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ALPENA — Northeast Michigan's representation in Lansing and Washington will remain conservitive, as state Rep. Sue Allor and U.S. Rep. Jack Bergman were victorious on Tuesday by large margins, according to unofficial results.
Allor, R-Wolverine, defeated Democratic challenger Lee Anne Johnson by a tally of 38,304 to 16,912, while Bergman, R-Watersmeet, earned about 61% of the vote to hold back Democrat Dana Ferguson.
The win earned Allor a third and, because of term limits, final two years in the state House. Bergman has won his second term, but faces no term limits in Congress.
Allor said she hopes for both Republicans and Democrats to set differences aside and work closer together to make meaningful regulations for the people in Michigan.
Republicans held the majority in the Legislature. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is a Democrat and has repeatedly clashed with GOP lawmakers on everything from the state budget to the state's handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
"The time has definitely flown by, but I am looking forward to the next two years and excited about what I think we can accomplish," Allor said. "My hopes are we can get more communication and improved communication among the Legislature as a whole."
Bergman will begin his new term in January after first being elected in 2016.
On several occasions, he's had the ear of President Donald Trump on important issues like building a new lock in Sault Ste. Marie and getting more funding for the Great Lakes. He said that, when he campaigned last, he made promises to the people in Michigan and he believes most of them have been kept.
"I'm smiling right now, because the people who voted for me believed in me," Bergman said. "We have done everything to keep the promises we made and constituents know we did everything everything we could to keep them."
Bergman pledged to work with whomever is in the Oval Office on Jan. 20 if the residents in northern Michigan benefit. He said it is often hard for a person in Congress to form a relationship with a president like he did with Trump, but he said that, if Biden is president, he will do his best to work with him.
"The president has to sort of reach down the ladder a little bit, and I will only be able to interact so much," he said. "The best thing for me to do is to propose good legislation worth signing into law with him."