It is still interesting.
The names of Republican candidates appeared first on the 2006 ballot because of a 52-year-old Michigan law that awards the privileged position to the party whose candidate finished first in the previous election for Secretary of State.
So Republicans who barely squeaked into office last week might want to thank incumbent Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land, who secured their advantage on this year's ballot with her 2002 victory over Democrat Butch Hollowell.
But those who take the longer view also have to credit Democratic legislators who put the current scheme in place in 1954, when their own candidate, the late Richard Austin, was securely ensconced in the Secretary of State's office.
So Republicans who barely squeaked into office last week might want to thank incumbent Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land, who secured their advantage on this year's ballot with her 2002 victory over Democrat Butch Hollowell.
But those who take the longer view also have to credit Democratic legislators who put the current scheme in place in 1954, when their own candidate, the late Richard Austin, was securely ensconced in the Secretary of State's office.
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