2016 Michigan elections

2016 Michigan elections

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A general election was held in the U.S. state of Michigan on November 8, 2016. ^{[1] [2]}

There were voting machine failures on election day. ^[2]

State elections

Michigan House of Representatives

Main article: Michigan House of Representatives election, 2016

Supreme Court

2016 Michigan Supreme Court election

←  2014 November 8, 2016 (2016-11-8) 2018  →
2 seats of the Supreme Court of Michigan
Majority party Minority party   Party Republican Democratic Last election 5 2 Seats won 2 0 Seat change

Associate Justice (Full term)

2016 Michigan Associate Justice election (Full term)

←  2014 November 8, 2016 2018  →

Candidate David Viviano Frank S. Szymanski Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Popular vote 2,316,459 792,944 Percentage 67.23% 23.01%

County results Viviano:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%

Justice before election David Viviano Elected Justice David Viviano

Candidates

• Doug Dern (Natural Law) ^[3]
• Frank S. Szymanski (Democratic), judge of the Wayne County Probate Court ^[3]
• David Viviano (Republican), incumbent Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Michigan ^[3]

Results

2016 Michigan Supreme Court Associate Justice (Full term) election ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	David Viviano (incumbent)	2,316,459	67.23%
	Nonpartisan	Frank S. Szymanski	792,944	23.01%
	Nonpartisan	Doug Dern	336,160	9.76%
Total votes			3,445,563	100.0%
	Republican hold

Associate Justice (Term ending 01/01/2019)

2016 Michigan Supreme Court Associate Justice (Term ending 01/01/2019) election

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Candidate Joan Larsen Deborah Thomas Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Popular vote 1,940,260 984,107 Percentage 57.62% 29.23%

County results Larsen:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%

Justice before election Joan Larsen Elected Justice Joan Larsen

Candidates

• Joan Larsen (Republican), incumbent Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Michigan ^[3]
• Kerry L. Morgan (Libertarian), counsel at Pentiuk, Couvreur & Kobiljak, P.C. ^[3]
• Deborah Thomas (Democratic), judge of the Third Judicial Circuit Court of Michigan ^[3]

Results

2016 Michigan Supreme Court Associate Justice (Term ending 01/01/2019) election ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Joan Larsen (incumbent)	1,940,260	57.62%
	Nonpartisan	Deborah Thomas	984,107	29.23%
	Nonpartisan	Kerry L. Morgan	442,781	13.15%
Total votes			3,367,148	100.0%
	Republican hold

Federal elections

President and vice president of the United States

Main article: United States presidential election in Michigan, 2016

United States House of Representatives

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, 2016

References

1. "Michigan elections, 2016". Ballotpedia . Retrieved August 12, 2019.
2. Alter, Charlotte (December 14, 2016). "Detroit Voting Machine Failures Were Widespread on Election Day". Time . Retrieved January 14, 2020.
3. "See Democratic and Republican candidates for Supreme Court, university boards". August 28, 2016.
4. "2016 Michigan General Election Results". Michigan Secretary of State.