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Events from the year 2020 in Michigan.
Major stories in Michigan during 2020 included the COVID-19 pandemic in Michigan, the Gretchen Whitmer kidnapping plot, the George Floyd protests in Michigan, the Edenville Dam collapse and flooding, Gary Peters' victory over John E. James in the 2020 United States Senate election in Michigan, and Joe Biden's victory over Donald Trump in the 2020 United States presidential election in Michigan.
In the 2010 United States Census, Michigan was recorded as having a population of 9,883,640 persons, ranking as the eighth most populous state in the country. By 2018, the state's population was estimated at 9,995,915, and the state had become the 10th most populous state.
The state's largest cities, having populations of at least 75,000 based on 2019 estimates, were as follows:
| 2019 rank | City | County | 2010 pop. (est) | 2019 pop. | Change 2010-19 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit | Wayne | 713,777 | 670,031 | −6.1%  |
| 2 | Grand Rapids | Kent | 188,040 | 201,013 | 6.9%  |
| 3 | Warren | Macomb | 134,056 | 133,943 | −0.01% |
| 4 | Sterling Heights | Macomb | 129,699 | 132,438 | 2.1% |
| 5 | Ann Arbor | Washtenaw | 113,934 | 119,980 | 5.3% |
| 6 | Lansing | Ingham | 114,297 | 118,210 | 3.4% |
| 7 | Flint | Genesee | 102,434 | 95,538 | −6.7% |
| 8 | Dearborn | Wayne | 98,153 | 93,932 | −4.3% |
| 9 | Livonia | Wayne | 96,942 | 93,665 | −3.4% |
| 10 | Troy | Oakland | 80,980 | 84,092 | 3.8% |
| 11 | Westland | Wayne | 84,094 | 81,511 | −3.1% |
| 12 | Farmington Hills | Oakland | 79,740 | 80,612 | 1.1% |
| 13 | Kalamazoo | Kalamazoo | 74,262 | 76,200 | 2.6% |
| 14 | Wyoming | Kent | 72,125 | 75,667 | 4.9% |
Gretchen Esther Whitmer is an American lawyer and politician serving as the 49th governor of Michigan since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, she served in the Michigan House of Representatives from 2001 to 2006 and in the Michigan Senate from 2006 to 2015.
Michael J. Shirkey is an American politician who served as a Republican member of the Michigan State Senate and as a member of the Michigan House of Representatives. He was first elected to the House in 2010 and to the Senate in 2014. His district, the 16th, covered all of Branch, Hillsdale, and Jackson Counties. From 2019 to 2023, Shirkey was the majority leader of the Michigan State Senate.
The 2018 Michigan gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the next governor of Michigan, concurrently with the election of Michigan's Class I U.S. Senate seat, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states, elections to the United States House of Representatives, and various state and local elections.
Events from the year 1974 in Michigan.
Events from the year 1980 in Michigan.
Events from the year 1950 in Michigan.
Events from the year 1955 in Michigan
Events from the year 2017 in Michigan.
Events from the year 2018 in Michigan.
Garlin Gilchrist II is an American politician and activist serving as the 64th lieutenant governor of Michigan since 2019. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Karen Whitsett is an American politician from Michigan. Whitsett is a Democratic member of the Michigan House of Representatives from District 4. She is the most conservative Democrats in the Michigan House of Representatives.
Events from the year 2019 in Michigan.
The first confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. state of Michigan were discovered on March 10, 2020, one day before the outbreak of the disease was officially declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization. As of December 20, 2022, 2,977,727 cases have been identified, causing 40,657 deaths.
The following is a timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States during 2020.
Beginning in early April 2020, there were protests in several U.S. states against government-imposed lockdowns in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. The protests, mostly organized by conservative groups and individuals, decried the economic and social impact of stay-at-home orders, business closures, and restricted personal movement and association, and demanded that their respective states be "re-opened" for normal business and personal activity.
The 2022 Michigan gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the governor of Michigan. Incumbent Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer ran for re-election to a second term and faced former political commentator Tudor Dixon in the general election. Whitmer defeated Dixon by a margin of 10.6 percentage points, a wider margin than polls indicated as well as a wider margin than Whitmer's first victory four years prior. According to Ron Brownstein of CNN in 2023, Whitmer won independent voters by double-digit margins, which contributed to Dixon's defeat.
On October 8, 2020, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced the arrests of 13 men suspected of orchestrating a domestic terror plot to kidnap American politician Gretchen Whitmer, the Governor of Michigan, and otherwise using violence to overthrow the state government. Some have labeled the attempt as an example of stochastic terrorism, where violent rhetoric by prominent figures inspired the plot.
Tudor Dixon is an American politician, businesswoman and conservative political commentator. A member of the Republican Party, Dixon was the party's nominee for Governor of Michigan in the 2022 election. She lost to incumbent Democratic governor Gretchen Whitmer by a margin of 10.6 percentage points.
Events from the year 2022 in Michigan.
Events from the year 2021 in Michigan.
