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Polling location Our Lady of the Visitation Parish, in Bay City is seen with campaign signs out front on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012 in Bay City, Mich. Bay County Fourth District Commissioner Joe Davis says his lip, eye, and back were injured in an early morning altercation with Sixth District Commissioner Kim Coonan (D) on Tuesday at this location. Coonan and Davis blamed each other for the alteration. (AP Photo/The Saginaw News,Colleen Harrison) (November 6, 2012) |
BAY CITY, Mich. (AP) — Two county commissioners in Michigan who are facing off in an election because of redistricting got into a fight outside a church polling place.
Democrat Kim Coonan, who has held the 6th District seat with the Bay County commission since 2002, on Tuesday is facing Republican Joe Davis, the 4th District's second-year representative. MLive.com reports (http://bit.ly/Wv9OTP ) the candidates offered differing accounts of the fight after Coonan took down Davis campaign signs.
Davis claims he was beaten to the ground outside Our Lady of The Visitation Parish after approaching Coonan, who threatened him.
Coonan denies he threatened anyone, and says he was defending himself. Coonan said Davis charged him, striking him before a "shoving match" ensued.
Davis says he wants police in the city 90 miles northwest of Detroit to investigate.
