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NOW THERE ARE TWO: Birmingham resident Kelly Dillaha (D), who filed last fall to take on Bimingham Republican Chuck Moss for the 12th county commission seat now held by Shelley Goodman Taub (R-Bloomfield Township), has a primary opponent. William Gage of Bloomfield Township filed on February 11 with the county clerk’s office for this race. A retired attorney who made his name in medical malpractice litigation, Gage tells Oakland Confidential that he is hoping to take his concept of “citizen politicians” to the county complex, noting that “government generally has become too distant from the citizens it is meant to serve.” The Democrat also added that he believes “a good government and a good economy should work for most of the citizens most of the time. I am hopeful, if successful, to find opportunities to translate that philosophy into political action.” RACE FOR SHERIFF: We missed this one in recent weeks when we noted that Democrat and law enforcement veteran Barnett Jones of Lake Orion had announced his run for county sheriff against Republican incumbent Mike Bouchard. Jones will be facing fellow Democrat Randy Maloney of Waterford in the August primary. We reached out to Maloney but no response prior to our deadline. The candidate has been noted as press-shy when he first filed in mid-January for the county contest. LAW & ORDER: Speaking of Mike Bouchard, in late February the five-term Oakland County Sheriff was appointed to a new national working group on ‘Respect for Law Enforcement and the Rule of Law’ as part of the Presidential Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice. Ironic for a president who often criticizes and mocks law enforcement, it’s the first commission on law enforcement since President Lyndon Johnson’s administration. The commission is designed to study crime on two fronts, and Bouchard, who is an expert on numerous subject matters, will help perform final review for the report prior to publication in fall 2020. “I am honored to serve as a member of the workgroup,” Bouchard said. “Law enforcement cannot succeed without the public’s involvement, trust and respect. I have spent my life connecting law enforcement to the community it serves and look forward to sharing my ideas with the commission on how we can enhance faith in this noble profession.”
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Cooper. At this point, no other GOP contender has surfaced. But don’t think Cooper will have a free ride. She has a Democratic primary challenge from former circuit court Judge Karen McDonald, who is racking up both donations and a who’s who list of endorsements that includes Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, Wayne County Prosecutor Kim Worthy, Fems For Dems founder Lori Goldman, along with most Oakland Democrats now serving in the Michigan Senate and House, among them COOPER local Senators Mallory McMorrow and MCDONALD Rosemary Bayer, Representative Mari Manoogian, along with House Minority Leader Christine Greig from Farmington Hills.
PERISCOPE: In the never-ending game of forecasting the 2020 election, as the Democratic presidential candidates have narrowed, fallen out and coalesced between today’s two top contenders of former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, the fortunes down ballot for those running for Congress are becoming crystalized as well. According to Roll Call, a Washington D.C. legislative and political scribe, the Republican Party has Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin and Michigan’s 8th District of Rochester, Rochester Hills, northern Oakland County into Livingston and Ingham counties squarely in its sights. Slotkin, a Democrat, flipped the district blue in 2018, has amassed a war chest, and has received the kind of publicity and has the credibility her peers dream of, has no intention of giving up her seat – and as a former CIA officer who did three tours in Iraq before working at the Pentagon, she knows how to fight. At the same time, Roll Call also labeled Slotkin’s district and that of fellow Democratic Congresswoman Haley Stevens (Birmingham, Bloomfield Hills, Troy, Commerce, western Oakland and Wayne counties) as “likely Democratic” in their projections for November. The 9th District of Andy Levin (D-Bloomfield Township, Royal Oak, Huntington Woods, Macomb County) and the 14th District of Democrat Brenda Lawrence (Detroit, Southfield, Farmington Hills, West Bloomfield) are considered “solid Democratic.”
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