The results show Republican Julie Maday placing third, with 24.20%, more than 4,100 votes behind Bahar-Cook. Democrat Thomas Stallworth placed fourth, with 22.6% of the vote. Start the day smarter.

How the rest of the race was to play out remained to be seen. Julie Maday, R-Novi, had 24.2% of the vote, but so did Rebecca Bahar-Cook, D-Lansing. Bahar-Cook was trailing by roughly 9,000 votes ...