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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]

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

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President of the United States

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

United States Senate

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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

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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
District Democratic nominee Republican nominee Libertarian nominee Green nominee U.S. Taxpayers nominee Working Class nominee
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

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State executive offices

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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

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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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2020 Michigan Supreme Court election

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2 seats of the Supreme Court of Michigan
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Last election 4 3
Seats won 0 2
Seat change Decrease1 Increase1

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

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Polling

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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
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
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[a]
Margin
of error
Generic
Democrat
Generic
Republican
Generic
Third Party
Undecided
Public Policy Polling/Progress Michigan[B] October 29–30, 2020 745 (V) ± 3.6% 47% 41% 3% 10%[b]
Public Policy Polling/Progress Michigan[B] September 30 – October 1, 2020 746 (V) 40% 38% 4% 19%[c]
Public Policy Polling/Progress Michigan[B] August 28–29, 2020 897 (V) 41% 37% 4% 18%[d]
Public Policy Polling/Progress Michigan[B] June 26–27, 2020 1,237 (V) 38% 37% 25%[e]

Results

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2020 Michigan Supreme Court (two seats) election[15]
Party Candidate Votes %
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

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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

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  1. ^ a b 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. ^ a b c d e f Poll conducted for Progress Michigan, a non-profit that primarily supports Democratic candidates.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Dionne Searcey (October 1, 2020), "When Your Job Is to Make Sure Nov. 3 Isn't a Disaster", Nytimes.com
  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.
  8. ^ "Michigan elections, 2020". Ballotpedia. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
  9. ^ "Reelect Chief Justice Bridget Mary McCormack". Bridget Mary McCormack. Archived from the original on September 25, 2020. Retrieved October 2, 2020.
  10. ^ "Michigan Survey Results" (PDF). Progress Michigan. October 2, 2020. Retrieved October 2, 2020.
  11. ^ Tribou, Doug (October 12, 2020). "Meet Michigan Supreme Court candidate Susan Hubbard". Michigan Radio.
  12. ^ 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.
  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. ^ "2018 Michigan General Election Results". Michigan Secretary of State.
  16. ^ "Michigan 2020 ballot measures". Ballotpedia. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  17. ^ "Michigan Proposal 1, Use of State and Local Park Funds Amendment (2020)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  18. ^ "Michigan Proposal 2, Search Warrant for Electronic Data Amendment (2020)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved October 13, 2020.

Further reading

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