Election Results 2024: Nation Leans Red, But Leelanau Goes Blue
By Craig Manning | Nov. 6, 2024
Former president Donald Trump looked likely to win the presidency as of 3am Wednesday morning, defeating Democratic challenger (and current vice president) Kamala Harris.
Despite a shift to the right in national politics, though, Leelanau County got a blue wave in Tuesday’s election. In a race that saw all seven seats on the county Board of Commissioners contested, six of the seven winners are Democrats. Leelanau tilted left in other races, too, including the presidency, the state legislature, and U.S. congressional races – though, due in part to uncontested races, many of the county’s leaders remain on the Republican side of the aisle.
Read on for a rundown of results …
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