24,255 cast) ? Well there were five candidates. Two minor ones who drew a combined total of less than 2,000 votes and the big three consisting of Marty Knollenberg, Chuck Moss, and Rocky Raczkowski. The Big three had a lot in common. In 2007 they were all elected state reps and all went to Lansing. They each served three, two year terms before term limits gave them the boot.
They have been scrambling ever since. Rocky ran for US Senate in 2002 and lost. In 2010 he ran US Congress and lost. Marty ran for County Treasurer in 2012 and lost. In 2013 he ran for Mayor of Troy and lost. Candidate Moss was critical of such antics declaring in a cardboard mailing sent to City of Bloomfield Hills residents, "The Definition of a politician...run for office, lose, and run over and over again.
That definition could also be applied Abraham Lincoln, or Winston Churchill. In fact one could argue that only reason Churchill finally made Prime Minister was that the Luftwaffe was bombing London and what was left of the British Army was surrounded at Dunkirk.
In the very first election after the war however Churchill was voted out and replaced by one Clement Attlee prompting Sir Winston to remark, "An empty car drove up and out stepped Clement Attlee."
In looking at the numbers Third Place finisher Chuck Moss won every precinct in Birmingham and the City of Bloomfield Hills except Bloomfield Hills 2 which votes at the Congregational Church. Moss won The City of Birmingham by 259 votes over his closest competitor Rocky.
Moss did not however carry the City of Bloomfield Hills. Moss won Precinct One (City Hall by) a single vote over Knollenberg but lost Precinct 2 by 18 votes to Knollenberg who carried the City.
Rocky finished third behind Knollenberg by 62 votes.
Moss would finish the election with 4,929 votes. Rocky would finish with 8,716 and Knollenberg with 8788.
The difference between Knollenberg winning and Rocky losing was 73 votes. By now the candidates have been over the numbers a thousand times because that is what politicians do. The issue at hand ? Where could 73 votes be had last Tuesday ? There were big precincts (4 over 400) voters and all with exception of Precinct 1 in the City or Bloomfield Hills went for Rocky.
If you look at big but not that big precincts, the 200 and 300 voter precincts generally went to Knollenberg who obviously benefited from his run for Mayor of Troy and County Treasurer.
The Rocky vote total was a surprise. and quite possibly aresult of the logistics learned from runs for Congress and the US senate.
If there was an edge it would seem to go the Knollenberg king of itty bitty with local elections and small precincts. Rocky did well in the Rochester bigs but Knollenberg neutralized that with the numerous Troy/Clawson smalls.
73 votes are hard to find in big precincts. They are easier to find in the small precincts where little things make a difference. Like rain or no rain. A person appearance. Or more volunteers.
We know that of the 24,000 votes cast there was a 62 vote margin of victory in Bloomfield Hills precinct 2 and probably another 13 votes to be had less than a mile up the road at Bloomfield Hills Precinct 1. Knollenberg got to it. Rocky did not. Elections are strange in that regard.
Ethan D. Baker
|
Al Gui
|
Marty Knollenberg
|
Chuck Moss
|
Rocky Raczkowski
|
Total
|
|
Berkley 1
|
17
|
0
|
32
|
24
|
50
|
123
|
Berkley 2
|
16
|
3
|
44
|
31
|
88
|
182
|
Berkley 3
|
7
|
1
|
32
|
17
|
42
|
99
|
Berkley 4
|
7
|
1
|
35
|
25
|
56
|
124
|
Berkley 5
|
7
|
2
|
32
|
16
|
36
|
93
|
Berkley 6
|
7
|
1
|
24
|
21
|
31
|
84
|
Berkley 7
|
18
|
0
|
30
|
18
|
39
|
105
|
Total
|
79
|
8
|
229
|
152
|
342
|
810
|
Birmingham 1
|
0
|
3
|
82
|
131
|
82
|
307
|
Birmingham 2
|
22
|
0
|
32
|
163
|
68
|
285
|
Birmingham 3
|
31
|
1
|
44
|
68
|
59
|
203
|
Birmingham 4
|
14
|
0
|
96
|
140
|
97
|
347
|
Birmingham 5
|
8
|
0
|
74
|
108
|
73
|
263
|
Birmingham 6
|
9
|
2
|
72
|
108
|
79
|
270
|
Birmingham 7
|
14
|
1
|
48
|
52
|
47
|
162
|
Birmingham 8
|
6
|
2
|
30
|
55
|
49
|
142
|
Birmingham 9
|
0
|
0
|
30
|
36
|
48
|
142
|
Bham Total
|
104
|
9
|
508
|
861
|
602
|
2121
|
Bloomfield Hills 1
|
21
|
9
|
141
|
142
|
118
|
431
|
Bloomfield Hills 2
|
11
|
0
|
110
|
92
|
71
|
284
|
BH Total
|
32
|
9
|
251
|
234
|
189
|
715
|
Clawson 1
|
21
|
5
|
119
|
32
|
93
|
270
|
Clawson 2
|
13
|
5
|
69
|
19
|
69
|
175
|
Clawson 3
|
12
|
1
|
100
|
34
|
62
|
209
|
Clawson 4
|
13
|
4
|
74
|
26
|
65
|
182
|
Clawson 5
|
22
|
1
|
132
|
37
|
84
|
276
|
Clawson Total
|
81
|
16
|
494
|
148
|
373
|
1112
|
Rochester 1
|
9
|
1
|
57
|
43
|
68
|
178
|
Rochester 2
|
10
|
3
|
84
|
61
|
117
|
275
|
Rochester 3
|
9
|
7
|
42
|
30
|
52
|
140
|
Rochester 4
|
6
|
0
|
47
|
31
|
58
|
142
|
Rochester 5
|
18
|
3
|
124
|
110
|
201
|
456
|
Rochester Hills 1
|
17
|
3
|
112
|
50
|
74
|
256
|
Rochester Hills 2
|
9
|
2
|
28
|
13
|
40
|
92
|
Rochester Hills 3
|
18
|
0
|
55
|
22
|
45
|
140
|
Rochester Hills 4
|
15
|
4
|
65
|
30
|
56
|
170
|
Rochester Hills 5
|
8
|
4
|
87
|
37
|
84
|
220
|
Rochester Hills 6
|
28
|
0
|
111
|
61
|
76
|
276
|
Rochester Hills 7
|
6
|
0
|
60
|
35
|
82
|
183
|
Rochester Hills 8
|
16
|
6
|
80
|
33
|
89
|
224
|
Rochester Hills 9
|
27
|
5
|
139
|
90
|
190
|
451
|
Rochester Hills 10
|
14
|
2
|
83
|
49
|
65
|
213
|
Rochester Hills 11
|
4
|
3
|
40
|
20
|
36
|
103
|
Rochester Hills 12
|
27
|
4
|
98
|
47
|
142
|
318
|
Rochester Hills 13
|
16
|
1
|
59
|
19
|
58
|
153
|
Rochester Hills 14
|
13
|
4
|
123
|
54
|
125
|
319
|
Rochester Hills 15
|
6
|
3
|
29
|
6
|
42
|
86
|
Rochester Hills 16
|
12
|
4
|
51
|
19
|
84
|
170
|
Rochester Hills 17
|
21
|
2
|
126
|
59
|
163
|
371
|
Rochester Hills 18
|
18
|
4
|
118
|
59
|
111
|
310
|
Rochester Hills 19
|
11
|
4
|
122
|
64
|
112
|
313
|
Rochester Hills 20
|
6
|
2
|
64
|
25
|
54
|
151
|
Rochester Hills 21
|
15
|
4
|
82
|
46
|
84
|
231
|
Rochester Hills 22
|
7
|
4
|
61
|
43
|
99
|
214
|
Rochester Hills 23
|
13
|
3
|
63
|
38
|
54
|
171
|
Rochester Hills 24
|
13
|
2
|
116
|
51
|
102
|
284
|
Rochester Hills 25
|
11
|
4
|
145
|
70
|
110
|
340
|
Rochester Hills 26
|
23
|
11
|
143
|
84
|
196
|
457
|
Rochester Hills 27
|
13
|
3
|
68
|
29
|
63
|
176
|
Rochester Hills 28
|
6
|
1
|
50
|
26
|
55
|
138
|
Rochester Hills 29
|
13
|
1
|
52
|
30
|
55
|
151
|
Rochester Hills 30
|
13
|
5
|
84
|
51
|
64
|
217
|
Rochester Hills 31
|
6
|
4
|
48
|
29
|
43
|
130
|
Rochester Hills 32
|
14
|
4
|
78
|
53
|
90
|
239
|
Rochester Total
|
491
|
117
|
2994
|
1617
|
3239
|
8458
|
Royal Oak 1
|
9
|
1
|
33
|
18
|
37
|
98
|
Royal Oak 2
|
5
|
0
|
38
|
21
|
39
|
103
|
Royal Oak 3
|
5
|
2
|
26
|
17
|
48
|
98
|
Royal Oak 4
|
4
|
0
|
22
|
17
|
42
|
85
|
Royal Oak 5
|
3
|
2
|
32
|
12
|
23
|
72
|
Royal Oak 6
|
7
|
7
|
33
|
32
|
43
|
122
|
Royal Oak 7
|
12
|
1
|
45
|
28
|
42
|
128
|
Royal Oak 8
|
12
|
2
|
70
|
64
|
104
|
252
|
Royal Oak 9
|
14
|
2
|
30
|
34
|
48
|
128
|
Royal Oak 10
|
4
|
2
|
41
|
28
|
64
|
139
|
Royal Oak 11
|
2
|
3
|
28
|
24
|
43
|
100
|
Royal Oak 12
|
8
|
3
|
39
|
34
|
62
|
146
|
Royal Oak 13
|
8
|
2
|
59
|
49
|
77
|
195
|
Royal Oak 14
|
3
|
0
|
54
|
44
|
98
|
199
|
Royal Oak 15
|
8
|
3
|
18
|
17
|
28
|
74
|
Royal Oak 16
|
10
|
1
|
67
|
55
|
105
|
238
|
Royal Oak 17
|
22
|
3
|
60
|
37
|
78
|
200
|
Royal Oak 18
|
5
|
5
|
33
|
18
|
47
|
108
|
Royal Oak 19
|
13
|
2
|
69
|
45
|
91
|
220
|
Royal Oak 20
|
10
|
6
|
58
|
30
|
88
|
192
|
Royal Oak 21
|
10
|
2
|
43
|
36
|
53
|
144
|
Royal Oak 22
|
9
|
5
|
80
|
60
|
122
|
276
|
Royal Oak 23
|
14
|
2
|
33
|
19
|
31
|
99
|
Royal Oak 24
|
6
|
0
|
26
|
22
|
38
|
92
|
203
|
56
|
1037
|
761
|
1451
|
3508
|
|
Troy 1
|
10
|
1
|
49
|
13
|
56
|
129
|
Troy 2
|
15
|
0
|
174
|
60
|
103
|
352
|
Troy 3
|
18
|
3
|
108
|
30
|
94
|
253
|
Troy 4
|
12
|
2
|
161
|
51
|
142
|
368
|
Troy 5
|
22
|
2
|
129
|
59
|
71
|
283
|
Troy 6
|
83
|
0
|
38
|
16
|
24
|
161
|
Troy 7
|
16
|
2
|
179
|
37
|
56
|
290
|
Troy 8
|
25
|
3
|
103
|
37
|
72
|
240
|
Troy 9
|
17
|
1
|
112
|
61
|
107
|
298
|
Troy 10
|
18
|
0
|
136
|
33
|
89
|
276
|
Troy 11
|
12
|
2
|
110
|
44
|
130
|
298
|
Troy 12
|
23
|
4
|
83
|
31
|
68
|
209
|
Troy 13
|
16
|
7
|
169
|
62
|
93
|
347
|
Troy 14
|
9
|
3
|
137
|
37
|
94
|
280
|
Troy 15
|
12
|
5
|
140
|
38
|
93
|
288
|
Troy 16
|
13
|
2
|
54
|
25
|
114
|
208
|
Troy 17
|
13
|
1
|
124
|
57
|
107
|
302
|
Troy 18
|
19
|
3
|
131
|
52
|
86
|
291
|
Troy 19
|
18
|
1
|
125
|
59
|
99
|
302
|
Troy 20
|
11
|
0
|
155
|
54
|
140
|
360
|
Troy 21
|
16
|
2
|
40
|
13
|
50
|
121
|
Troy 22
|
31
|
4
|
139
|
35
|
90
|
299
|
Troy 23
|
13
|
4
|
112
|
35
|
93
|
257
|
Troy 24
|
14
|
1
|
102
|
30
|
119
|
266
|
Troy 25
|
6
|
0
|
82
|
21
|
77
|
186
|
Troy 26
|
7
|
0
|
53
|
23
|
31
|
114
|
Troy 27
|
8
|
2
|
49
|
17
|
43
|
119
|
Troy 28
|
9
|
0
|
53
|
24
|
18
|
104
|
Troy 29
|
17
|
3
|
150
|
82
|
111
|
363
|
Troy 30
|
2
|
3
|
32
|
6
|
19
|
62
|
Troy 31
|
14
|
0
|
46
|
14
|
31
|
105
|
Total Troy
|
519
|
61
|
3275
|
1156
|
2520
|
7531
|
Total:
|
1,546
|
276
|
8,788
|
4,929
|
8,716
|
24,255
|
Of Note : The Dark Blue spot in the sea of light blue is Troy 6 carried by Candidate Ethan D. Baker and the only precinct to be awarded to a candidate other than the big three. The City of Bloomfield Hills is the easy to find rectangle a diagonal line which is Woodward Avenue. The Green top is Precinct 1 City Hall. The light blue bottom is Precinct 2 Congregational Church. The Bulge or little mountain found inside the rectangle is Cranbrook Schools.
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