Judge of District Court - 70th District, 2nd Division
Saginaw County, Michigan
My vote power
High
Election date
November 3, 2026 · General election · 2 seats
How do we calculate my vote power?
What goes into the rating: Representation: how much weight one vote carries here compared with a statewide vote — the smaller the district, the more each vote counts. Decisiveness: how likely this race is to be close, based on past results or current analyst ratings, plus the number of candidates.
Representation: High · 68 out of 100
This district is a small slice of its state, so each vote here carries much more weight than a vote in a statewide race. About 188,665 people live here.
Show the representation math
score = 50 + 50 × ln(state population ÷ this district's) ÷ ln(50,000) = 50 + 50 × ln(10,077,761 ÷ 188,665) ÷ ln(50,000) = 68.38, measured against a statewide vote in MI (grades: 66+ high, 33+ normal, otherwise low; a statewide race is the 50 baseline)
Decisiveness: Unknown
No analyst ratings or past results for this contest yet.
High representation → My vote power: High.
Some data is missing, so this rating is based on partial information and capped at "High".
About this office
- Deciding trials in the county
- Ruling on evidence and setting sentences in criminal cases
- Deciding family, probate, and civil disputes
Affects: Public Safety and Crime Control, Housing Affordability, Civil Rights,
Candidates
Nonpartisan · Incumbent · declared
Saginaw County district judge since 2006 and a former three-term Michigan state representative who later chaired the State Tax Commission. Western Michigan University and Thomas M. Cooley Law School graduate.
Records: Public Safety and Crime Control 1 for
Nonpartisan · Incumbent · declared
Saginaw County district judge since 2018 and a lifelong county resident. Previously spent twelve years in private practice at Smith Bovill, PC, concentrating on probate, estate planning and elder law. University of Michigan and Valparaiso law graduate.
Sources: saginawcountymi.gov2