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Elections and appointments
Last election

August 6, 2024

Tonya Wells (Republican Party) ran for election to the Michigan House of Representatives to represent District 4. She was disqualified from the Republican primary scheduled on August 6, 2024.

Elections

2024

See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for Michigan House of Representatives District 4

Incumbent Karen Whitsett won election in the general election for Michigan House of Representatives District 4 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Karen Whitsett
Karen Whitsett (D)
 
100.0
 
33,026

Total votes: 33,026
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 4

Incumbent Karen Whitsett advanced from the Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 4 on August 6, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Karen Whitsett
Karen Whitsett
 
100.0
 
9,370

Total votes: 9,370
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

No Republican candidates ran in the primary.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Wells in this election.

2022

See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Michigan House of Representatives District 4

Incumbent Karen Whitsett defeated Tonya Wells in the general election for Michigan House of Representatives District 4 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Karen Whitsett
Karen Whitsett (D)
 
87.1
 
16,990
Tonya Wells (R)
 
12.9
 
2,520

Total votes: 19,510
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 4

Incumbent Karen Whitsett defeated Lori L. Turner and Gus H. Tarraf in the Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 4 on August 2, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Karen Whitsett
Karen Whitsett
 
55.2
 
3,857
Lori L. Turner
 
26.9
 
1,879
Gus H. Tarraf
 
17.9
 
1,254

Total votes: 6,990
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 4

Tonya Wells advanced from the Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 4 on August 2, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Tonya Wells
 
100.0
 
355

Total votes: 355
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Campaign finance

2021

See also: City elections in Detroit, Michigan (2021)

General election

General election for Detroit City Council At-large (2 seats)

Coleman Young II and Mary Waters defeated incumbent Janee Ayers and Nicole Small in the general election for Detroit City Council At-large on November 2, 2021.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Coleman Young II
Coleman Young II (Nonpartisan)
 
31.3
 
48,380
Image of Mary Waters
Mary Waters (Nonpartisan)
 
26.9
 
41,678
Janee Ayers (Nonpartisan)
 
25.2
 
39,001
Nicole Small (Nonpartisan)
 
16.4
 
25,306
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.3
 
402

Total votes: 154,767
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Detroit City Council At-large (2 seats)

The following candidates ran in the primary for Detroit City Council At-large on August 3, 2021.

Candidate
%
Votes
Janee Ayers (Nonpartisan)
 
30.9
 
34,514
Image of Coleman Young II
Coleman Young II (Nonpartisan)
 
30.5
 
34,159
Image of Mary Waters
Mary Waters (Nonpartisan)
 
23.3
 
26,028
Nicole Small (Nonpartisan)
 
10.7
 
11,990
Jermain Jones (Nonpartisan)
 
4.2
 
4,647
Oneita Jackson (Nonpartisan) (Write-in)
 
0.1
 
78
Image of Royce Kinniebrew
Royce Kinniebrew (Nonpartisan) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
30
Debra Eddington-Loper (Nonpartisan) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
26
Tonya Wells (Nonpartisan) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
1
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.3
 
380

Total votes: 111,853
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2016

See also: Detroit Public Schools elections (2016)

Seven seats on the Detroit Public Schools Community District Board of Education were up for general election on November 8, 2016. There was no primary. A total of 63 candidates filed for the election including 10 of the 11 incumbent board members. The top two vote recipients will serve six-year terms, the next three winners will serve four-year terms, and the remaining two winners will serve two-year terms.[1][2] The winning candidates were Angelique Nicole Peterson-Mayberry, LaMar Lemmons, Georgia Lemmons, Sonya Mays, Misha Stallworth, Deborah Hunter-Harvill, and Iris Taylor.

A June 2016 state reorganization bill split Detroit Public Schools into two entities. The existing district will collect taxes to pay down debts, while a new district overseen by the school board was created to oversee school operations. This bill reduced the school board's membership from 11 to seven after the November 2016 election. The state-appointed Detroit Financial Review Commission will oversee the new district's financial dealings.[1]

Results

Detroit Public Schools Community District,
At-Large General Election, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Angelique Nicole Peterson-Mayberry 4.47% 37,886
Green check mark transparent.png Georgia Lemmons 4.14% 35,126
Green check mark transparent.png Iris Taylor 3.87% 32,835
Green check mark transparent.png Misha Stallworth 3.65% 30,961
Green check mark transparent.png Sonya Mays 3.39% 28,709
Green check mark transparent.png Deborah Hunter-Harvill 3.29% 27,883
Green check mark transparent.png LaMar Lemmons (former DPS member) 3.25% 27,584
Tawanna Simpson (former DPS member) 3.17% 26,909
Yolanda Peoples 2.83% 23,975
Keith Linnaeus Whitney 2.81% 23,811
Ida Carol Short (former DPS member) 2.77% 23,514
Wanda Redmond (former DPS member) 2.74% 23,240
Penny Bailer 2.30% 19,528
Reverend David Murray (former DPS member) 2.22% 18,817
Herman Davis (former DPS member) 2.11% 17,922
Leslie Andrews 2.03% 17,249
Karen White 1.93% 16,317
Ryan Charles Mack 1.86% 15,759
Kimberly Jones 1.84% 15,597
John Telford 1.81% 15,363
Patricia Johnson Singleton (former DPS member) 1.78% 15,102
Vonetta Clark 1.72% 14,611
Elena Herrada (former DPS member) 1.71% 14,521
Nicole Latrice Vaughn 1.66% 14,034
Kevin Turman 1.61% 13,641
Mary Brenda Smith 1.59% 13,510
Markita Meeks 1.33% 11,313
Tonya Renay Wells 1.28% 10,827
Phillip Caldwell II 1.24% 10,548
Charmaine Johnson 1.24% 10,534
Annie Pearl Carter (former DPS member) 1.24% 10,522
Valerie Elaine Massey 1.22% 10,332
Andrew Jackson Jr. 1.20% 10,202
Betty Alexander 1.16% 9,834
Mary Kovari 1.11% 9,399
Valencia Robin Grier 1.07% 9,068
Victor Gibson 1.05% 8,898
Kathy Montgomery 1.05% 8,885
Juvette Hawkins-Williams (former DPS member) 1.03% 8,722
Phyllis Berry 1.03% 8,712
Joann Jackson 0.99% 8,362
Steven Miller 0.98% 8,295
Theresa Mattison 0.93% 7,889
Brandon Brice 0.93% 7,862
Rita McFadden Carpenter 0.93% 7,854
Victor Robinson 0.92% 7,801
Gwendolyn Britt 0.89% 7,518
Ryan Townsend 0.81% 6,898
Ben Washburn 0.81% 6,885
Charles Hale 0.78% 6,630
Miriam Keyes 0.73% 6,228
Willetta Ann Ramey 0.66% 5,633
Tamara Perrin 0.66% 5,621
Stephen Czapski 0.66% 5,590
Carol Pratt Farver 0.64% 5,386
Norma Galvan 0.61% 5,156
Ryan Williams 0.57% 4,853
Aaron Renaldo Smith 0.56% 4,747
Ingrid Walton 0.56% 4,708
Anthony Zander 0.53% 4,505
Renae Micou 0.53% 4,463
Christopher Pompey 0.53% 4,458
Ronald Diebel 0.44% 3,743
Write-in votes 0.51% 4,343
Total Votes 843,123
Source: Wayne County, Michigan, "Elections Division-Results," November 22, 2016

Funding

See also: List of school board campaign finance deadlines in 2016

School board candidates in Michigan were required to file pre-election campaign finance reports with their county election offices by October 28, 2016. Post-election reports were due by December 8, 2016.[3]

In Michigan, candidates are prohibited from receiving contributions from corporations or labor organizations. Within 10 days of becoming a candidate, candidates must form a candidate committee. Following the creation of the committee, candidates have an additional 10 days to register the committee with the school district filing official by filing a statement of organization. A candidate committee that does not expect to receive or spend more than $1,000 during the election cycle is eligible to receive a reporting waiver, which allows that committee not to file pre-election, post-election, and annual campaign statements.[4]

October 28 filing

Candidates received a total of $164,533.68 and spent a total of $100,234.02 as of October 30, 2016, according to the Wayne County Clerk.[5] Angelique Nicole Peterson-Mayberry led the field with $57,980.00 in contributions and $40,364.82 in expenditures for the reporting period. Her biggest donor through October 28, 2016, was the United Auto Workers Michigan V-PAC, which contributed $27,500.00 to her candidate committee. Sixteen of the 63 candidates filed campaign finance statements by October 30, 2016. The remaining candidates had not filed their reports or qualified for exemption from reporting.

Candidate Contributions Expenditures Cash on hand
Tawanna Simpson $1,200.00 $996.38 $203.62
Ida Carol Short $1,409.15 $975.00 $434.15
Herman Davis $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Angelique Nicole Peterson-Mayberry $57,980.00 $40,346.82 $17,633.18
Kevin Turman $5,038.99 $3,555.84 $1,483.15
Deborah Hunter-Harvill $3,950.00 $4,387.83 -$577.83
John Telford $19,000.00 $5,341.52 $13,658.51
Markita Meeks $100.00 $25.00 $75.00
Mary Kovari $14,383.54 $16,883.54 $4,315.86
Ben Washburn $500.00 $0.00 $500.00
Iris Taylor $10,725.00 $6,311.16 $4,413.84
Sonya Mays $20,935.00 $15,450.49 $0.00
Charmaine Johnson $0.00 $1,939.68 $0.00
Phillip Caldwell II $2,915.00 $2,713.37 $201.67
Leslie Andrews $16,114.00 $0.00 $6,500.00
Penny Bailer $10,283.00 $1,307.39 $8,975.61

2014

See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for the Michigan House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election was held on August 5, 2014, and a general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was April 22, 2014. Fred Durhal III defeated Cynthia Johnson and four others in the Democratic primary. Dorothy Patterson was unopposed in the Republican primary. Durhal defeated Patterson in the general election.[6][7][8][9]

Michigan House of Representatives, District 5 General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngFred Durhal III 94.4% 11,796
     Republican Dorothy Patterson 5.2% 645
     Write-in Cynthia Johnson 0.4% 50
     Write-in Tonya Wells 0% 3
Total Votes 12,494
Michigan House of Representatives, District 5 Democratic Primary, 2014
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngFred Durhal III 50.4% 2,360
Cynthia Johnson 32.6% 1,528
Ishmail Terry 7.2% 335
Tonya Wells 3.7% 172
William Phillips 3.1% 147
Ja'meka Armstrong 3% 139
Total Votes 4,681

2012

See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2012

Wells ran in the 2012 election for Michigan House of Representatives District 5. She ran against Renard Berry, Fred Durhal, Jr., Cynthia Ann Johnson, Mark Murphy, Jr., and Nathaniel Nathan in the Democratic primary on August 7.[10][11]

Michigan House of Representatives, District 5 Democratic Primary, 2012
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngFred Durhal, Jr. Incumbent 50.7% 2,752
Cynthia Ann Johnson 29.8% 1,620
Mark Murphy, Jr. 8.2% 447
Tonya Renay Wells 7.3% 398
Renard Berry 3.9% 213
Total Votes 5,430

2010

See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2010

Wells was a Democratic candidate for District 11 in the Michigan House of Representatives in the November 2, 2010, state legislative elections. Wells was defeated in the Democratic primary on August 3, 2010, by David Nathan.[12]

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection

Tonya Wells did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

2022

Tonya Wells did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2021

Tonya Wells did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.

2012

A questionnaire distributed by the League of Women Voters asked the candidates to provide information about their legislative priorities and proposed actions regarding those priorities. Wells responded that advocating for compulsory assistance to public school bus drivers of special education students was her top priority: "I will make sure senate bill 608 passes in the state house and state senate that will require all school districts to have a bus attendant (or other adult personnel) on each bus route that is being used to provide special education transportation required under this article, at lease 1 person in addition to the driver is assigned to assist the driver."[13]


Campaign finance summary


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Tonya Wells campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Michigan House of Representatives District 4Disqualified primary$0 $0
2022Michigan House of Representatives District 4Lost general$0 $0
Grand total$0 $0
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete

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