Name: Rich Gillespie carries Beaver Island but loses the county commission race, 2008
Start: 2008-08
End: 2008-08
Location: Beaver Island

Rich Gillespie carries Beaver Island but loses the county commission race, 2008

Also Rich Gillespie Shirley Roloff county commission election 2008

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TypeEvent

Date2008-08

WithinBeaver Island

ErasModern era

Event

Date: 2008-08
Kind: Election
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: governmentgovernancecommunicationcommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The September 2008 Beacon reported that Rich Gillespie won the Beaver Island vote 118–24 in the Charlevoix County Commission race, but incumbent Shirley Roloff retained enough mainland support to win countywide.

Evidence limits

This record preserves the newspaper’s local and countywide summary. It is not an official canvass or complete precinct-level election return.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, September 2008, "Not This Time."
Reports that Rich Gillespie carried Beaver Island 118–24 but did not overcome the mainland vote against incumbent Shirley Roloff. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, September 2008, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the newspaper election tally.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Rich Gillespie carries Beaver Island but loses the county commission race, 2008”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-rich-gillespie-county-commission-election-2008/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, September 2008, "Not This Time." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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