Leelanau County, Michigan ballot, Nov 3, 2026

Contested races

Source: Ballotpedia, Leelanau County, Michigan, elections, 2026 (secondary source, not the official ballot) (accessed Oct 19, 2026). Names are shown as listed by the source. Which district races you see depends on where you live; check yours at Michigan Voter Information Center.

Office	Candidates
County offices
Leelanau County Drain Commissioner (Special)	Kristy Anne Burns (D) vs. Melinda C. Lautner (R) vs. Tim Lodge (Independent)
Schools, colleges & special districts
Glen Lake Community Schools school board At-large Vote for 2	Kyle DuPont, Leah Mosher, Hannah Popa
Traverse City Area Public Schools Board of Education, At-large Vote for 4	Diane Arnold, Sara Bageris, Scott C. Hardy, Charmaine Lipscomb, Peter Mooney, Beth E. Pack, Dee Zuidersma
City & town offices
Empire Village Board of Trustees At-large (Special)	Sam Barr vs. Sue E. Palmer
Empire Village President	Thomas Rademacher vs. Margaret Walton
Empire Township Board of Trustees At-large (Leelanau County) (Special) Vote for 2	Christine Deucher (D), Elizabeth Wolterink (D), Casey Noonan (R)
Leland Township Board of Trustees At-large (Leelanau County) (Special)	Brian Fenlon (D) vs. Judith Ann Galla (R) vs. Stacey Brugeman (Independent)

Also on every Leelanau County ballot: U.S. Senate, Governor, the other statewide offices, your U.S. House district, your legislative districts, the Michigan Supreme Court, the state education boards and the statewide proposals.

Party labels are as listed by Ballotpedia (D = Democrat, R = Republican). County commissioners are partisan; judicial, school board and most city races are nonpartisan. Party nominees were chosen in the Aug. 4 primary; only races on the Nov 3 ballot are listed.

This list comes from Ballotpedia, a secondary source, not the official ballot, and Ballotpedia notes its local lists may be incomplete. Your exact ballot: Michigan Voter Information Center.

Unopposed

One candidate per seat on the list (write-ins may still be possible).

County offices

Leelanau County Road Commissioner: Melvin Black (R)

Courts & justices of the peace

Michigan 13th Circuit Court Incumbent: Kevin A. Elsenheimer

Schools, colleges & special districts

Glen Lake Community Schools school board At-large (Special): Brooke Hazael-Massieux
Leland Public School District, At-large: Mary Fleishman, Heidi L. Kruse
Northport Public School District, At-large (Special): Kali Dignan
Northport Public School District, At-large: Daniel Duffiney, Eric Potes
Suttons Bay Public Schools Board of Education, At-large (Special): Gregory J. Gurka
Suttons Bay Public Schools Board of Education, At-large: Chris D. DeJong, Dillon Newcomb, James B. White

City & town offices

Bingham Township Board of Trustees At-large (Leelanau County) (Special): Sandra Grant (R)
Bingham Township Treasurer (Leelanau County) (Special): Mary Ann Korson (R)
Empire Village Board of Trustees At-large: Mark Dunphey, Margaret Dye, James Weller
Empire Township Clerk (Leelanau County) (Special): Julie Tarr (D)
Empire Township Supervisor (Leelanau County) (Special): Kathy Wiejaczka (D)
Northport Village Board of Trustees At-large: Laura Cavendish, Hugh Cook
Northport Village President: Chris McCann
Suttons Bay Village Board of Trustees At-large: Karl Bahle, Rich Hylwa, Dillon Newcomb