2024 Michigan elections

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2024 Michigan elections
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  2022 November 5, 2024 (2024-11-05)2026 

The 2024 Michigan elections were held on November 5, 2024. In addition to the 2024 United States presidential election, elections were held for all of the state's seats in the United States House of Representatives, the state's class 1 seat in the United States Senate, and for all the seats in the Michigan House of Representatives. Elections to various local offices were also held.

Contents

Federal

President of the United States

United States Senate

Incumbent Democratic Senator Debbie Stabenow is retiring, leaving an open seat. [1]

United States House of Representatives

State

Legislature

House of Representatives

All 110 seats in the Michigan House of Representatives are up for elections. Democrats currently have a majority with 56 seats, while Republicans hold 54 seats. [2]

On December 21, 2023, a three-judge panel on the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan ruled that 13 state legislative districts, including 7 state House districts, violated the Equal Protection Clause of the United States Constitution and needed to be redrawn. [3]

Judiciary

Supreme Court

2024 Michigan Supreme Court election
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2 seats of the Supreme Court of Michigan
 Majority partyMinority party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Last election43
Seats won52
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 1

Two seats were up for election to the Michigan Supreme Court. A full 8-year term seat was up, currently held by Justice David Viviano, and a partial 4-year term seat was up, currently held by Justice Kyra Harris Bolden.

Full term
2024 Michigan Supreme Court election (Full term)
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CandidateKimberly Thomas Andrew Fink
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Alliance Democratic Republican
Popular vote2,568,0431,634,510
Percentage61.1%38.9%

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County results

Thomas:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%

Fink:     50–60%     60–70%

Justice before election

David Viviano
Republican

Elected Justice

Kimberly Thomas
Democratic

Incumbent Justice David Viviano did not run for re-election. [4]

Candidates

Kimberly Thomas was nominated unopposed at the Democratic convention. [5] Andrew Fink defeated Michigan Court of Appeals Judge Mark Boonstra [6] at the Republican convention. [7]

Results
2024 Michigan Supreme Court election (Full term) [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Kimberly Thomas 2,568,043 61.11%
Nonpartisan Andrew Fink 1,634,51038.89%
Total votes4,202,553 100.0%
Democratic gain from Republican
Term ending 1/1/2029
2024 Michigan Supreme Court election (Term ending 1/1/2029)
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Candidate Kyra Harris Bolden Patrick O'Grady
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Alliance Democratic Republican
Popular vote2,597,5671,623,460
Percentage61.5%38.5%

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County results

Bolden:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%

O'Grady:     50–60%     60–70%

Justice before election

Kyra Harris Bolden
Democratic

Elected Justice

Kyra Harris Bolden
Democratic

Candidates

Incumbent Justice Kyra Harris Bolden was nominated unopposed at the Democratic convention. Initially three candidates competed for the Republican nomination, but Matthew DePerno, [11] the Republican nominee for Michigan Attorney General in 2022, dropped out the day before the convention. [12] At the convention, Patrick O'Grady defeated adjunct law professor Alexandria Taylor. [13]

Results
2024 Michigan Supreme Court election (Term ending 1/1/2029) [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Kyra Harris Bolden (incumbent) 2,597,567 61.54%
Nonpartisan Patrick O'Grady1,623,46038.46%
Total votes4,221,027 100.0%
Democratic hold


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