ALPENA — Northeast Michigan voters on Tuesday delivered a number of surprises, with multiple incumbents booted from their seats by primary challengers and taxes nixed.

Arguably, the biggest surprise of the night came out of Alpena Township, where two-term incumbent Supervisor Nathan Skibbe lost the Republican primary to political newcomer Abbi Kaszubowski by a 64% to 36% margin, according to Tuesday’s unofficial results.

Kaszubowski told The News late Tuesday she thought her elevation to Republican nominee — no Democrat ran in the primary, meaning she’ll likely run unopposed in November and claim the four-year term that begins in November — showed township voters wanted change.

Skibbe’s ouster comes as the township faces a number of issues with potentially big-dollar ramifications. The election happened amid delicate negotiations with Alpena over how much the township should pay the city for water and sewer services and on the heels of a damning independent report about the township Fire Department, which the township board at one time considered outsourcing.

Voters knocked out a number of other incumbents on Tuesday.

In Presque Isle County, incumbent county Prosecutor Ken Radzibon lost in the Republican primary to Zakary McLennan, who picked up 52% to Radzibon’s 48%. In Presque Isle Township, incumbent township Clerk Cynthia Paavola lost the Republican primary to challenger Kathryn Szydlowski, who earned 52% to Paavola’s 48%.

In Montmorency County, challenger Linsey Rogers upset incumbent county Treasurer Cheri Eggett 58% to 42% in Tuesday’s Republican primary. And in Montmorency County’s Briley Township, incumbent Trustee Phil LaMore lost his seat in a five-way Republican primary in which fellow incumbent Evelyn White and newcomer Dan Kent won the two available nominations.

Meanwhile, while voters gave broad approval to several property taxes that will fund everything from firefighting services to libraries to road repairs, Northeast Michigan voters rejected all area requests to override a section of state law that limits local governments’ tax rates in certain circumstances.

A part of the state constitution known as the Headlee Amendment automatically lowers local governments’ property tax rates — in what’s known as a “Headlee rollback” — if property tax revenue growth exceeds the rate of inflation. Governments can ask voters to override the rollback so the government can charge its full tax rate.

On Tuesday, three local governments — Alpena County, Montmorency County, and Montmorency County’s Albert Township — asked for such an override, which Alpena County officials called a “Headlee rollup.”

All three Headlee rollup proposals failed. Those were the only Northeast Michigan property tax requests voters rejected on Tuesday.

Alpena County’s Headlee rollup failed with 51% voting against, even as voters approved taxes for the Alpena County Library, countywide ambulance services, and cheaper Dial-A-Ride fares in Alpena. Montmorency County’s Headlee rollup failed with 52% voting against, even as voters approved countywide taxes for the county Sheriff’s Office, county library, countywide road repair, and 4-H services. And Albert Township’s Headlee rollup failed with 54% voting against, even as voters OK’d a tax for township parks.