query: who won the governor election in michigan?

title: Governor of Michigan

text: Governor of Michigan The Governor of Michigan is the chief executive of the U.S. state of Michigan. The current governor is Rick Snyder, a member of the Republican Party, who was inaugurated on January 1, 2011, as the state's 48th governor. He is not eligible for a third term under Michigan's term limits, which limit a governor to only two, four-year terms. Governors of Michigan, as well as their lieutenant governors, must be United States citizens who have resided in Michigan for the four years preceding election and must be at least 30 years of age. A constitutional amendment adopted

title: Governor of Michigan

text: she served for 8 years, until January 1, 2011. Granholm was born in Canada. Former Governor George Romney was born in Mexico. Governor of Michigan The Governor of Michigan is the chief executive of the U.S. state of Michigan. The current governor is Rick Snyder, a member of the Republican Party, who was inaugurated on January 1, 2011, as the state's 48th governor. He is not eligible for a third term under Michigan's term limits, which limit a governor to only two, four-year terms. Governors of Michigan, as well as their lieutenant governors, must be United States citizens who have

title: 2014 Michigan gubernatorial election

text: Free Press and public TV station WTVS which televised the debate and sent the feed to other TV stations in Michigan as well as C-SPAN. The debate was made available for viewing online here. 2014 Michigan gubernatorial election The Michigan gubernatorial election of 2014 took place on November 4, 2014, to elect the Governor of Michigan, concurrently with the election of Michigan's Class II U.S. Senate seat, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Republican Governor Rick Snyder

title: 2014 Michigan gubernatorial election

text: 2014 Michigan gubernatorial election The Michigan gubernatorial election of 2014 took place on November 4, 2014, to elect the Governor of Michigan, concurrently with the election of Michigan's Class II U.S. Senate seat, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Republican Governor Rick Snyder ran for re-election to a second term in office. Primary elections took place on August 5, 2014, in which Snyder and former U.S. Representative Mark Schauer were unopposed in the Republican and Democratic primaries,

title: 2010 Michigan gubernatorial election

text: 2010 Michigan gubernatorial election The Michigan gubernatorial election of 2010 was held on November 2, 2010. Incumbent Democratic Governor Jennifer Granholm was prohibited by the state's Constitution from seeking a third term. This resulted in a large pool of candidates which was whittled down, when the May 11 filing deadline passed, to two Democrats and five Republicans. Both the "Cook Political Report" and the non-partisan "Rothenberg Political Report" rated the election as leaning Republican. The Republican primary race was highly competitive; both local and national polling reported Congressman Peter Hoekstra, state Attorney General Mike Cox, and businessman Rick Snyder as

title: 1992 United States presidential election in Michigan

text: 1992 United States presidential election in Michigan The 1992 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November 3, 1992, as part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose eighteen representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Michigan was won by Governor Bill Clinton (D-Arkansas) with 43.77% of the popular vote over incumbent President George H.W. Bush (R-Texas) with 36.38%. Businessman Ross Perot (I-Texas) finished in third, with 19.30% of the popular vote. Clinton ultimately won the national vote, defeating incumbent President Bush. This was the first time that a

title: 1994 Michigan gubernatorial election

text: 1994 Michigan gubernatorial election The 1994 Michigan gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1994, to elect the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of the state of Michigan. Incumbent Governor John Engler, a member of the Republican Party, was re-elected over Democratic Party nominee and Congressman Howard Wolpe. The voter turnout was 45.5%. Engler, who was narrowly elected in 1990, ran unopposed in the GOP Primary and retained Lt. Gov. Connie Binsfeld as his running mate. Wolpe, who had served 7 terms in Congress before retiring in 1993, won a 4-way battle for the Democratic nomination, taking 35 percent of the

title: 1912 United States presidential election in Michigan

text: in the 1912 election after South Dakota and California. 1912 United States presidential election in Michigan The 1912 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November 5, 1912, as part of the 1912 United States presidential election. Michigan voters chose twelve representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Michigan was won by the 26th president of the United States Theodore Roosevelt (P–New York), running with governor of California Hiram Johnson, with 38.95% of the popular vote, against the 27th president of the United States William Howard Taft (R–Ohio), running with Columbia

title: 1988 United States presidential election in Michigan

text: 1988 United States presidential election in Michigan The 1988 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November 8, 1988. All 50 states and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1988 United States presidential election. Michigan voters chose 20 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president. Michigan was won by incumbent United States Vice President George H. W. Bush of Texas, who was running against Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis. Bush ran with Indiana Senator Dan Quayle as Vice President, and Dukakis ran with Texas Senator Lloyd Bentsen. Michigan weighed in for this

text: they are criticized by many analysts as "setting the stage" for economic troubles in the United States after 2007, such as the Great Recession. 1988 United States presidential election in Michigan The 1988 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November 8, 1988. All 50 states and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1988 United States presidential election. Michigan voters chose 20 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president. Michigan was won by incumbent United States Vice President George H. W. Bush of Texas, who was running against Massachusetts Governor Michael

text: 1912 United States presidential election in Michigan The 1912 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November 5, 1912, as part of the 1912 United States presidential election. Michigan voters chose twelve representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Michigan was won by the 26th president of the United States Theodore Roosevelt (P–New York), running with governor of California Hiram Johnson, with 38.95% of the popular vote, against the 27th president of the United States William Howard Taft (R–Ohio), running with Columbia University President Nicholas Murray Butler, with 27.63% of the

text: Democratic presidential candidate carried Michigan since 1968. , this is the last time Oakland County voted for the Republican candidate and the last time that Charlevoix County voted for the Democratic candidate. 1992 United States presidential election in Michigan The 1992 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November 3, 1992, as part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose eighteen representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Michigan was won by Governor Bill Clinton (D-Arkansas) with 43.77% of the popular vote over incumbent President George H.W. Bush (R-Texas)

title: 1990 Michigan gubernatorial election

text: 1990 Michigan gubernatorial election The 1990 Michigan gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1990, to elect the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of the state of Michigan. John Engler, a member of the Republican Party and State Senate majority leader, was elected over Democratic Party nominee James Blanchard, who was seeking his third term. In what turned out to be one of the closest elections in recent Michigan history, Engler won by a 17,000 vote margin. The voter turnout was 38.6%. State Senate Majority Leader John Engler faced nominal opposition in the primary, easily defeating retired General Motors engineer and

title: 2012 United States presidential election in Michigan

text: rules provide for strict apportionment." 2012 United States presidential election in Michigan The 2012 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November 6, 2012, as part of the 2012 General Election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated. Michigan voters chose 16 electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama and his running mate, Vice President Joe Biden, against Republican challenger and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and his running mate, Congressman Paul Ryan. Michigan was won by Democratic incumbent Barack Obama by a

text: 2012 United States presidential election in Michigan The 2012 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November 6, 2012, as part of the 2012 General Election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated. Michigan voters chose 16 electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama and his running mate, Vice President Joe Biden, against Republican challenger and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and his running mate, Congressman Paul Ryan. Michigan was won by Democratic incumbent Barack Obama by a 9.5% margin of victory. Obama

title: 1994 Michigan gubernatorial election

text: vote. He bested his closest rival, state Sen. Debbie Stabenow, who had 30 percent. Wolpe eventually chose Stabenow as his running mate. 1994 Michigan gubernatorial election The 1994 Michigan gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1994, to elect the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of the state of Michigan. Incumbent Governor John Engler, a member of the Republican Party, was re-elected over Democratic Party nominee and Congressman Howard Wolpe. The voter turnout was 45.5%. Engler, who was narrowly elected in 1990, ran unopposed in the GOP Primary and retained Lt. Gov. Connie Binsfeld as his running mate. Wolpe, who had

title: 1998 Michigan gubernatorial election

text: Early in the race, Owen was considered the front runner. But due to Fieger's notoriety and personal wealth, he surpassed his opponents. He ended spending almost $6 million of his own money in the race. Fieger won a close race, taking 41 percent of the vote. State Rep. Jim Agee, after securing the support from the Michigan Education Association was picked by Fieger to be his running mate, over Fieger's initial preferred choice state Rep. Candace Curtis. 1998 Michigan gubernatorial election The 1998 Michigan gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1998, to elect the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of

title: 2002 Michigan gubernatorial election

text: 2002 Michigan gubernatorial election The Michigan gubernatorial election of 2002 was one of the 36 United States gubernatorial elections held on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Republican Governor John Engler, after serving three terms, had stepped down and was not running for a fourth term; his lieutenant governor Dick Posthumus, also a Republican, ran in his place. Jennifer Granholm, then Attorney General of Michigan, ran on the Democratic Party ticket. Douglas Campbell ran on the Green Party ticket, and Joseph M. Pilchak ran on the Constitution Party ticket. Granholm won with 51% of the vote, followed by Posthumus' 48%, Campbell with

title: 1998 Michigan gubernatorial election

text: 1998 Michigan gubernatorial election The 1998 Michigan gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1998, to elect the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of the state of Michigan. Incumbent Governor John Engler, a member of the Republican Party, was re-elected over Democratic Party nominee Geoffrey Fieger, a lawyer who had represented the assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian. Engler, a two-term incumbent, faced token opposition in the Republican primary, winning re-nomination with 90 percent of the vote. Following Lt. Gov. Connie Binsfeld's decision to not seek a third term, State Senate Majority Leader Dick Posthumus received the GOP nomination for lieutenant governor.

title: 1994 United States Senate election in Michigan

text: who were accused of corruption. After months of speculation, Riegle announced he would not seek a 4th term in a speech on the Senate floor. 1994 United States Senate election in Michigan The 1994 United States Senate election in Michigan was held November 8, 1994. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Don Riegle decided to retire and not run for re-election. Republican Spencer Abraham won the open seat. As of 2019, this is the last Senate election in Michigan won by a Republican. Riegle, a 3-term incumbent, was considered one of the most vulnerable Senate Democrats in the 1994 mid-term elections, due

title: 1920 United States presidential election in Michigan

text: 1920 United States presidential election in Michigan The 1920 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November 2, 1920, as part of the 1920 United States presidential election. Michigan voters chose fifteen representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Republican candidate Warren G. Harding won Michigan in a landslide, carrying over 70% of the vote to Democratic opponent James M. Cox's 22%. Harding received the largest share of the popular vote in a presidential election for Michigan at the time, though that record would be broken only four years later. This

title: 1964 United States presidential election in Michigan

text: County, Newaygo County, Hillsdale County, Emmet County, and Otsego County voted for the Democratic candidate. This is also the best Democratic performance in a presidential election in Michigan to date. 1964 United States presidential election in Michigan The 1964 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November 3, 1964, as part of the 1964 United States presidential election. Michigan voters chose twenty-one representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Michigan was won by incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson (D–Texas), with 66.70% of the popular vote, against Senator Barry Goldwater (R–Arizona), with

title: 2000 United States presidential election in Michigan

text: 2000 United States presidential election in Michigan The 2000 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose 18 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Michigan was won by Vice President Al Gore by a sizable margin of 5.2%. The western part of the state, which is more rural, was overwhelmingly Republican and Bush won most of the congressional districts and counties in that region of the state. His best performance was in Ottawa County, where he

text: pledged to and voted for Gore and Lieberman: 2000 United States presidential election in Michigan The 2000 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose 18 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Michigan was won by Vice President Al Gore by a sizable margin of 5.2%. The western part of the state, which is more rural, was overwhelmingly Republican and Bush won most of the congressional districts and counties in that region of the state. His

title: Governor of Michigan

text: elections are held concurrently with State Senate elections. The winner of the gubernatorial election takes office at noon on January 1 of the year following the election. In 1992, an amendment to the Michigan constitution imposed a lifetime term limit of two four-year terms for the office of governor. Prior to this, they were not limited as to how many terms they could serve; John Engler, the governor at the time, served three terms as his first term occurred prior to the restriction. Engler was reelected in 1994 and 1998 before being term limited in 2002. The governor has responsibilities

text: 1964 United States presidential election in Michigan The 1964 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November 3, 1964, as part of the 1964 United States presidential election. Michigan voters chose twenty-one representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Michigan was won by incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson (D–Texas), with 66.70% of the popular vote, against Senator Barry Goldwater (R–Arizona), with 33.10%% of the popular vote. , this is the last election in which Livingston County, Allegan County, Antrim County, Grand Traverse County, Midland County, Ionia County, St. Joseph County, Barry

title: 1844 United States presidential election in Michigan

text: Vermont. 1844 United States presidential election in Michigan The 1844 United States presidential election in Michigan took place between November 1 and December 4, 1844, as part of the 1844 United States presidential election. Voters chose five representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President. Michigan voted for the Democratic candidate, James K. Polk, over Whig candidate Henry Clay and Liberty candidate James G. Birney. Polk won Michigan by a margin of 6.03%. With 6.53% of the popular vote, Michigan would prove to be Jame G. Birney's fourth strongest state after New Hampshire, Massachusetts

text: 1844 United States presidential election in Michigan The 1844 United States presidential election in Michigan took place between November 1 and December 4, 1844, as part of the 1844 United States presidential election. Voters chose five representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President. Michigan voted for the Democratic candidate, James K. Polk, over Whig candidate Henry Clay and Liberty candidate James G. Birney. Polk won Michigan by a margin of 6.03%. With 6.53% of the popular vote, Michigan would prove to be Jame G. Birney's fourth strongest state after New Hampshire, Massachusetts and

title: 1996 United States presidential election in Michigan

text: 1996 United States presidential election in Michigan The 1996 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November 5, 1996. All 50 states and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1996 United States presidential election. Michigan voters chose 18 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president. Michigan was won by incumbent United States President Bill Clinton of Arkansas, who was running against Kansas Senator Bob Dole. Clinton ran a second time with former Tennessee Senator and Al Gore as Vice President, and Dole ran with former New York Congressman Jack Kemp. Michigan

title: 1960 in Michigan

text: Harvey Kuenn to the Cleveland Indians in exchange for Rocky Colavito. The following athletes with ties to Michigan won medals in the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley or the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome: 1960 in Michigan Events from the year 1960 in Michigan. The top stories of the year in Michigan included: (1) the nomination and election of John Swainson, a 35-year-old double amputee, as Governor of Michigan; (2) the decision of G. Mennen Williams not to run for a seventh term as Governor; (3) the selection of Michigan's Nancy Fleming as Miss America; (4) John F. Kennedy's

title: 1968 United States presidential election in Michigan

text: 1968 United States presidential election in Michigan The 1968 United States presidential election in Michigan was held on November 5, 1968. All 50 states and The District of Columbia, were part of the 1968 United States presidential election. Michigan chose twenty-one electors to represent them in the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Michigan was narrowly won by the Democratic Party candidate, Vice President Hubert Humphrey, defeating the Republican Party candidate, former Vice President Richard Nixon, by a margin of 6.72%, making the state 6.79% more Democratic than the national average. American Independent Party candidate, former Alabama

title: 1972 United States presidential election in Michigan

text: 1972 United States presidential election in Michigan The 1972 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November 7, 1972, as part of the 1972 United States presidential election. Michigan voters chose twenty-one representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Michigan was won by incumbent President Richard Nixon (R–California), with 56.20% of the popular vote, against George McGovern (D–South Dakota), with 41.81% of the popular vote. John G. Schmitz was the only other candidate on the ballot, and, as the candidate for the American Independent Party, he received over 63,000 votes. Delta,

text: Lake, Washtenaw, and Wayne counties were the only four of Michigan's 83 counties to vote for McGovern. 1972 United States presidential election in Michigan The 1972 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November 7, 1972, as part of the 1972 United States presidential election. Michigan voters chose twenty-one representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Michigan was won by incumbent President Richard Nixon (R–California), with 56.20% of the popular vote, against George McGovern (D–South Dakota), with 41.81% of the popular vote. John G. Schmitz was the only other candidate on

title: 1984 United States presidential election in Michigan

text: 1984 United States presidential election in Michigan The 1984 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November 6, 1984. All 50 states and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1984 United States presidential election. Michigan voters chose 20 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president of the United States. Michigan was won by incumbent United States President Ronald Reagan of California, who was running against former Vice President Walter Mondale of Minnesota. Reagan ran for a second time with former C.I.A. Director George H. W. Bush of Texas, and Mondale ran

title: 1836 United States presidential election in Michigan

text: 1836 United States presidential election in Michigan The 1836 United States presidential election in Michigan took place between November 3 and December 7, 1836, as part of the 1836 United States presidential election. Voters chose three representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President. Michigan voted for the Democratic candidate, Martin Van Buren, over Whig candidate William Henry Harrison in the states first presidential election. Van Buren won the state by a margin of 12.44%. A dispute similar to that of Indiana in 1817 and Missouri in 1821 arose during the counting of the

title: 1956 in Michigan

text: 1956 in Michigan Events from the year 1956 in Michigan. The major stories of 1956 in Michigan included: (1) tornado outbreaks that struck western Michigan on April 2 and central and eastern Michigan on May 12; (2) the November 6 elections in which Republican President Dwight D. Eisenhower won Michigan's 20 electoral votes while Democrat G. Mennen Williams won re-election to a fifth term as Governor of Michigan; and (3) a slowdown in automobile production after reaching record levels in 1955. In polling conducted by the Associated Press of its newspaper and radio, Michigan's top news stories of 1956 were

title: 2004 United States presidential election in Michigan

text: 2004 United States presidential election in Michigan The 2004 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November 2, 2004, and was part of the 2004 United States presidential election. Voters chose 17 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Michigan was won by Democrat nominee John Kerry by a 3.4% margin of victory. Although no Republican carried this state in a presidential election since 1988, early polling showed the race was a toss-up, thus was considered as a possible target for the Republicans. Later polling favored Kerry, leading half of the

title: 2010 Michigan gubernatorial election

text: run a candidate for governor in 2010. The Libertarian Party of Michigan nominee was Kenneth Proctor. The nomination was won at the Michigan Libertarian Convention held in Okemos, Michigan on Saturday, May 22, in accordance with Michigan state law. He beat out Bhagwan Dashairya, who had been the 2006 U.S. Taxpayers Party nominee for governor. The delegates ended up selecting Dashairya as the Libertarian nominee for U.S. Congress in District 8. Proctor's running mate was Dr. Erwin Haas, Maryland of Grand Rapids. Haas received the Lt. Governor nomination unanimously. The Green Party of Michigan held their statewide nominating convention July

title: 2014 United States Senate election in Michigan

text: 2014 United States Senate election in Michigan The 2014 United States Senate election in Michigan was held on November 4, 2014, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Michigan, concurrently with the election of the Governor of Michigan, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic Senator Carl Levin decided to retire instead of running for re-election to a seventh term. Primary contests took place on August 5, 2014, with U.S.

title: 2008 United States presidential election in Michigan

text: 2008 United States presidential election in Michigan The 2008 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November 4, 2008. It was part of the 2008 United States presidential election which happened throughout all 50 states and D.C.. Voters chose 17 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Michigan was won by Democratic nominee Barack Obama by a 16.5% margin of victory. Early on, the state was heavily targeted as a swing state. However, Obama started to pull away in the polls during the last few months, causing McCain to stop campaigning

text: state. All 17 were pledged to Obama and Biden: 2008 United States presidential election in Michigan The 2008 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November 4, 2008. It was part of the 2008 United States presidential election which happened throughout all 50 states and D.C.. Voters chose 17 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Michigan was won by Democratic nominee Barack Obama by a 16.5% margin of victory. Early on, the state was heavily targeted as a swing state. However, Obama started to pull away in the polls during

text: September. The Republican establishment effectively gave up on Land's campaign the following month. Peters agreed to four debates; Land did not respond to invitations. Negotiations between the Land and Peters campaigns broke down over the format of proposed debates between the two candidates. Gary Peters was declared the winner right when the polls closed in Michigan. 2014 United States Senate election in Michigan The 2014 United States Senate election in Michigan was held on November 4, 2014, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Michigan, concurrently with the election of the Governor of

title: 2014 Michigan gubernatorial election

text: 2014, incumbent Lieutenant Governor Brian Calley won renomination. On January 3, 2014, Mark McFarlin (who had originally declared his intention to run as a Democrat the previous November), announced that he would be running for the Republican nomination. He believed that his populist platform was too conservative for the Democratic ticket, and that he could get crossover support in the general election. However, he did not submit his filing petitions in time to qualify for the August primary ballot. Michigan Democratic Party leadership rallied support behind former U.S. Representative Mark Schauer, who ran unopposed in the Democratic Party primary. Party

title: 2006 Michigan gubernatorial election

text: 2006 Michigan gubernatorial election The Michigan gubernatorial election of 2006 was one of the 36 U.S. gubernatorial elections held November 7, 2006. Incumbent Democratic Governor of Michigan Jennifer Granholm was re-elected over Republican businessman Dick DeVos and three minor party candidates. Granholm was re-elected with 56% of the vote. Granholm had no opposition in the primary election, which was held August 8. She retained incumbent Lieutenant Governor John D. Cherry as her running mate. DeVos was originally facing two other Republicans; state Representative Jack Hoogendyk of Portage and state Senator Nancy Cassis of Novi, both dropped out by summer 2005.

text: the other 20 unpledged delegates, voted for Obama at the 2012 Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Republican primary took place on February 28, 2012, the same day as the Arizona Republican primary. Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney won both of these elections. This Michigan election used a semi-open primary system (which the state referred to as "closed") in which each voter made a public declaration at their election site and received the ballot for the appropriate party, rather than the fully open system used in the past. The state had 7,286,556 registered voters as of February 15,

title: 2018 Michigan Attorney General election

text: Attorney General election. Along with the offices of Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of State, the nominees for Attorney General will be chosen by party delegates at their respective party conventions. Nessel defeated Leonard by 110,453 votes, becoming the first Democratic attorney general of Michigan since 2003. 2018 Michigan Attorney General election The Michigan Attorney General election of 2018 took place on November 6, 2018, alongside elections to be Michigan's governor, Class I United States Senator, Secretary of State, as well elections for Michigan's 14 seats in the United States House of Representatives, all 38 seats in the Michigan Senate and

title: 2018 United States Senate election in Michigan

text: 2018 United States Senate election in Michigan The 2018 United States Senate election in Michigan took place on November 6, 2018 in order to elect the Class 1 U.S. Senator from the State of Michigan, concurrently with a gubernatorial election, as well as other elections to the U.S. House of Representatives. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow won reelection to a fourth term. On August 7, 2018, John James won the Republican nomination, defeating businessman Sandy Pensler. On May 5, 2018, Marcia Squier received the endorsement and nomination of the Green Party of Michigan at the state convention in Flint.

text: 1994 United States Senate election in Michigan The 1994 United States Senate election in Michigan was held November 8, 1994. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Don Riegle decided to retire and not run for re-election. Republican Spencer Abraham won the open seat. As of 2019, this is the last Senate election in Michigan won by a Republican. Riegle, a 3-term incumbent, was considered one of the most vulnerable Senate Democrats in the 1994 mid-term elections, due to the unpopularity of President Bill Clinton and his being involved as a member of the Keating Five, a group of five United States Senators

title: 2018 Michigan Senate election

text: instead to seek other office or voluntarily retire. Pending official certification by the Michigan Board of State Canvassers, the following candidates, listed alphabetically, advanced to the November general election. Michigan House of Representatives election, 2018 2018 Michigan Senate election The Michigan Senate elections of 2018 took place on November 6, 2018, alongside elections to be Michigan's governor, Class I United States Senator, Attorney General, Secretary of State as well elections for Michigan's 14 seats in the United States House of Representatives and all 110 seats in the Michigan House of Representatives; to elect the 38 members that will comprise the

title: 2002 Michigan gubernatorial election

text: an example of Democratic Party corruption. Granholm, however, denied ever receiving the memo and said she wouldn't have agreed to it anyway. She said Posthumus was trying to be racially divisive. 2002 Michigan gubernatorial election The Michigan gubernatorial election of 2002 was one of the 36 United States gubernatorial elections held on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Republican Governor John Engler, after serving three terms, had stepped down and was not running for a fourth term; his lieutenant governor Dick Posthumus, also a Republican, ran in his place. Jennifer Granholm, then Attorney General of Michigan, ran on the Democratic Party ticket.

title: 2006 United States Senate election in Michigan

text: Michigan, but performed better in heavily populated cities like Detroit, Lansing, Ann Arbor, and Kalamazoo. Bouchard did win Grand Rapids, a typical Republican area. He also won in many rural areas around the state. However Bouchard failed to put a dent in Stabenow's lead, largely due to her strong performance in heavily populated areas. Bouchard conceded to Stabenow at 9:58 P.M. EST. "The following results are official." 2006 United States Senate election in Michigan The 2006 United States Senate election in Michigan was held November 7, 2006. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow won re-election to a second term. Economic

title: 2002 Michigan gubernatorial election

text: Party presidential candidate Ralph Nader, 2000. During the 2002 campaign he claimed he was beaten, arrested and jailed (in Brighton, Michigan) for attempting to participate in a gubernatorial debate from which he was excluded, at the time being the only candidate who was not either a Republican or Democrat. Capac resident Joseph Pilchak was nominated by convention to be the U.S. Taxpayers Party candidate for Governor of Michigan. He was the U.S. Taxpayers Party candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 10th District in 2000. The Michigan US Taxpayers' Party is affiliated with the United States Constitution Party, but Michigan election

title: 2016 United States presidential election in Michigan

text: The following were given write-in status: Final official results from the Michigan Secretary of State. Trump won 9 of 14 congressional districts. 2016 United States presidential election in Michigan The 2016 United States presidential election in Michigan was won by Donald Trump on November 8, 2016, with 47.50% of the total votes, over Hillary Clinton's 47.27%. All of Michigan's 16 Electoral Votes were assigned to Trump, contributing to his victory in the 2016 United States presidential election. Michigan's March 8, 2016 primary was an open primary that included the Democratic, and Republican parties. On November 24, 2016, Trump was declared

text: 2019, all elected statewide officials will be Democrats. 2018 United States Senate election in Michigan The 2018 United States Senate election in Michigan took place on November 6, 2018 in order to elect the Class 1 U.S. Senator from the State of Michigan, concurrently with a gubernatorial election, as well as other elections to the U.S. House of Representatives. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow won reelection to a fourth term. On August 7, 2018, John James won the Republican nomination, defeating businessman Sandy Pensler. On May 5, 2018, Marcia Squier received the endorsement and nomination of the Green Party

text: election as 0.1% more Republican than the national average. This was the last time that the state of Michigan would be won by a Republican presidential candidate until Donald Trump won the state in 2016. The presidential election of 1988 was a very partisan election for Michigan, with more than 99% of the electorate voting for either the Democratic or Republican parties. Typical for elections in the 1980s, the Upper Peninsula of Michigan turned out mainly Democratic, and the Lower Peninsula turned out mainly Republican, with the notable exception of Detroit's highly populated Wayne County, which voted mainly Democratic. ,

title: 1990 Michigan gubernatorial election

text: elections and has become infamous among pollsters. The final Detroit News poll showed Engler trailing by 14 points and the final Detroit Free Press showed Engler behind 4 points. A retrospective of the polling suggests the Detroit News poll may have had questions that favored Blanchard and too heavily incorporated the opinions of registered voters rather than likely voters, and thus failed to correctly gauge turnout. 1990 Michigan gubernatorial election The 1990 Michigan gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1990, to elect the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of the state of Michigan. John Engler, a member of the Republican

title: 2008 United States Senate election in Michigan

text: 2008 United States Senate election in Michigan The 2008 United States Senate election in Michigan was held on November 4, 2008 Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Carl Levin won re-election to a sixth term. Levin's 2002 opponent Andrew Raczkowski considered running again, but military commitments forced him to drop out. State representative Jack Hoogendyk declared his candidacy to challenge Levin. Troy engineer Bart Baron was also running. Baron apparently failed to qualify for the August 5, 2008 party primary ballot in the Michigan Secretary of State's office. So only Hoogendyk was listed on the Republican side in the Michigan primary election.

title: John Strong (Michigan politician)

text: the Michigan Senate from the 5th district and served from 1881 to 1884. In 1890, Strong was elected as the 26th Lieutenant Governor of Michigan and served under Governor Edwin B. Winans from 1891 to 1893. He was the first Democrat to be elected to the office of lieutenant governor in Michigan since Andrew Parsons thirty-eight years earlier. In 1912, he served as an alternate delegate from Michigan to the Democratic National Convention which nominated for U. S. President Woodrow Wilson who won in the general election. During his life Strong became a member of Freemasons. He died in South

text: this is the last election in which Ingham County, Kalamazoo County, and Muskegon County voted for the Republican candidate. Bush won the election in Michigan with a solid 8 point margin. The election of 1988 was, however, the final election where Michigan was won by the Republican Party until 2016, having consistently voted Democratic since 1992. Bush's victory in this rapidly liberalizing state is reflective of a nationwide reconsolidation of base for the Republican Party, which took place through the 1980s. Through the passage of some very controversial economic programs, spearheaded by then President Ronald Reagan (called, collectively, "Reaganomics"), the

text: 2006 United States Senate election in Michigan The 2006 United States Senate election in Michigan was held November 7, 2006. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow won re-election to a second term. Economic issues took front and center in the campaign, as Michigan's unemployment rate was one of the highest in the nation. In July 2006, unemployment in Michigan stood at approximately 7%, compared with a 4.7% rate nationwide. Pessimism about the state's economic future had left Michigan ranked 49th nationally between 2000 and 2005 in retaining young adults. Since its peak, Detroit had lost over a million people. Bouchard

title: 1892 United States presidential election in Michigan

text: that prohibits faithless electors prevents a similar occurrence, barring a return to the district method. Michigan was won by the Republican nominees, incumbent President Benjamin Harrison of Indiana and his running mate Whitelaw Reid of New York. The pair received nine of the state's electoral votes while the Democratic ticket earned five. 1892 United States presidential election in Michigan The 1892 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November 8, 1892. All contemporary 44 states were part of the 1892 United States presidential election. Michigan voters chose fourteen electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and

title: 2018 Michigan Secretary of State election

text: Along with the offices of Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General, the nominees for Secretary of State was chosen by party delegates at their respective party conventions. On November 6, 2018, Benson defeated Lang by an 8.8% margin. 2018 Michigan Secretary of State election The Michigan Secretary of State election of 2018 took place on November 6, 2018, alongside Michigan's governor, Class I United States Senator, Attorney General, as well elections for Michigan's 14 seats in the United States House of Representatives, all 38 seats in the Michigan Senate and all 110 seats in the Michigan House of Representatives; to elect

title: 2006 Michigan gubernatorial election

text: run for Governor of Michigan. Dashairya's running mate was Carl Oehling. After her first election as governor in 2002, Granholm was widely seen as a rising star in the Democratic Party. Her popularity dropped after she took office in 2003, largely due to a weak economy and high unemployment. In August 2006, her approval rating was 47 percent. DeVos, a multimillionaire, had developed substantial political contacts with the full participation of his wife, former Michigan Republican Party chair Betsy DeVos, despite which, fully 85% of the DeVos campaign's contributions were from DeVos' inheritance. As the 2006 election approached, the DeVos

title: 2018 Michigan gubernatorial election

text: 2018 Michigan gubernatorial election The Michigan gubernatorial election of 2018 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 and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. The filing deadline was April 24, 2018. The Republican, Democratic and Libertarian parties chose their nominees in a partisan primary on August 7, 2018. 2018 is the first year for the Libertarian Party to hold a gubernatorial primary

title: 2018 Michigan gubernatorial election

text: General, which means that starting January 1, 2019, all elected statewide officials will be Democrats. 2018 Michigan gubernatorial election The Michigan gubernatorial election of 2018 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 and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. The filing deadline was April 24, 2018. The Republican, Democratic and Libertarian parties chose their nominees in a partisan primary on August 7,

title: 1976 United States presidential election in Virginia

text: 1976 United States presidential election in Virginia The 1976 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 2, 1976. All 50 states and the District of Columbia were part of the 1976 United States presidential election. Virginia voters chose twelve electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president of the United States. Virginia was narrowly won by incumbent United States President Gerald Ford of Michigan with 49.29 percent of the vote, who was running against Governor Jimmy Carter of Georgia. The national election was ultimately won by Carter with 50.08 percent of the vote.

title: 2002 Michigan gubernatorial election

text: 1%, and Pilchak with less than 1%. This made Granholm the first female Michigan governor and the first Democratic governor of Michigan in 12 years. With incumbent Governor John Engler ineligible to seek re-election for a third term due to term-limits, Posthumus, Michigan's lieutenant governor, was considered the overwhelming favorite for the Republican nomination. Following his primary win, Posthumus selected state Sen. Loren Bennett as his running mate. Jim Moody created a candidate committee and filed a Statement of Organization, but did not submit sufficient ballot-access petition signatures to be included on the 2002 primary ballot. The Democratic Party was

text: 2018 Michigan Secretary of State election The Michigan Secretary of State election of 2018 took place on November 6, 2018, alongside Michigan's governor, Class I United States Senator, Attorney General, as well elections for Michigan's 14 seats in the United States House of Representatives, all 38 seats in the Michigan Senate and all 110 seats in the Michigan House of Representatives; to elect the Secretary of State of Michigan. Incumbent Republican Secretary of State Ruth Johnson could not seek a third term due to term limits. The Michigan GOP was looking to win its 7th straight Secretary of State election.

text: 2016 United States presidential election in Michigan The 2016 United States presidential election in Michigan was won by Donald Trump on November 8, 2016, with 47.50% of the total votes, over Hillary Clinton's 47.27%. All of Michigan's 16 Electoral Votes were assigned to Trump, contributing to his victory in the 2016 United States presidential election. Michigan's March 8, 2016 primary was an open primary that included the Democratic, and Republican parties. On November 24, 2016, Trump was declared the winner by the "Detroit Free Press". The votes were certified by each county and submitted to the Michigan Secretary of State.

text: rural counties, it was too much for Hoogendyk to overcome. 2008 United States Senate election in Michigan The 2008 United States Senate election in Michigan was held on November 4, 2008 Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Carl Levin won re-election to a sixth term. Levin's 2002 opponent Andrew Raczkowski considered running again, but military commitments forced him to drop out. State representative Jack Hoogendyk declared his candidacy to challenge Levin. Troy engineer Bart Baron was also running. Baron apparently failed to qualify for the August 5, 2008 party primary ballot in the Michigan Secretary of State's office. So only Hoogendyk was

title: Governor of Michigan

text: to: The governor appoints the members of the governing boards of 10 of the state's 13 public universities and department commissions. Forty-eight people have been governor of the state. Prior to statehood, there were five governors of the Michigan Territory. Stevens T. Mason, Michigan's first governor, also served as a territorial governor. He was elected governor at age 23 as a member of the Democratic Party in 1835 and served until 1840. Mason was the youngest state governor in United States history. Jennifer Granholm became the first female Governor of Michigan on January 1, 2003, when she succeeded John Engler;

title: 2018 Michigan Attorney General election

text: 2018 Michigan Attorney General election The Michigan Attorney General election of 2018 took place on November 6, 2018, alongside elections to be Michigan's governor, Class I United States Senator, Secretary of State, as well elections for Michigan's 14 seats in the United States House of Representatives, all 38 seats in the Michigan Senate and all 110 seats in the Michigan House of Representatives; to elect the Secretary of State of Michigan. Incumbent Republican Attorney General Bill Schuette was prohibited from seeking a third term due to term limits. The Michigan GOP was unsuccessful in looking to win its 5th straight

text: there. Prior to the election, all 17 news organizations considered this a state Obama would win, or otherwise considered as a safe blue state. The Great Lakes State has leaned Democratic, as it voted for the Democratic presidential nominee in every election from 1992 until 2016, when Donald Trump carried the state. In the end, Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama won Michigan by a larger-than-expected margin of victory: 57.33% - 40.89%. This is the highest Democratic margin of victory since LBJ in 1964. Obama won 46 of the 83 counties. There were 17 news organizations who made state-by-state predictions of

title: 1924 United States presidential election in Michigan

text: Progressive Party also collected 10% of the vote. With 75.37% of the popular vote, Michigan would prove to be Coolidge's second strongest state in the 1924 election in terms of popular vote percentage after Vermont. 1924 United States presidential election in Michigan The 1924 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November 4, 1924, as part of the 1924 United States presidential election. Michigan voters chose fifteen representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Michigan supported Republican Party incumbent Calvin Coolidge of Massachusetts in the state's largest landslide in a presidential

title: 2006 Michigan gubernatorial election

text: family was listed among the biggest Republican campaign contributors in Michigan. The DeVos campaign spent $42.5 million, at that time the most spent on a gubernatorial campaign in Michigan history. $35.5 million of that total came from DeVos' personal fortune, and was at that time the most spent personally by a Republican candidate running for governor. The Granholm campaign spent $15.7 million. The combined money spent by both campaigns made this election the most expensive gubernatorial election in Michigan history. As DeVos funded his campaign himself, he was not eligible for public funds. The DeVos and Campbell campaigns each made

title: 2006 Michigan gubernatorial election

text: spring and early summer. DeVos' lead eroded when Granholm started running ads; meanwhile, Granholm built up a lead as voters found out more about the candidates culminating in the three debates, and as political fortunes soured for Republicans across the country due to a massive backlash against then president George W. Bush and fatigue over the continuing War in Iraq. 2006 Michigan gubernatorial election The Michigan gubernatorial election of 2006 was one of the 36 U.S. gubernatorial elections held November 7, 2006. Incumbent Democratic Governor of Michigan Jennifer Granholm was re-elected over Republican businessman Dick DeVos and three minor party

text: will be given to the winner, which sparked accusations of Mitt Romney rigging the results from Rick Santorum's team. While Romney has close ties to Michigan, where he was born and grew up and his father was the Governor, Santorum, who once trailed Romney badly in the state, had a clear lead over him in mid February after Santorum won Colorado, Minnesota, and Missouri caucuses and primary on February 7. And the competition became a statistical tie between these two candidates before the primary. Since Michigan allows primary voters to declare their affiliation at the time they vote, Santorum campaign

title: 2018 Michigan elections

text: the Michigan Senate will be up for election in 2018. All 110 seats in the Michigan House of Representatives will be up for election in 2018. Two seats on the Michigan Supreme Court will be up for election in 2018. Justice Kurt Wilder, who was appointed by Governor Snyder to replace retiring Justice Robert P. Young Jr., and Justice Beth Clement, who was named by Governor Snyder to replace Justice Joan Larsen after the latter was confirmed to a seat on the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in November, 2017, are each eligible to run for re-election. The two

title: 2010 Michigan gubernatorial election

text: of WTVS in Wixom. A group of Detroit clergy have invited the two major party candidates to a debate there on October 21. Only Bernero accepted the invitation. 2010 Michigan gubernatorial election The Michigan gubernatorial election of 2010 was held on November 2, 2010. Incumbent Democratic Governor Jennifer Granholm was prohibited by the state's Constitution from seeking a third term. This resulted in a large pool of candidates which was whittled down, when the May 11 filing deadline passed, to two Democrats and five Republicans. Both the "Cook Political Report" and the non-partisan "Rothenberg Political Report" rated the election as

text: 1924 United States presidential election in Michigan The 1924 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November 4, 1924, as part of the 1924 United States presidential election. Michigan voters chose fifteen representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Michigan supported Republican Party incumbent Calvin Coolidge of Massachusetts in the state's largest landslide in a presidential race as of the 2016 election. Coolidge received over three-quarters of the popular vote, while Democratic nominee John W. Davis of West Virginia garnered only 13%. Third-party candidate Robert M. La Follette Sr. of the

text: 1892 United States presidential election in Michigan The 1892 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November 8, 1892. All contemporary 44 states were part of the 1892 United States presidential election. Michigan voters chose fourteen electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president. Uniquely, this remains the only presidential election where Michigan used the congressional district method of distributing electoral votes rather than the traditional winner-take-all system. The switch was made by the newly elected 1890 Democratic legislature, who had gained control of the state for the first time since before the Civil

title: 1908 United States presidential election in Michigan

text: 1908 United States presidential election in Michigan The 1908 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November 3, 1908, as part of the 1908 United States presidential election. Michigan voters chose fourteen representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Michigan voted for Republican nominee William Howard Taft from Ohio over Democratic candidate Nebraskan William Jennings Bryan. The Republican ticket received nearly 62% of the vote, while the Democrats received 32%. With 61.93% of the popular vote, Michigan would be Taft's third strongest victory in terms of percentage in the popular vote

title: 1928 United States presidential election in Michigan

text: 1928 United States presidential election in Michigan The 1928 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November 6, 1928, as part of the 1928 United States presidential election. Michigan voters chose fifteen representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Michigan voted for Republican nominees Herbert Hoover of California and his running mate Charles Curtis in a landslide. The ticket received slightly over 70% of the popular vote compared to the Democrat's Al Smith of New York and Joseph T. Robinson's 28.92%. With 70.36% of the popular vote, Michigan would prove to

text: after Vermont and Maine. 1908 United States presidential election in Michigan The 1908 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November 3, 1908, as part of the 1908 United States presidential election. Michigan voters chose fourteen representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Michigan voted for Republican nominee William Howard Taft from Ohio over Democratic candidate Nebraskan William Jennings Bryan. The Republican ticket received nearly 62% of the vote, while the Democrats received 32%. With 61.93% of the popular vote, Michigan would be Taft's third strongest victory in terms of percentage

text: minimum sentences for drug possession. Furthermore, taking a (what was becoming the traditional conservative) stance on the social issues of the day, Reagan strongly opposed legislation regarding comprehension of gay marriage, abortion, and (to a lesser extent) environmentalism, regarding the final as simply being bad for business. Reagan won the election in Michigan with a decisive 19 point landslide. While Michigan was typically a contested battleground state at the time, with a large black population and a heavy presence of organized labor balanced by a large rural and suburban population, the election results in Michigan are also reflective of a

title: 2010 Michigan gubernatorial election

text: Brian Calley as his running mate. On August 28, Bernero appointed Southfield Mayor Brenda Lawrence as his running mate. Snyder won a decisive victory over Bernero in the general election, winning by nearly 20 percentage points. Based on past election performance, the Libertarian Party of Michigan, Green Party of Michigan, and the U.S. Taxpayers Party of Michigan (affiliated with the Constitution Party) have automatic ballot access for the general election, but by state law they must nominate candidates through party conventions rather than primary elections. The Natural Law Party also has automatic ballot access in Michigan, but chose not to

title: 1990 Michigan gubernatorial election

text: of speculation, Griffiths, 78, offered to remove herself from the ticket and not formally seek the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor at the Michigan Democratic Convention. Olivia Maynard, who was the Director of the Michigan Office of Services to the Aging, was ultimately chosen as Blanchard's running mate. Ultimately, Riegle survived the scandal but the scandal along with the unpopularity of President Bill Clinton, led to Riegle announcing that he would not seek re-election and he left the Senate at the end of his term on January 3, 1995. Engler's victory was considered the biggest upset of the 1990 mid-term

text: in every election since 1992, sometimes by decisive margins, in 2016 Michigan was considered a swing state and received much attention from Republican party candidate Donald Trump. Trump was able to win the state for the first time since George H. W. Bush won it in 1988, albeit by a narrow 0.23% margin of victory. On Election Day, in Michigan, "Detroit Free Press" had prematurely called the state for Clinton at 9:15pm before retracting the call three hours later, an error which had been common in many sources at the 2000 election, in the states of Florida and New Mexico.

text: Stabenow was re-elected by a 6.50% margin and a difference of 275,660 votes, making this the closest U.S. Senate election in Michigan since 2000. A debate was held between John James and Sandy Pensler on July 6 and televised by WKAR-TV. It was the only televised debate scheduled between the two candidates. The Green Party of Michigan picked their candidates at a state convention on May 5, 2018. While this election gave Stabenow her smallest margin of victory since her first win in 2000, the election was not close, with Stabenow winning by nearly 6.5%. While James won a clear

text: giving more credence to the national pollsters who posited a clear victory for Obama (by a mean of 7.3 points and a median of 7.0 over Romney). In the end, Silver and the National pollsters were correct: Obama defeated Romney by over 9 points in the November 2012 election. Obama dominated heavily populated areas that tend to trend very Democratic, while Romney did better in more rural areas. Obama won 5 of 14 congressional districts. Technically the voters of Michigan cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Michigan is allocated 16 electors because it has 14 congressional

text: be Hoover's second strongest victory in the nation after Kansas. As of 2018, this remains the last time the Republican candidate carried Wayne County, home of Michigan's most populated city, Detroit. 1928 United States presidential election in Michigan The 1928 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November 6, 1928, as part of the 1928 United States presidential election. Michigan voters chose fifteen representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Michigan voted for Republican nominees Herbert Hoover of California and his running mate Charles Curtis in a landslide. The ticket received

title: 2018 Michigan Senate election

text: 2018 Michigan Senate election The Michigan Senate elections of 2018 took place on November 6, 2018, alongside elections to be Michigan's governor, Class I United States Senator, Attorney General, Secretary of State as well elections for Michigan's 14 seats in the United States House of Representatives and all 110 seats in the Michigan House of Representatives; to elect the 38 members that will comprise the Michigan Senate. The Republican, Democratic and Libertarian parties chose their nominees in a partisan primary on August 7, 2018. The Working Class Party, U.S. Taxpayers Party, Green Party and Natural Law Party chose their nominees

title: 1960 in Michigan

text: 1960 in Michigan Events from the year 1960 in Michigan. The top stories of the year in Michigan included: (1) the nomination and election of John Swainson, a 35-year-old double amputee, as Governor of Michigan; (2) the decision of G. Mennen Williams not to run for a seventh term as Governor; (3) the selection of Michigan's Nancy Fleming as Miss America; (4) John F. Kennedy's taking Michigan's electoral votes over Richard M. Nixon; (5) the selection of Robert McNamara as President of Ford Motor Company and then as Secretary of Defense; and (6) the Detroit Tigers' trade of batting champion

text: War. The change was an attempt at boosting Democratic candidate Grover Cleveland's chances of winning a second, nonconsecutive term, who had run in the previous election and won the popular vote, but lost in the electoral college. Controversial among Republicans, the party fought all the way to the Supreme Court in efforts to prevent it, though were unsuccessful. The split ultimately had no effect in Cleveland's victory, and the system was quickly repealed when Republicans regained control after the election. This is the only instance of Michigan splitting its electoral votes among multiple candidates. A law later passed in 1954

title: 1976 United States presidential election in Connecticut

text: 1976 United States presidential election in Connecticut The 1976 United States presidential election in Connecticut took place on November 2, 1976. All 50 states and The District of Columbia, were part of the 1976 United States presidential election. Connecticut voters chose eight electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Connecticut was won by the Republican nominees, incumbent President Gerald Ford of Michigan and his running mate Senator Bob Dole of Kansas. Ford and Dole defeated the Democratic nominees, Governor Jimmy Carter of Georgia and his running mate Senator Walter Mondale of Minnesota. Ford narrowly carried

title: 1928 United States presidential election in Maine

text: Hoover won Maine by a margin of 37.67 percent, making Maine his third-strongest state after Kansas and Michigan. 1928 United States presidential election in Maine The 1928 United States presidential election in Maine took place on November 6, 1928, as part of the 1928 United States Presidential Election which was held throughout all contemporary forty-eight states. Voters chose six representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Maine voted for the Republican nominee, Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover of California, over the Democratic nominee, Governor Alfred E. Smith of New York. Hoover’s running mate

text: news organizations predicted Kerry would win the state, but the other half still considered it a swing state. Although Michigan was also not carried by the winner of the 2000 presidential race, 2004 also marked the first time since 1976 in which the state was not carried by the candidate who led in the overall popular vote. As of 2017, this is the most recent election in which Michigan would vote for the losing candidate. There were 12 news organizations who made state-by-state predictions of the election. Here are their last predictions before election day. Pre-election polling did show a

title: 2018 Michigan House of Representatives election

text: election by district: 2018 Michigan House of Representatives election An election was held on November 6, 2018 to elect all 110 members to Michigan's House of Representatives. The election coincided with elections for other offices, including U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, Governor and Senate. The primary election was held on August 7, 2018. Republicans retained control of the House, despite losing the popular vote, after a net loss of five seats, winning 58 seats compared to 52 seats for the Democrats. Under the Michigan Constitution, members of the state Senate are able to serve only two four-years terms, and

title: 2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan

text: thirteenth term. Incumbent Democrat Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick won re-election, unopposed, to a sixth term. Incumbent Democrat John Conyers won re-election to an X term. Incumbent Democrat John Dingell won re-election to a twenty-seventh term. 2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan The 2006 congressional elections in Michigan was held on November 4, 2006 to determine who would represent the state of Michigan in the United States House of Representatives. Michigan had fifteen seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census. Representatives are elected for two-year terms. All fifteen incumbents ran for re-election, and all

text: saw as being a weaker candidate than Obama. Michigan has a long history of such crossover voting; in 2000, strong Democratic crossover votes helped Senator John McCain win the Michigan Republican primary. In 1972, Republican crossover votes propelled Governor George Wallace to victory in the Democratic primary. Polls closed at 8 PM local time on election day. While most of the state is in the Eastern time zone (UTC -5), four counties in the Upper Peninsula are on Central time (UTC -6), so the final closures came at 9 PM Eastern time. As of 2/28, results showed Romney winning 7