GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Grand Rapids-area voters will be heading to the polls on Tuesday, Aug. 6, to cast their ballots on a number of high-stakes local, state and federal races, as well as local tax requests.

Polls opened at 7 a.m. Tuesday and will close at 8 p.m. Absentee ballots must be returned to voters’ local clerk’s offices by 8 p.m. on Aug. 6.

Scroll below to see live-updated unofficial results as they come in for contested races in Kent and Ottawa counties on Tuesday night. Refresh this page for the most recent unofficial results as reported by Kent and Ottawa county election officials.

In Kent County, voters will be deciding whether to raise the hotel tax to help pay for projects such as the Acrisure Amphitheater and soccer stadium, as well as millages for early childhood, library and public safety.

Primary races for judicial, county commission and state House candidates will also be on the Kent County ballot, as will those running for statewide office, including the 3rd U.S. Congressional district and U.S. Senate.

Ottawa County voters will be taking the first steps in deciding who their county commissioner will be in all 11 districts in several key Democratic and Republican primary races. They will also vote on several key tax proposals, including a library millage, a senior citizen services millage and several school millages.

Unless otherwise noted, each of the contested races below are primary races where the top vote-getter in will go on to run against the winner or sole candidate from the other party in the Nov. 5 general election.

However, in the Grand Rapids city commission races and the three Kent County judicial races, the top two vote-getters in the primary will go on to a run-off election in November.

Also, voters in Ottawa County will be choosing a new prosecutor, treasurer and sheriff on Tuesday. There are no Democratic candidates for those three positions, so whichever Republicans win the primary races will win those elections outright.

Once all ballots are tallied and the race has been called in each county, the winning position will be noted below in bold. A precinct is considered fully counted, or fully reporting, when all ballots, both in-person and absentee, are accounted for and represented in the tally.

Results will be updated below as they become available after polls close at 8 p.m.

U.S. Senate Democratic primary

U.S. Senate Republican primary

3rd Congressional District Democratic primary

3rd Congressional District Republican primary

State Representative - 78th District Republican primary

State Representative - 84th District Democratic primary

State Representative - 84th District Republican primary

Kent County Commission 2nd District Republican primary

Joel J Langlois - 1,809 votes (47.76%)

Elizabeth Morse - 1,968 votes (51.95%)

Precincts reporting 10/10

Kent County Commission 4th District Republican primary

Kathy J. Clark - 1,298 votes (27.73%)

Katie DeBoer - 3,365 votes (71.89%)

Precincts reporting 12/12

Kent County Commission 10th District Republican primary

Robin Halsted - 1,931 votes (52.32%)

Bill Hirsch - 1,753 votes (47.49%)

Precincts reporting 10/10

Kent County Commission 11th District Republican primary

Steve Kenyon - 885 votes (21.32%)

Lindsey Thiel - 3,260 votes (78.54%)

Precincts reporting 10/10

Kent County Commission 17th District Democratic primary

Tony Baker - 1,598 votes (43.53%)

Robert Womack - 2,056 votes (56.01%)

Precincts reporting 12/12

Kent County Commission 18th District Democratic primary

Steve Faber - 2,205 votes (49.44%)

Dan Hesse - 1,797 votes (40.29%)

James R. Rinck - 450 votes (10.09%)

Precincts reporting 11/11

Kent County Commission 18th District Republican primary

Tim Allen - 1,322 votes (61.03%)

Josie Kornev - 840 votes (38.78%)

Precincts reporting 11/11

Kent County Commission 20th District Republican primary

Derek Anderson - 404 votes (69.90%)

David Lee Boelkes - 168 votes (29.07%)

Precincts reporting 10/10

Judge of Circuit Court - 17th Circuit (top two vote-getters move onto run-off election)

Nick Gumina - 19,999 (21.11%)

Charissa Chaiyiang Huang - 27,405 (28.92%)

Jennifer Johnsen - 26,094 (27.54%)

Julia Kelly - 20,767 (21.92%)

Precincts reporting 240/240

Judge of Probate Court - Kent (top two vote-getters move onto run-off election)

Matthew DeLange - 41,927 (44.57%)

Peter Kulas-Dominguez - 22,213 (23.61%)

Tamara Lopez - 29,475 (31.33%)

Precincts reporting 240/240

Judge of District Court - 63rd District (top two vote-getters move onto run-off election)

Marcus T. Chmiel - 5,640 (11.61%)

David A. Couch - 8,320 (17.12%)

Daniel J. O’Hara - 21,182 (43.59%)

Jonathan J. Paasch - 13,242 (27.25%)

Precincts reporting 103/103

Grand Rapids City Mayor (top two vote-getters move onto run-off election)

David LaGrand - 18,282 (59.80%)

Senita Lenear - 6,134 (20.06%)

Hailey Lynch-Bastion - 1,850 (6.05%)

Steve Owens - 4,198 (13.73%)

Precincts reporting 74/74

Grand Rapids City Commissioner 1st Ward (top two vote-getters move onto run-off election)

AliciaMarie Belchak - 2,433 (30.72%)

Melanie Droski - 1,898 (23.97%)

Mike Fassbender - 624 (7.88%)

Dean Pacific - 2,912 (36.77%)

Precincts reporting 23/23

Grand Rapids City Commissioner 3rd Ward (top two vote-getters move onto run-off election)

Joyce Priscilla Gipson - 604 (5.80%)

Bing Goei - 3,113 (29.92%)

Reggie Howard - 893 (8.58%)

Marshall Kilgore - 2,901 (27.88%)

John Krajewski - 2,641 (25.38%)

Al Willis - 216 (2.08%)

Precincts reporting 26/26

City of Wyoming Council Member At-Large

Sheldon DeKryger - 3,455 (46.92%)

Robert Kilgo - 2,665 (36.19%)

Rick Pilieci - 1,159 (15.74%)

Precincts reporting 30/30

PROPOSALS

Kent County Ready By Five Early Childhood Millage

Yes - 70,313 (59.04%)

No - 48,787 (40.96%)

Precincts reporting 240/240

Kent County Sports and Entertainment Facilities Proposal

Yes - 65,909 (53.63%)

No - 56,976 (46.37%)

Precincts reporting 240/240

City of East Grand Rapids Street and Sidewalk Millage Proposal

Yes - 2,362 (71.88%)

No - 924 (28.12)

Precincts reporting 3/3

Caledonia Township Millage Renewal for Fire Department and Law Enforcement Services

Yes - 2,983 (78.40%)

No - 822 (21.60%)

Precincts reporting 6/6

Cascade Township Fire Protection and Emergency Services Millage Proposal

Yes - 3,736 (69.31%)

No - 1,654 (30.69%)

Precincts reporting 10/10

Courtland Township Renewal of Fire Protection Millage

Yes - 1,806 (76.04%)

No - 569 (23.96%)

Precincts reporting 3/3

Nelson Township Millage Renewal for Fire Protection

Yes - 656 (68.05%)

No - 308 (31.95%)

Precincts reporting 2/2

Oakfield Township Renewal of Fire Protection Millage

Yes - 1,135 (77.47%)

No - 330 (22.53%)

Precincts reporting 3/3

Spencer Township Proposal 1 Millage Renewal for Fire Protection

Yes - 694 (71.18%)

No - 281 (28.82%)

Precincts reporting 2/2

Spencer Township Additional Millage Renewal Proposition for Fire Equipment and Apparatus

Yes - 635 (65.60%)

No - 333 (34.40%)

Precincts reporting 2/2

Kent District Library Millage Renewal Proposal

Yes - 59,321 (66.26%)

No - 30,200 (33.74%)

Precincts reporting 160/160

Ottawa County

CANDIDATES

Ottawa County Prosecuting Attorney (top vote-getter wins seat)

Sarah Matwiejczyk - 39,289 (59.6%)

Greg Todd - 26,632 (40.4%)

113 of 113 precincts fully reporting

Ottawa County Sheriff (top vote-getter wins seat)

Jon Anderson - 26,498 (39.9%)

Eric DeBoer - 39,939 (60.1%)

113 of 113 precincts fully reporting

Ottawa County Treasurer (top vote-getter wins seat)

Cheryl Clark - 40,523 (62.5%)

Ben Genser - 24,280 (37.5%)

113 of 113 precincts fully reporting

Ottawa County Commission District 1 Republican primary

James Barry - 5,059 (63.2%)

Gretchen Cosby (i) - 2,951 (36.8%)

11 of 11 precincts fully reporting

Ottawa County Commission District 2 Republican primary

Jordan Jorritsma - 2,094 (61.0%)

Lucy Ebel - 1,338 (39.0%)

9 of 9 precincts fully reporting

Ottawa County Commission District 5 Republican primary

Joe Moss (i) - 4,300 (57.1%)

Mark Northrup - 3,236 (42.9%)

10 of 10 precincts fully reporting

Ottawa County Commission District 6 Republican primary

Shawn Haff - 3,161 (46.6%)

Kendra Wenzel (i) - 3,626 (53.4%)

9 of 9 precincts fully reporting

Ottawa County Commission District 7 Republican primary

Rachel Atwood - 3,104 (43.4%)

John Teeples - 4,044 (56.6%)

10 of 10 precincts fully reporting

Ottawa County Commission District 8 Republican primary

David Lee Morren - 1,292 (36.1%)

Sylvia Rhodea (i) - 2,283 (63.9%)

6 of 6 precincts fully reporting

Ottawa County Commission District 9 Republican primary

Roger Belknap (i) - 2,997 (42.4%)

Philip Kuyers - 4,070 (57.6%)

12 of 12 precincts fully reporting

Ottawa County Commission District 10 Democratic primary

Oliver Shampine - 588 (54.2%)

Douglas L.P. VanBennekom - 497 (45.8%)

10 of 10 precincts fully reporting

Ottawa County Commission District 10 Republican primary

Josh M. Brugger - 4,727 (71.3%)

Jason Koert - 1,900 (28.7%)

10 of 10 precincts fully reporting

Ottawa County Commission District 11 Republican primary

Sara Bajema - 1,909 (31.1%)

Allison Miedema (i) - 3,574 (58.3%)

Richard Van Dop - 651 (10.6%)

15 of 15 precincts fully reporting

PROPOSALS

Ottawa County Road Millage Proposal

Yes - 52,770 (73.6%)

No - 18,894 (26.4%)

113 of 113 precincts fully reporting

City of Ferrysburg North Ottawa County Council on Aging Millage Proposition

Yes - 736 (68.2%)

No - 343 (31.8%)

1 of 1 precincts fully reporting

City of Ferrysburg Tri-Cities Historical Museum Millage Renewal Proposal

Yes - 628 (58.1%)

No - 452 (41.9%)

1 of 1 precincts fully reporting

City of Grand Haven Senior Millage Renewal Proposition

Yes - 2,725 (77.0%)

No - 813 (23.0%)

4 of 4 precincts fully reporting

City of Grand Haven Museum Millage Renewal Proposition

Yes - 2,496 (70.1%)

No - 1,067 (29.9%)

4 of 4 precincts fully reporting

Olive Township Fire Emergency Millage Renewal Proposition

Yes - 771 (65.7%)

No - 402 (34.3%)

2 of 2 precincts fully reporting

Spring Lake Township Bicycle Path Renewal Millage Proposition

Yes - 2,950 (61.9%)

No - 1,815 (38.1%)

6 of 6 precincts fully reporting

Spring Lake Township Senior Activities and Services Renewal Millage Proposition

Yes - 3,291 (70.2%)

No - 1,397 (29.8%)

6 of 6 precincts fully reporting

Spring Lake Township Harbor Transit Millage Renewal Proposition

Yes - 3,446 (72.3%)

No - 1,318 (27.7%)

6 of 6 precincts fully reporting

Loutit District Library Library Millage Proposal

Yes - 7,703 (60.0%)

No - 5,142 (40.0%)

18 of 18 precincts fully reporting

Allendale Public Schools Bond Proposal

Yes - 2,049 (48.2%)

No - 2,206 (51.8%)

5 of 5 precincts fully reporting

Coopersville Area Public School Operating Millage Renewal Proposal

Yes - 1,926 (50.9%)

No - 1,859 (49.1%)

8 of 8 precincts fully reporting

Grand Haven Area Public Schools Sinking Fund Millage Proposal

Yes - 7,132 (53.6%)

No - 6,181 (46.4%)

18 of 18 precincts fully reporting

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