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August primary candidates for Manchester area relevant elections

On August 7th, voters in the Manchester area will select the candidates who will face off in the November Mid-Term election. The 7th District Congressional race has a Democratic contest between Gretchen Driskell and Steven Friday. The 22nd State Senate race will have a Republican contest between Lana Theis and Joseph Converse Marinaro. The 52nd District State Representative race and District 3 County Commissioner race only have one Democrat and one Republican each so will not be on the primary ballots.

Representative In Congress ()

(Incumbent) Republican Tim Walberg

PO Box 1362 Jackson MI 49204

Democrat Gretchen Driskell

PO Box 464 Saline MI 48176

Democrat Steven Friday (Formerly: Steven Horvath)

7655 Forest St Dexter MI 48130

State Representative –

(Incumbent) Democrat Donna Lasinski

P.O. Box 7425 Ann Arbor MI 48107 734-926-5180 donna@votedonnalasinski.com

Republican Teri Aiuto

17250 Bethel Church Road Manchester MI 48158 734-216-7569 Teri4rep@gmail.com

State Senator –

Republican Joseph Converse Marinaro

510 S East St Fowlerville MI 48836

Republican Lana Theis

620 N Kane Rd Webberville MI 48892

Democrat Adam Dreher

2460 Livernois Dr Howell MI 48843 

Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners Member

Democrat Shannon Beeman

P.O. Box 195 Manchester MI 48158 734-323-0539 shanrosebee@gmail.com

Republican Melanie Weidmayer

P.O. Box 227 Manchester MI 48158 734-478-6263 mweidmayer@msn.com

by Fritz Swanson

Fritz Swanson has written for The Believer, the Christian Science Monitor, Print Magazine, McSweeney's, Esopus, LSA Magazine, and The Mid-American Review. He serves as a trustee on the Manchester District Library Board. He's the designer and publisher of ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ.