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The Secretary of State's office has released unofficial voter turnout results for all the counties in Michigan (the State Board of Canvassers will make them official later this month).

• The voters in Leelanau county scored the best turnout rate in the state at 61.60%
• The voters in Cass county scored the worst turnout rate in the state at 35.74%

Here are the top 5:

Outgoing Secretary of State Terry Lynn Land had expected 52% of eligible voters to show up at the polls yesterday. The unofficial tally stands at 45% today.

The turnout results remain "unofficial" until they are certified by the Board of State Canvassers later this month.

Of the 7.28 million registered to vote, 3.3 million did so.

Governor (race called)

• Virg Bernero (D) 35%
• Rick Snyder (R) 62%

Attorney General (race called)

• David Leyton (D) 38%
• Bill Schuette (R) 56%

Secretary of State (race called)

• Jocelyn Benson (D) 41%
• Ruth Johnson (R) 54%

U.S. Congress

  15th District (race called)

Update 11:51pm: The 7th district has been called for Republican Tim Walberg.

11:03pm: Three congressional races in Michigan remain close. The Detroit Free Press is reporting that even with the aid of key precinct data, the Free Press was unable to immediately call winners in Michigan’s 15th, 7th and 9th congressional districts.

"And now the hand wringing begins" said a nervous supporter at the Mark Schauer victory party. 

The incumbent Democratic congressman's party on the 16th floor of the McCamly Hotel is filling up.  People here are glancing more and more frequently at the TV monitors and lap top screens.   The race between Schauer and former congressman, turned challenger Republican Tim Walberg is expected to be close.   Very Close.

Victory parties are getting underway for candidates in Michigan's 7th congressional district.    On the 16th floor of the McCamly Hotel in Battle Creek, a spokesman for incumbent Democrat Mark Schauer says they are cautiously optimistic.   Republican challenger Tim Walberg's party is in downtown Jackson.    Two years, the race was not decided until well after midnight. 

The Detroit Free Press is reporting that Rick Snyder is heading for a lopsided win "as GOP tidal wave looms."

Republican Rick Snyder headed toward a landslide victory in the race for governor over Democrat Virg Bernero, leading a possible Republican sweep of statewide offices, according to a Free Press automated poll of 2,000 voters statewide.

By Rick Pluta

The candidates are waiting for the votes to be counted. Republican candidate for governor Rick Snyder says if he is elected he will not wait to begin planning for his administration. Snyder says he intends to bring a sense of "crisis" to Lansing:

People in northern states may be cold, but they seem to vote in higher numbers than in some other states.

In the 2008 election, these states had the highest turnout rates from their voting eligible population according to Michael McDonald's United States Elections Project:

We've gathered up all the county election results sites in our listening area.

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