KALAMAZOO, MI — Unofficial election results will be updated below as Kalamazoo County ballots are counted in the Tuesday, Nov. 5, election.

Tuesday’s election asks Kalamazoo County voters to decide a number of different contests, including Kalamazoo’s mayor and city commission races, as well as various local tax proposals. A complete guide to local races and issues on Kalamazoo-area ballots can be found here.

For updated results of those local races, look below, refreshing this page for the most recent results. Once all ballots are tallied and the race has been called, the winning candidate or ballot issue will be shown in bold.

Write-in candidates are noted below. Results for write-ins will not be immediately available.

Polls close Tuesday at 8 p.m. and results will be updated below as they become available:

Kalamazoo Mayor (elect one, 2-year term)

19 of 19 precincts reporting

David Anderson: 5,879 (59%)

David Benac: 3,094 (31%)

Esteven Juarez: 558 (6%)

Corey Smith: 373 (4%)

Robert Martinez (write-in):

Lynne Ristow (write-in):

Kalamazoo City Commissioner (elect three, 4-year terms)

19 of 19 precincts reporting

Jacob Andrews: 2,623 (10%)

Andrew Argo: 1,449 (6%)

Emily Demorest: 3,306 (13%)

Patrese Griffin: 5,242 (21%)

Jeanne Hess: 4,369 (17%)

Pete Kushner: 3,563 (14%)

Chris Praedel: 4,202 (17%)

Benjamin Hayden Stanley: 551 (2%)

Parchment City Commission (elect three, 4-year terms)

1 of 1 precincts reporting

Michael Conner: 123 (21%)

Holly Evans: 146 (24%)

Douglas Fooy: 155 (26%)

Robin Madaras: 176 (29%)

Portage Mayor (elect one, 2-year term)

13 of 13 precincts reporting

Patricia Randall: 5,876 (100%)

Portage City Council (elect three, 4-year terms)

13 of 13 precincts reporting

Christopher Burns: 5,313 (33%)

Richard Ford: 5,230 (33%)

Jim Pearson: 5,390 (34%)

KRESA career and technical education proposal

87 of 87 precincts reporting

Yes - for the measure: 18,883 (60%)

No - against the measure: 12,535 (40%)

Plainwell Community Schools bond proposal

10 of 10 precincts reporting

Yes - for the measure: 1,591 (53%)

No - against the measure: 1,411 (47%)

Portage District Library tax proposal

15 of 15 precincts reporting

Yes - for the measure: 4,781 (59%)

No - against the measure: 3,176 (41%)

Portage Public School sinking fund renewal

18 of 18 precincts reporting

Yes - for the measure: 4,852 (61%)

No - against the measure: 3,057 (39%)

Schoolcraft Community School bond proposal

4 of 4 precincts reporting

Yes - for the measure: 769 (48%)

No - against the measure: 830 (52%)

South Haven recreational marijuana proposal

3 of 3 precincts reporting

Yes - for the measure: 645 (55%)

No - against the measure: 537 (45%)

St. Joseph County ISD career and technical education proposal

27 of 27 precincts reporting

Yes - for the measure: 3,889 (59%)

No - against the measure: 2,651 (41%)

Wakeshma Township fire protection millage

1 of 1 precincts reporting

Yes - for the measure: 91 (68%)

No - against the measure: 42 (32%)

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