2020 Michigan elections

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2020 Michigan elections
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This is a list of elections in the US state of Michigan in 2020. The office of the Michigan Secretary of State oversees the election process, including voting and vote counting. [1]

Contents

To vote by mail, registered Michigan voters must request a ballot by October 30, 2020. [2] As of early October some 2,760,076 voters had requested mail ballots. [3]

Federal offices

President of the United States

The nominees for the presidential election were Donald Trump, Joe Biden, and Jo Jorgensen.

United States Senate

Gary Peters (incumbent, D) ran against John James (R), in addition to Marcia Squier (G), Doug Dern (Natural Law Party), and Valerie Willis (U.S. Taxpayers Party of Michigan). [4]

United States House of Representatives

Michigan voters elected 14 candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives in the general election, one from each of the 14 congressional districts. [5]

U.S. House of Representatives nominees by district
DistrictDemocratic nomineeRepublican nomineeLibertarian nomineeGreen nomineeU.S. Taxpayers nomineeWorking Class nominee
District 1 Dana Alan Ferguson Jack Bergman, incumbentBen Boren
District 2 Bryan Berghoef Bill Huizenga, incumbentMax RiekseJean-Michel CreviereGerald T. Van Sickle
District 3 Hillary Scholten Peter Meijer
District 4 Jerry Hilliard John Moolenaar, incumbentDavid CannyAmy Slepr
District 5 Dan Kildee, incumbent Tim Kelly James HarrisKathy Goodwin
District 6 Jon Hoadley Fred Upton, incumbentJeff DePoyJohn Lawrence
District 7 Gretchen Driskell Tim Walberg, incumbent
District 8 Elissa Slotkin, incumbentPaul JungeJoe Hartman
District 9 Andy Levin, incumbentCharles LangworthyMike SalibaAndrea Kirby
District 10 Kimberly Bizon Lisa McClain
District 11 Haley Stevens, incumbentEric EsshakiLeonard Schwartz
District 12 Debbie Dingell, incumbentJeff JonesGary Walkowicz
District 13 Rashida Tlaib, incumbentDavid DudenhoeferD. Etta WilcoxinArticia BomerSam Johnson
District 14 Brenda Lawrence, incumbentRobert Vance PatrickLisa Lane GioiaClyde ShabazzPhilip Kolody

State offices

State executive offices

Eight state executive offices were open for election in Michigan's general election, including State Board of Education (two seats), University of Michigan Board of Regents (two seats), Michigan State University Board of Trustees (two seats), and Wayne State University Board of Governors (two seats). [6]

State House of Representatives

110 seats in Michigan's House were up for election in the general election. The Michigan Republican Party retained control of the chamber. [7]

Supreme Court

2020 Michigan Supreme Court election
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2 seats of the Supreme Court of Michigan
 Majority partyMinority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Last election43
Seats won02
Seat changeDecrease2.svg1Increase2.svg1

Two of seven seats on the Michigan Supreme Court were up for election, and one was open after an incumbent retired. [8] Supreme Court Justice Bridget McCormack ran for reelection. [9] Each voter could select up to two candidates in the state Supreme Court general election; the top two vote-getters would win the seats. [10]

Candidates

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		Susan
Hubbard (G)		Mary
Kelly (R)		Bridget Mary
McCormack (D)		Kerry Lee
Morgan (L)		Katherine Mary
Nepton (L)		Brock
Swartzle (R)		Elizabeth
Welch (D)		Undecided
Public Policy Polling/Progress Michigan [15] [A] October 29–30, 2020745 (V)± 3.6%3%18%39%3%6%14%29%89%
Public Policy Polling/Progress Michigan [16] [B] September 30 – October 1, 2020746 (V)–6%9%23%6%5%8%17%126%
Public Policy Polling/Progress Michigan [17] [B] August 28–29, 2020897 (V)± 3.2%5%8%10%3%5%4%5%160%
Hypothetical polling
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		Generic
Democrat		Generic
Republican		Generic
Third Party		Undecided
Public Policy Polling/Progress Michigan [15] [B] October 29–30, 2020745 (V)± 3.6%47%41%3%10% [b]
Public Policy Polling/Progress Michigan [16] [B] September 30 – October 1, 2020746 (V)–40%38%4%19% [c]
Public Policy Polling/Progress Michigan [17] [B] August 28–29, 2020897 (V)–41%37%4%18% [d]
Public Policy Polling/Progress Michigan [18] [B] June 26–27, 20201,237 (V)–38%37%–25% [e]

Results

2020 Michigan Supreme Court (two seats) election [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Bridget Mary McCormack (incumbent)2,377,410 32.25%
Nonpartisan Elizabeth M. Welch 1,490,550 20.22%
Nonpartisan Mary Kelly1,252,69216.99%
Nonpartisan Brock Swartzle1,009,32013.69%
Nonpartisan Susan Hubbard611,0198.29%
Nonpartisan Kerry Lee Morgan340,3964.62%
Nonpartisan Katherine Nepton290,3773.94%
Total votes7,371,764 100.0%
Democratic hold
Democratic gain from Republican

Ballot measures

There were two statewide legislatively referred constitutional amendments on the ballot for the general election: [20]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. ↑ "Party affiliation would not make a difference" with 10%
  3. ↑ "Party affiliation would not make a difference" with 19%
  4. ↑ "Party affiliation would not make a difference" with 18%
  5. ↑ "It wouldn't make a difference which party was backing a candidate" with 20%; "Not sure" with 5%

Partisan clients

  1. ↑ Progress Michigan is a non-profit that primarily supports Democratic candidates
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Poll conducted for Progress Michigan, a non-profit that primarily supports Democratic candidates.

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References

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  2. ↑ Lily Hay Newman (August 27, 2020), "How to Vote by Mail and Make Sure It Counts", Wired.com , archived from the original on October 6, 2020
  3. ↑ Michael P. McDonald, "2020 General Election Early Vote Statistics", U.S. Elections Project, retrieved October 10, 2020, Detailed state statistics
  4. ↑ "United States Senate election in Michigan, 2020". Ballotpedia. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  5. ↑ "United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, 2020". Ballotpedia. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Michigan state executive official elections, 2020". Ballotpedia .
  7. ↑ Egan, Paul. "Republicans retain control of Michigan state House after both parties flip seats". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
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  12. 1 2 3 4 Moore, C.J. (October 17, 2020). "The Michigan Supreme Court is in the spotlight for striking down Whitmer's emergency powers. The balance of power will be decided Nov. 3". Michigan Advance.
  13. ↑ Tribou, Doug (October 9, 2020). "Meet Michigan Supreme Court candidate Kerry Lee Morgan". Michigan Radio.
  14. ↑ Obeng, Kristan (July 15, 2020). "This Lansing attorney is running to be the first indigenous justice on the Michigan Supreme Court". Lansing State Journal.
  15. 1 2 Public Policy Polling/Progress Michigan
  16. 1 2 Public Policy Polling/Progress Michigan
  17. 1 2 Public Policy Polling/Progress Michigan
  18. ↑ Public Policy Polling/Progress Michigan
  19. ↑ "2018 Michigan General Election Results". Michigan Secretary of State.
  20. ↑ "Michigan 2020 ballot measures". Ballotpedia. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  21. ↑ "Michigan Proposal 1, Use of State and Local Park Funds Amendment (2020)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  22. ↑ "Michigan Proposal 2, Search Warrant for Electronic Data Amendment (2020)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved October 13, 2020.

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