Politics & Government
Mitt Romney Wins in White Lake Township, State
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney won White Lake Township with 1,777 votes, and is projected to win the state in Tuesday's presidential primary.
It was a slow but steady day at the polls according to White Lake Township officials.
Last week, Election Specialist Ashley Ambury predicted a turnout of 23 to 28 percent of registered voters. According to Oakland County Clerk's Bill Bullard's office, five precincts in White Lake saw a showing of 10 to 20 percent, the rest were between 20 and 30 percent.
"I would say the turnout has been decent (today)," Amburgy said. "Nothing overwhelming to the precincts. It’s hard to compare presidential primaries (voter turnout) because they aren’t held consistently. The last one was in 2008, and then 2000 prior to that."
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In White Lake, Mitt Romney was the candidate of choice unofficially winning all 12 precincts. Rick Santorum second, more than 400 hundred votes behind Romney.
Romney is also projected to win the state.
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Unofficial results for Tuesday's primary election in White Lake are as follows:
Precinct Gingrich Paul Santorum Romney 1 42 45 141 195 2 31 56 127 173 3 17 22 87 134 4 20 31 68 79 5 60 42 135 227 6 31 42 121 152 7 20 32 113 166 8 31 38 105 120 9 29 38 84 113 10 21 28 85 124 11 20 42 151 171 12 16 22 61 123Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.
