2020 Michigan elections November 3, 2020 (2020-11-03 )
This is a list of elections in the US state ofMichigan in 2020. The office of theMichigan Secretary of State oversees the election process, includingvoting andvote counting .[ 1]
Tovote by mail , registered Michigan voters must request a ballot by October 30, 2020.[ 2] [ 3]
President of the United States [ edit ] The nominees for the presidential election wereDonald Trump ,Joe Biden , andJo Jorgensen .
United States Senate [ edit ] Gary Peters (incumbent, D) ran againstJohn 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]
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 , incumbentBen Boren District 2 Bryan Berghoef Bill Huizenga , incumbentMax Riekse Jean-Michel Creviere Gerald T. Van Sickle District 3 Hillary Scholten Peter Meijer District 4 Jerry Hilliard John Moolenaar , incumbentDavid Canny Amy Slepr District 5 Dan Kildee , incumbentTim Kelly James Harris Kathy Goodwin District 6 Jon Hoadley Fred Upton , incumbentJeff DePoy John Lawrence District 7 Gretchen Driskell Tim Walberg , incumbentDistrict 8 Elissa Slotkin , incumbentPaul Junge Joe Hartman District 9 Andy Levin , incumbentCharles Langworthy Mike Saliba Andrea Kirby District 10 Kimberly Bizon Lisa McClain District 11 Haley Stevens , incumbentEric Esshaki Leonard Schwartz District 12 Debbie Dingell , incumbentJeff Jones Gary Walkowicz District 13 Rashida Tlaib , incumbentDavid Dudenhoefer D. Etta Wilcoxin Articia Bomer Sam Johnson District 14 Brenda Lawrence , incumbentRobert Vance Patrick Lisa Lane Gioia Clyde Shabazz Philip Kolody
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. TheMichigan Republican Party retained control of the chamber.[ 7]
Two of seven seats on theMichigan Supreme Court were up for election, and one was open after an incumbent retired.[ 8] [ 9] [ 10]
Poll source Date(s) Sample[ a] Margin Susan Mary Bridget Mary Kerry Lee Katherine Mary Brock Elizabeth Undecided Public Policy Polling (D)[ 15] [ A] October 29–30, 2020 745 (V) ± 3.6% 3% 18% 39% 3% 6% 14% 29% 89% Public Policy Polling (D)[ 16] [ A] September 30 – October 1, 2020 746 (V) – 6% 9% 23% 6% 5% 8% 17% 126% Public Policy Polling (D)[ 17] [ A] August 28–29, 2020 897 (V) ± 3.2% 5% 8% 10% 3% 5% 4% 5% 160%
2020 Michigan Supreme Court (two seats) election[ 19] 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 fromRepublican
There were two statewide legislatively referred constitutional amendments on the ballot for the general election:[ 20]
Proposal 1 , Use of State and Local Park Funds Amendment: Revises formula for how state and local park funds from trusts can be spent[ 21] Proposal 2 , Search Warrant for Electronic Data Amendment: Requires search warrant to access a person's electronic data[ 22] ^a b Key: ^ "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
^a b c d e f g Poll conducted for Progress Michigan, a non-profit that primarily supports Democratic candidates. ^ 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 the original on October 6, 2020 ^ Michael P. McDonald ,"2020 General Election Early Vote Statistics" ,U.S. Elections Project , retrievedOctober 10, 2020 ,Detailed state statistics ^ "United States Senate election in Michigan, 2020" .Ballotpedia . RetrievedOctober 13, 2020 .^ "United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, 2020" .Ballotpedia . RetrievedOctober 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 . RetrievedNovember 18, 2020 . ^ "Michigan elections, 2020" .Ballotpedia . RetrievedOctober 1, 2020 .^ "Reelect Chief Justice Bridget Mary McCormack" .Bridget Mary McCormack . Archived fromthe original on September 25, 2020. RetrievedOctober 2, 2020 .^ "Michigan Survey Results" (PDF) .Progress Michigan . October 2, 2020. RetrievedOctober 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 . ^a b Public Policy Polling/Progress Michigan ^a b Public Policy Polling/Progress Michigan ^a b Public Policy Polling/Progress Michigan ^ Public Policy Polling/Progress Michigan ^ "2018 Michigan General Election Results" .Michigan Secretary of State .^ "Michigan 2020 ballot measures" .Ballotpedia . RetrievedOctober 13, 2020 .^ "Michigan Proposal 1, Use of State and Local Park Funds Amendment (2020)" .Ballotpedia . RetrievedOctober 13, 2020 .^ "Michigan Proposal 2, Search Warrant for Electronic Data Amendment (2020)" .Ballotpedia . RetrievedOctober 13, 2020 .David Weigel ; Lauren Tierney (September 22, 2020),"The 50 political states of America" ,Washingtonpost.com 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 Michigan 2020 Purge List Palast Investigative Fund ,Check if you have beenpurged from the Michigan voter rolls "League of Women Voters of Michigan" .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 "Election Guides: Michigan" ,Spreadthevote.org , archived fromthe original on October 4, 2020, retrievedOctober 7, 2020 "Voting in Michigan" ,Voting Information by State ,Rock the Vote
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