Unseated Supervisor Mark Grabow to Run as Write-in Candidate on Nov. 6

Unwilling to give up the township’s top seat without a fight, Supervisor Mark Grabow announced during the Oct. 10 Board of Trustees meeting that he plans to run for the supervisor’s position again, but this time as a write-in candidate in the Nov. 6 election. 

Trustee Janet Dunn defeated Grabow in the August Republican primary election by a margin of only 515 votes. Since there are no Democratic candidates to run against Dunn in the Nov. 6 general election, Dunn was set to become the township's next supervisor and the first female to hold this position. That may change due to Grabow’s decision. 

A write-in candidate’s name does not appear on a ballot, but voters may still select that person by simply writing in their name. Under Michigan election law, Grabow must still file a declaration of intent to run as a write-in and do so no later than 4 p.m. Oct. 26. 

Grabow said his reason for running is the investigation surrounding . Signatures for Dunn's nominating petitions were at the center of a recent Michigan State Police investigation.

Detectives submitted their findings to the prosecutor’s office, which has yet to comment on whether it will dismiss or pursue a case regarding these allegations. The source of the complaint that led MSP to purse its investigation is unknown. 

“We need good, positive leadership that that continues with integrity, not all the questionable traits that have happened,” Grabow said.