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LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Latest on Tuesday's primary election in Michigan (all times local):
11:55 p.m.
Retired businessman Paul Mitchell has won the open Republican primary in Michigan's Thumb-area congressional district and is now favored to succeed outgoing GOP Rep. Candice Miller.
The 59-year-old former CEO of a vocational school company spent millions of his own money on the race, which was closely watched Tuesday.
Mitchell, who lived in St. Clair County for a number of years, moved back to the Republican-leaning district after losing an open Republican primary in the 4th Congressional District in 2014. He led the opposition against a state constitutional amendment that would have increased sales taxes to boost transportation and other spending.
Mitchell, of Dryden, defeated state Sen. Phil Pavlov, state Rep. Tony Forlini, former state Sen. Alan Sanborn and military veteran David VanAssche in the five-man primary.
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11:45 p.m.
U.S. Rep. John Conyers has won another Democratic primary as he seeks his 27th term in Congress.
Conyers defeated Detroit City Clerk Janice Winfrey Tuesday in Michigan's 13th District race and moves on to the November general election.
The 87-year-old Conyers has been in Congress since 1965 and is the longest-serving member of the House.
He is a member of the House Judiciary Committee and a founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus. Conyers has been vocal in bringing attention to the fatal shootings of unarmed black men by police.
The 58-year-old Winfrey has been clerk and Detroit's chief elections officer since 2006. She has been credited with making the office more efficient.
The heavily Democratic 13th Congressional District covers parts of Detroit and Wayne County.
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11:40 p.m.
Retired Marine Lt. Gen. Jack Bergman has won the Republican nomination for U.S. House in Michigan's 1st District.
The political newcomer upset state Sen. Tom Casperson and former Sen. Jason Allen in the primary election Tuesday.
Bergman ran as a straight-talking conservative and relished his outsider status, campaigning against two veteran politicians who largely ignored him while attacking each other.
His campaign ads urged voters to "send a Marine" to Washington and promised he would "get the job done."
Bergman would succeed retiring three-term Republican Dan Benishek in Michigan's northernmost district.
Bergman had a 40-year military career and also worked for Republic Airlines. The Minnesota native lives in the Upper Peninsula town of Watersmeet.
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10:15 p.m.
Lon Johnson, the former head of the Michigan Democratic Party, has won the party's nomination for Congress in the 1st District.
Johnson defeated a former Kalkaska County sheriff on Tuesday in a district that covers the Upper Peninsula and 16 counties in the Lower Peninsula. The November election is expected to be highly competitive after Republican U.S. Rep. Dan Benishek said he wouldn't run again.
Johnson defeated Jerry Cannon of Fife Lake, who was making a second run for Congress after losing to Benishek in 2014.
Johnson quit his party post to focus on the campaign. He lives in Kalkaska County.
Although a Republican has held the seat since 2011, Democrats believe they can win the 1st District again. Before Benishek, Democrat Bart Stupak represented the district for 18 years.
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9:55 p.m.
U.S. Rep. Tim Walberg has won the Republican primary in southern Michigan's 7th District.
He easily defeated Doug North on Tuesday in a rematch of the 2014 primary. Walberg has served three consecutive terms in Congress. He also won a two-year term in 2006.
Walberg, who lives in Lenawee County, will face Democratic state Rep. Gretchen Driskell of Saline in the November election. The district has leaned Republican since it was redrawn following the 2010 census.
Nonetheless, the National Republican Congressional Committee has listed Walberg's seat as one that needs to be protected. His campaign had $1.5 million on hand by summer.
Business groups have backed Walberg, who wants to repeal President Barack Obama's health insurance program.
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9:45 p.m.
U.S. Rep. Brenda Lawrence has won the U.S. House 14th District Democratic primary.
Lawrence on Tuesday defeated Vanessa Moss and Terrance Morrison. She now moves on to the November general election.
Moss of Southfield is a family law attorney and has not previously held elective office. Morrison is a former business owner and ex-Detroit city employee.
Lawrence was Southfield's mayor from 2001 until winning the 14th District seat two years ago.
The heavily Democratic district includes part of Detroit, some western Wayne County suburbs and Downriver communities, and parts of Oakland County.
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11:55 a.m.
An increasingly bitter fight between two Republican insiders seeking a vacant U.S. House seat in northern Michigan appears to have turned off some voters.
State Sen. Tom Casperson and former Sen. Jason Allen have traded accusations of supporting higher taxes and being insufficiently conservative. In recent days, they've also attacked Tom Bergman, a retired Marine lieutenant general and first-time candidate.
Leaving a Traverse City polling station during Tuesday's primary, 78-year-old retiree Gordon Crimmins said he voted for Bergman because of his military record. Crimmins said Allen and Casperson appeared to distort the truth in their ads.
Retired city police chief Ralph Soffredine said he voted for Allen but was unhappy with the squabbling between him and Casperson. Soffredine said he'll support Democrat Jerry Cannon if he wins his party's nomination over party veteran Lon Johnson.
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7:35 a.m.
Michigan voters are deciding on a host of local and regional issues that are on the ballot during the primary election.
Polls opened Tuesday morning, with voters in Oakland, Wayne and Macomb counties deciding whether to renew a special property tax to help fund operations at the Detroit Zoo. Money is used for operations and maintenance of the zoo in Royal Oak. The tax was initially passed in 2008.
Local issues include deciding whether to reauthorize taxes for Ann Arbor's streets and sidewalks. And a one-room schoolhouse in Oneida Township, near Lansing, is asking voters for more money.
Statewide voter turnout is likely to be low. There are no gubernatorial or U.S. Senate candidates on the ballot for the first time in a dozen years.
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2:50 a.m.
Two open U.S. House races are being closely watched in Michigan's primary election.
The winners in the state's northern congressional district Tuesday will face off in a competitive race in November. The Republican victor of a Thumb-area contest should have a clear path to Congress.
Republican Rep. Dan Benishek's retirement after six years representing northern Michigan has led to a three-man Republican primary and a two-man Democratic race.
Republican Rep. Candice Miller's decision to step aside after 14 years representing the Thumb and northern Macomb County has sparked a five-way Republican primary. The winner will be favored in the November general election.
The primary also sets the stage for this fall's battles for control of the state House, which Democrats are eager to win after years of GOP rule.
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