GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Voters on Tuesday, Aug. 2, will decide a number of state, local and federal primaries, tax requests and more in the Grand Rapids area and across the state of Michigan.
For live-updated unofficial results Tuesday night of contested primaries in Kent and Ottawa counties, scroll below. Refresh this page for the most recent unofficial results as reported by Kent and Ottawa county election officials.
When a precinct is indicated as partially reporting, that means either all in-person votes or all absentee ballot votes are represented in the tally but not both.
A precinct is considered fully counted, or fully reporting, when all ballots, both in-person and absentee, are accounted for and represented in the tally.
Once all ballots are tallied and the race has been called, the winning position will be shown in bold.
Polls close Tuesday at 8 p.m. and results will be updated below as they become available:
KENT COUNTY
Kent County Board of Commissioners
District 1 Republican primary
Ben Greene (i):
Mark Jordan:
District 3 Republican primary
Mark Laws: 102
Jennifer Merchant: 242
District 4 Republican primary
Katie DeBoer:
Diane Jones (i):
District 5 Republican primary
Stefanie Boone:
Dave Hildenbrand:
District 10 Republican primary
Emily Post Brieve (i):
Bill Hirsch:
District 11 Republican primary
AJ Hoff:
Lindsey Thiel (i):
District 12 Republican primary
Adam R. Palasek:
Lee White:
District 13 Republican primary
Tom McKelvey:
Nick Prill:
District 16 Democratic primary
Melissa LaGrand (i):
Jim Talen:
District 17 Democratic primary
Tony Baker:
Victor Williams:
District 18 Republican primary
Tim Allen:
Josie Kornev:
District 19 Democratic primary
Dave Bulkowski (i):
Kris Pachla:
District 19 Republican primary
Jeremiah Bannister:
Samuel R. Carstens:
District 21 Republican primary
Alan Bolter:
Walter Bujak:
Wyoming mayoral primary
Sam Bolt:
Cliff Tompkins:
Kent Vanderwood:
Tyrone Township Supervisor Republican primary
Dave Ignasiak:
Dennis Kaminski:
Tyrone Township Trustee Republican primary
David Loew:
Douglas R. Tawney:
Kent County millage renewal for senior citizen services
Yes: 365
No: 219
Kent County millage renewal for veterans services
Yes:
No:
Kentwood dedicated parks, trails and recreation millage
Yes:
No:
Ada Township police and fire protection millage renewal
Yes:
No:
Cannon Township firefighter wages and fire station staffing millage
Yes:
No:
Grand Rapids Township public safety millage renewal
Yes:
No:
Lowell Township fire protection and emergency services millage renewal
Yes:
No:
Tyrone Township fire department operations millage renewal
Yes:
No:
Tyrone Township fire department operations millage increase
Yes:
No:
Grant Public Schools operating millage proposal
Yes:
No:
Tri County Area Schools operating millage renewal
Yes:
No:
Wayland Union School District $48.5 million bond proposal
Yes:
No:
Ottawa County
Ottawa County Board of Commissioners
District 1 Republican primary
Gretchen Cosby:
Frank Garcia (i):
District 2 Republican primary
Joe Baumann (i):
Lucy Ebel:
District 4 Republican primary
Jacob D. Bonnema:
Allen Dannenberg (i):
District 5 Republican primary
Randy Meppelink (i):
Joe Moss:
District 7 Republican primary
Rebekah A. Curran:
Gregory Steigenga:
District 8 Republican primary
Greg DeJong (i):
Sylvia Rhodea:
District 9 Republican primary
Roger Belknap:
Philip Kuyers (i):
District 10 Republican primary
Roger A. Bergman (i):
Thomas Elhart:
Jenni Shepherd-Kelley:
District 11 Republican primary
Matthew Fenske (i):
Allison Miedema:
Georgetown Township trustee at-large Republican primary
Amy Grasman:
Caden Hembrough:
Kirsten Manthei:
Holland Township trustee at-large
David K. DeYoung:
Bob Harmsen:
Holland $30 million broadband bond proposal
Yes:
No:
Blendon Township fire protection operations and maintenance millage renewal
Yes:
No:
Chester Township fire protection operations millage renewal and increase
Yes:
No:
Crockery Township library services millage renewal
Yes:
No:
Holland Township policing and emergency medical response millage renewal
Yes:
No:
Jamestown Township fire department operations millage renewal
Yes:
No:
Jamestown Township road improvement millage renewal
Yes:
No:
Jamestown Township library services millage renewal
Yes:
No:
Olive Township road repair and reconstruction millage renewal
Yes:
No:
Olive Township fire department equipment and apparatus millage renewal
Yes:
No:
Park Township parks and recreation millage renewal and increase
Yes:
No:
Tallmadge Township police and fire millage renewal
Yes:
No:
Tallmadge Township library services millage renewal
Yes:
No:
Wright Township fire protection services millage renewal
Yes:
No:
Coopersville Area Public Schools operating millage renewal
Yes:
No:
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