Bergman wins

reelection

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Rep. Jack Bergman won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Michigan on Tuesday.

First elected to the U.S. House in 2016, Bergman represents Michigan’s entire Upper Peninsula and much of northern Michigan, including Traverse City.

Bergman is a former lieutenant general in the Marine Corps who now serves on the House Armed Services, Veterans Affairs and Budget committees. He was among a number of Republicans who signed onto a Texas-led lawsuit asking the U.S. Supreme Court to invalidate President Joe Biden’s victory in 2020.

He defeated Democratic challenger Callie Barr, a veterans advocate from Traverse City.

Bergman was leading with 59% of the vote to Barr’s 38%.

In Dickinson County, Bergman received 9,962 votes to 4,733 for Barr.

ISD millage

renewal OK’d

Dickinson-Iron Intermediate School District’s request for a renewal of its special education millage was approved Tuesday by a wide margin.

The tally in Dickinson County was 9,633 yes to 4,049 no. In Iron County, it was 4,557 yes to 1,989 no. In Menominee County’s Faithorn Township, it was 94 yes to 70 no.

The 10-year renewal is set at 0.4983 mills, or just under 50 cents per $1,000 of taxable value. The millage will provide funds for the education of students with a disability.

Markkanen gets

another term

State Rep. Greg Markkanen, R-Hancock, will return to Lansing for a fourth term in the Michigan House after defeating Democratic challenger Kim Corcoran of Ironwood on Tuesday.

With nearly all of the votes counted, Markkanen had a 63% to 37% advantage over the Ironwood mayor. The totals were 30,485 to 17,761.

The district includes Iron, Gogebic, Ontonagon, Houghton and Keweenaw counties and the western part of Dickinson County — the cities of Iron Mountain and Kingsford, plus Breitung and Sagola townships.

Markkanen carried Dickinson County with 7,553 votes to 2,449 for Corcoran. In Iron County, his victory was 4,482 to 2,303.

Tiffany, Wied

win House races

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Rep. Tom Tiffany won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Wisconsin on Tuesday.

Tiffany has represented the 7th District in northcentral and western Wisconsin since 2020. He is a former state lawmaker who has emerged as one of former President Donald Trump’s most vocal supporters in Wisconsin. He faced only nominal Democratic opposition.

Republican Tony Wied, meanwhile, won election to the 8th District U.S. House seat. Wied won the backing of former President Donald Trump and defeated Democrat Kristin Lyerly, an obstetrician who had sued to overturn Wisconsin’s abortion ban.

Lyerly tried to make the race about abortion, but Wied prevailed in the heavily Republican district