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Michigan
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Socialist receives over
11,000 votes for OCC Board
By JOE DeNEEN
The Michigan Socialist
ON MONDAY, June 14, school board elections took
place across the state of Michigan and Carl L. Williams, Socialist
Party member and Oakland Community College student, was on the
ballot for OCC Board of Trustees.
Williams received 11,675 votes, coming in a strong
sixth place (out of nine candidates).
This is a remarkable showing considering that the
top four vote-getters were the three incumbents and two candidates
with both wide name-recognition and previous office experience.
Williams’ 11,675 votes translate to 10.1 percent.
By comparison, the top vote-getter received 17
percent.
This is a great showing for the first 2004 SP
candidate in Michigan!
Looking at the votes broken down by district,
Williams came in second place in Troy (Warren Consolidated
District), and third place in Northville, Oak Park, Oxford and
Southfield.
In Southfield, Williams was a solid 344 votes
ahead of the fourth place finisher.
He came in fourth in a handful of districts as
well.
While this was a non-partisan election, Williams
made no secret of his affiliation with the Socialist Party, posting
links on his website and discussing the issues with the workers and
students of the school.
He had wide support from the Socialist Party of
Michigan, who posted information on all their websites.
The SPMI, along with Socialist vice-presidential
candidate, Mary-Alice Herbert, had a presence at the debate
sponsored by the South Oakland Chapter of the NAACP.
The areas in which Williams did best were the most
working class, areas the SPMI needs to and will continue to focus on
in the future.
The SPMI is continuing its work on the fall
campaign, running candidates in several state-wide offices. |
