trustees

Vote for two

• Thomas S. Voss: 1,764

• Daniel LaMore: 1,703

• Write-in: 28

Michigan Senate — 32nd District

Precincts 1, 2, 3 and 4 reporting

• Kim Cole (R): 1,152 (50.7%)

• Rebecca Amidon (D): 1,120 (49.3%)

• Write-in: 1 (0.0%)

Cole leads by 32 votes.

Michigan House — 102nd District

Precincts 1, 2, 3 and 4 reporting

• Curt VanderWall (R): 1,216 (53.8%)

• Angel Coon (D): 1,018 (45.0%)

• Shawn Orton (L): 24 (1.1%)

• Write-in: 3 (0.1%)

VanderWall leads by 198 votes.

U.S. House — 2nd Congressional District

• Ben Ambrose (D): 1,357 (49.3%)

• John Moolenaar (R): 1,340 (48.7%)

• Charlotte Magoon (Green): 36 (1.3%)

• Richard Sills (Natural Law): 12 (0.4%)

• Write-in: 6 (0.2%)

Ambrose leads by 17 votes.