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]
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
[edit]President of the United States
[edit]The nominees for the presidential election were Donald Trump, Joe Biden, and Jo Jorgensen.
United States Senate
[edit]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
[edit]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]
| District | Democratic nominee | Republican nominee | Libertarian nominee | Green nominee | U.S. Taxpayers nominee | Working Class nominee |
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| District 1 | Dana Alan Ferguson | Jack Bergman, incumbent | Ben Boren | |||
| District 2 | Bryan Berghoef | Bill Huizenga, incumbent | Max Riekse | Jean-Michel Creviere | Gerald T. Van Sickle | |
| District 3 | Hillary Scholten | Peter Meijer | ||||
| District 4 | Jerry Hilliard | John Moolenaar, incumbent | David Canny | Amy Slepr | ||
| District 5 | Dan Kildee, incumbent | Tim Kelly | James Harris | Kathy Goodwin | ||
| District 6 | Jon Hoadley | Fred Upton, incumbent | Jeff DePoy | John Lawrence | ||
| District 7 | Gretchen Driskell | Tim Walberg, incumbent | ||||
| District 8 | Elissa Slotkin, incumbent | Paul Junge | Joe Hartman | |||
| District 9 | Andy Levin, incumbent | Charles Langworthy | Mike Saliba | Andrea Kirby | ||
| District 10 | Kimberly Bizon | Lisa McClain | ||||
| District 11 | Haley Stevens, incumbent | Eric Esshaki | Leonard Schwartz | |||
| District 12 | Debbie Dingell, incumbent | Jeff Jones | Gary Walkowicz | |||
| District 13 | Rashida Tlaib, incumbent | David Dudenhoefer | D. Etta Wilcoxin | Articia Bomer | Sam Johnson | |
| District 14 | Brenda Lawrence, incumbent | Robert Vance Patrick | Lisa Lane Gioia | Clyde Shabazz | Philip Kolody |
State offices
[edit]State executive offices
[edit]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
[edit]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
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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
[edit]- Susan Hubbard (Green), judge of the Third Judicial Circuit Court of Michigan[11]
- Mary Kelly (Republican), St. Clair County prosecutor[12]
- Bridget Mary McCormack (Democratic), incumbent chief justice of the Supreme Court of Michigan[12]
- Kerry Lee Morgan (Libertarian), private practice attorney[13]
- Katie Nepton (Libertarian), attorney[14]
- Brock Swartzle (Republican), incumbent Judge of the Michigan Court of Appeals for the 4th District[12]
- Elizabeth Welch (Democratic), employment lawyer[12]
Polling
[edit]| Poll source | Date(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 |
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| Public Policy Polling/Progress Michigan[A] | October 29–30, 2020 | 745 (V) | ± 3.6% | 3% | 18% | 39% | 3% | 6% | 14% | 29% | 89% |
| Public Policy Polling/Progress Michigan[B] | September 30 – October 1, 2020 | 746 (V) | – | 6% | 9% | 23% | 6% | 5% | 8% | 17% | 126% |
| Public Policy Polling/Progress Michigan[B] | August 28–29, 2020 | 897 (V) | ± 3.2% | 5% | 8% | 10% | 3% | 5% | 4% | 5% | 160% |
Hypothetical polling
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Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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| Nonpartisan | Bridget Mary McCormack (incumbent) | 2,377,410 | 32.25% | |||
| Nonpartisan | Elizabeth M. Welch | 1,490,550 | 20.22% | |||
| Nonpartisan | Mary Kelly | 1,252,692 | 16.99% | |||
| Nonpartisan | Brock Swartzle | 1,009,320 | 13.69% | |||
| Nonpartisan | Susan Hubbard | 611,019 | 8.29% | |||
| Nonpartisan | Kerry Lee Morgan | 340,396 | 4.62% | |||
| Nonpartisan | Katherine Nepton | 290,377 | 3.94% | |||
| Total votes | 7,371,764 | 100.0% | ||||
| Democratic hold | ||||||
| Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
Ballot measures
[edit]There were two statewide legislatively referred constitutional amendments on the ballot for the general election:[16]
- Proposal 1, Use of State and Local Park Funds Amendment: Revises formula for how state and local park funds from trusts can be spent[17]
- Proposal 2, Search Warrant for Electronic Data Amendment: Requires search warrant to access a person's electronic data[18]
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b Key:
A – all adults
RV – registered voters
LV – likely voters
V – unclear - ^ "Party affiliation would not make a difference" with 10%
- ^ "Party affiliation would not make a difference" with 19%
- ^ "Party affiliation would not make a difference" with 18%
- ^ "It wouldn't make a difference which party was backing a candidate" with 20%; "Not sure" with 5%
- Partisan clients
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Dionne Searcey (October 1, 2020), "When Your Job Is to Make Sure Nov. 3 Isn't a Disaster", Nytimes.com
- ^ 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
- ^ Michael P. McDonald, "2020 General Election Early Vote Statistics", U.S. Elections Project, retrieved October 10, 2020,
Detailed state statistics
- ^ "United States Senate election in Michigan, 2020". Ballotpedia. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
- ^ "United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, 2020". Ballotpedia. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
- ^ "Michigan state executive official elections, 2020". Ballotpedia.
- ^ Egan, Paul. "Republicans retain control of Michigan state House after both parties flip seats". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
- ^ "Michigan elections, 2020". Ballotpedia. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
- ^ "Reelect Chief Justice Bridget Mary McCormack". Bridget Mary McCormack. Archived from the original on September 25, 2020. Retrieved October 2, 2020.
- ^ "Michigan Survey Results" (PDF). Progress Michigan. October 2, 2020. Retrieved October 2, 2020.
- ^ Tribou, Doug (October 12, 2020). "Meet Michigan Supreme Court candidate Susan Hubbard". Michigan Radio.
- ^ a b c d 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.
- ^ Tribou, Doug (October 9, 2020). "Meet Michigan Supreme Court candidate Kerry Lee Morgan". Michigan Radio.
- ^ Obeng, Kristan (July 15, 2020). "This Lansing attorney is running to be the first indigenous justice on the Michigan Supreme Court". Lansing State Journal.
- ^ "2018 Michigan General Election Results". Michigan Secretary of State.
- ^ "Michigan 2020 ballot measures". Ballotpedia. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
- ^ "Michigan Proposal 1, Use of State and Local Park Funds Amendment (2020)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
- ^ "Michigan Proposal 2, Search Warrant for Electronic Data Amendment (2020)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
Further reading
[edit]- David Weigel; Lauren Tierney (September 22, 2020), "The 50 political states of America", Washingtonpost.com, archived from the original on October 11, 2020,
Michigan
- Lisa Rein; Kayla Ruble (October 5, 2020), "In Detroit, chronic USPS delays undermine voters' confidence in voting by mail", Washingtonpost.com
- Will Peischel (October 9, 2020), "Michigan's Attorney General Will "Pounce" If Militias Mess with Voting", Motherjones.com
- Kassie Bracken; Alexandra Eaton (October 11, 2020), "How Could Voting by Mail Affect the Election? Look at Michigan", The New York Times
External links
[edit]- Michigan 2020 Purge List, Los Angeles, CA: Palast Investigative Fund,
Check if you have been purged from the Michigan voter rolls
- "League of Women Voters of Michigan". (state affiliate of the U.S. League of Women Voters)
- Michigan 2019 & 2020 Elections, OpenSecrets
- Government Documents Round Table of the American Library Association, "Michigan", Voting & Elections Toolkits
- "Michigan: Election Tools, Deadlines, Dates, Rules, and Links", Vote.org, Oakland, CA
- "Election Guides: Michigan", Spreadthevote.org, archived from the original on October 4, 2020, retrieved October 7, 2020. (Guidance to help voters get to the polls; addresses transport, childcare, work, information challenges)
- "Voting in Michigan", Voting Information by State, Rock the Vote. ("Deadlines, dates, requirements, registration options and information on how to vote in your state")