Please read the following table in HTML format from a webpage and then answer the question in detail according to the table. Each table cell is defined by a <td> and a </td> tag. Each table row starts with a <tr> and ends with a </tr> tag. 'rowspan=m' and 'colspan=n' represents a cell spaning over 'm' rows and 'n' columns.

Webpage title:
Jennifer Granholm
Table title:
Electoral history
Table:
<table id='hittask' contenteditable='False'>
<tr> <th colspan=2 rowspan=1 > Party </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Candidate </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Votes </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > % </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > ± </th></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Democratic </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Jennifer Granholm </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 1,557,310 </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 52.09 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Republican </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > John Smietanka </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 1,432,604 </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 47.91 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=3 rowspan=1 > Majority </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 124,706 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 4.17 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=3 rowspan=1 > Turnout </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 2,989,914 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 100 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=2 rowspan=1 > Democratic hold </td><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Swing </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
</table>
Question:
How many votes did Granholm get and who did he defeat in the election?
Answer:
Granholm defeated Smietanka by 1,557,310 votes (52.09%) to 1,432,604 (47.91%).