Jennifer Granholm
Electoral history
Table:
Michigan Gubernatorial Election 2002

Party

Candidate

Votes

%

±%

Democratic

Jennifer Granholm

1,633,796

51.4

n/a

Republican

Dick Posthumus

1,506,104

47.4

n/a

Green

Douglas Campbell

25,236

0.8

n/a

Constitution

Joseph Pilchak

12,411

0.4

n/a

none

Write-in candidates

18

0.0

n/a

Majority

127,692

4.0

Turnout

3,177,565

100

Democratic gain from Republican

Swing

With reference to the following table labelled "Electoral history" section of Jennifer Granholm, write a short sentence answering the following question: Who were the top two contenders in the 2002 Michigan gubernatorial election, and how many votes did each candidate earn? Respond with the correct answer in JSON format as {"answer": "YOUR ANSWER"}.

answer: Granholm defeated Posthumus by 1,633,796 votes (51.4%) to 1,506,104 votes (47.40%).