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# Michigan on Ballotpedia

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Michigan 2022 elections: U.S. House • Governor • State executive offices • State Senate • State House • Supreme court • Appellate courts • State ballot measures • Local ballot measures • School boards • Municipal • Recalls • Candidate ballot access

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Michigan elections, 2023
Past elections: 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014

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* Healthcare: Healthcare information • Medicaid spending • Effect of the Affordable Care Act
* Immigration: Immigration information
* Pensions: Public pensions

### Influencers in Michigan

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State leadership[1]

* Governor: Gretchen Whitmer

* Secretary of State: Jocelyn Benson

* Speaker of the House: Jason Wentworth

* Chief Justice: Bridget Mary McCormack

Capital: Lansing
Motto: | Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice
Translation: | If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you
Population: | 9,917,715
Land area of state: | 56,539 sq. mi.
Admitted to U.S.: | 1837

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## Footnotes

1. ↑ The legislative leaders on this list are current as of the most recent regular session of the state legislature. Know of an update we can make to this list? Email us to report a change.

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