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Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday as Dickinson County voters decide local school board races, along with casting ballots in statewide races and choosing representatives in the Michigan Legislature.
In local races, the ballot includes school board elections in all districts. But only the Iron Mountain Public Schools election is contested, with four candidates vying for two seats.
The Iron Mountain candidates are Eli Ward, Jay Gibbs and incumbents Shari Picucci-White and Juan M. Saldana.
The Breitung Township Schools election has four candidates for four board seats -- Jim Lieburn and incumbents Nicholas Dallapiazza, Angela Hall and Joanne A. To.
The Breitung district is also seeking a 10-year renewal of its sinking fund millage of 0.8902 mills, or 89 cents per $1,000 of taxable value.
In the Norway-Vulcan Area Schools election, only two candidates have filed for office with four seats available. The candidates are David Alexa and Robert J. Simon.
North Dickinson County Schools has three candidates, all incumbents, for three board seats -- L. Alex Graham, Jacquelen Schemmel and Kris Steinbrecher.
Unopposed on Dickinson County ballots are 41st Circuit Court Judge Christopher Ninomiya, 95B District Court Judge Julie Ann LaCost and Prosecuting Attorney Abbey Anderson, a Republican. All are incumbents.
In the 109th House District, incumbent Karl Bohnak, R-Deerton, is challenged by Democrat Anna Aho Rink. The 109th District encompasses all of Alger, Marquette, and Baraga counties and part of Dickinson County -- the city of Norway along with Breen, Felch, Waucedah and Norway townships.
In the 110th House District, incumbent state Rep. Greg Markkanen, R-Hancock, is challenged by Democrat Brian Irizarry. The 110th District includes Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw and Ontonagon counties, as well as part of Dickinson County -- Breitung Township, Sagola Township, and the cities of Iron Mountain and Kingsford.
Six candidates are running for two seats on the Michigan Supreme Court. The Supreme Court candidates run in nonpartisan general elections, but political parties nominate candidates at their conventions.
The Democratic Party nominated incumbents Megan Cavanagh and Noah Hood. Cavanagh was first elected in 2018, and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer appointed Hood in 2025. Hood is running for his first full term.
The Republican Party nominated Casandra Morse-Bills and Michael D. Warren Jr. Morse-Bills is a judge of the 23rd Judicial Circuit, and Warren Jr. is a judge for Michigan’s 6th Circuit Court. The U.S. Taxpayers Party nominated Thomas Howe and Jody White.
Complete ballot information is available at https://mvic.sos.state.mi.us/PublicBallot/Index.