2020 Michigan elections

This is a list of elections in the US state of Michigan in 2020. The office of the Michigan Secretary of State oversees the election process, including voting and vote counting.^[1]

To vote by mail, registered Michigan voters must request a ballot by October 30, 2020.^[2] As of early October some 2,760,076 voters had requested mail ballots.^[3]

Federal offices

President of the United States

The nominees for the presidential election were Donald Trump, Joe Biden, and Jo Jorgensen.

United States Senate

Gary Peters (incumbent, D) ran against John 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

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, incumbent	Ben Boren
District 2	Bryan Berghoef	Bill Huizenga, incumbent	Max Riekse	Jean-Michel Creviere	Gerald T. Van Sickle
District 3	Hillary Scholten	Peter Meijer
District 4	Jerry Hilliard	John Moolenaar, incumbent	David Canny	Amy Slepr
District 5	Dan Kildee, incumbent	Tim Kelly	James Harris			Kathy Goodwin
District 6	Jon Hoadley	Fred Upton, incumbent	Jeff DePoy	John Lawrence
District 7	Gretchen Driskell	Tim Walberg, incumbent
District 8	Elissa Slotkin, incumbent	Paul Junge	Joe Hartman
District 9	Andy Levin, incumbent	Charles Langworthy	Mike Saliba			Andrea Kirby
District 10	Kimberly Bizon	Lisa McClain
District 11	Haley Stevens, incumbent	Eric Esshaki	Leonard Schwartz
District 12	Debbie Dingell, incumbent	Jeff Jones				Gary Walkowicz
District 13	Rashida Tlaib, incumbent	David Dudenhoefer		D. Etta Wilcoxin	Articia Bomer	Sam Johnson
District 14	Brenda Lawrence, incumbent	Robert Vance Patrick	Lisa Lane Gioia	Clyde Shabazz		Philip Kolody

State offices

State executive offices

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

110 seats in Michigan's House were up for election in the general election. The Michigan Republican Party retained control of the chamber.^[7]

Supreme Court

Two of seven seats on the Michigan Supreme Court were up for election, and one was open after an incumbent retired.^[8] Supreme Court Justice Bridget McCormack ran for reelection.^[9] Each voter could select up to two candidates in the state Supreme Court general election; the top two vote-getters would win the seats.^[10]

Candidates

Susan Hubbard (Green), judge of the Third Judicial Circuit Court of Michigan^[11]
Mary Kelly (Republican), St. Clair County prosecutor^[12]
Bridget Mary McCormack (Democratic), incumbent chief justice of the Supreme Court of Michigan^[12]
Kerry Lee Morgan (Libertarian), private practice attorney^[13]
Katie Nepton (Libertarian), attorney^[14]
Brock Swartzle (Republican), incumbent Judge of the Michigan Court of Appeals for the 4th District^[12]
Elizabeth Welch (Democratic), employment lawyer^[12]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size^[a]	Margin of error	Susan Hubbard (G)	Mary Kelly (R)	Bridget Mary McCormack (D)	Kerry Lee Morgan (L)	Katherine Mary Nepton (L)	Brock Swartzle (R)	Elizabeth Welch (D)	Undecided
Public Policy Polling/Progress Michigan^[15]^[A]	October 29–30, 2020	745 (V)	± 3.6%	3%	18%	39%	3%	6%	14%	29%	89%
Public Policy Polling/Progress Michigan^[16]^[B]	September 30 – October 1, 2020	746 (V)	–	6%	9%	23%	6%	5%	8%	17%	126%
Public Policy Polling/Progress Michigan^[17]^[B]	August 28–29, 2020	897 (V)	± 3.2%	5%	8%	10%	3%	5%	4%	5%	160%

Hypothetical polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size^[a]	Margin of error	Generic Democrat	Generic Republican	Generic Third Party	Undecided
Public Policy Polling/Progress Michigan^[15]^[B]	October 29–30, 2020	745 (V)	± 3.6%	47%	41%	3%	10%^[b]
Public Policy Polling/Progress Michigan^[16]^[B]	September 30 – October 1, 2020	746 (V)	–	40%	38%	4%	19%^[c]
Public Policy Polling/Progress Michigan^[17]^[B]	August 28–29, 2020	897 (V)	–	41%	37%	4%	18%^[d]
Public Policy Polling/Progress Michigan^[18]^[B]	June 26–27, 2020	1,237 (V)	–	38%	37%	–	25%^[e]

Results

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 from Republican

Ballot measures

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]

Notes

^ ^a ^b Key:
A – all adults
RV – registered voters
LV – likely voters
V – unclear
^ "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

^ Progress Michigan is a non-profit that primarily supports Democratic candidates
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Poll conducted for Progress Michigan, a non-profit that primarily supports Democratic candidates.

References

^ 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, archived from the original on October 6, 2020
^ Michael P. McDonald, "2020 General Election Early Vote Statistics", U.S. Elections Project, retrieved October 10, 2020, Detailed state statistics
^ "United States Senate election in Michigan, 2020". Ballotpedia. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
^ "United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, 2020". Ballotpedia. Retrieved October 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. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
^ "Michigan elections, 2020". Ballotpedia. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
^ "Reelect Chief Justice Bridget Mary McCormack". Bridget Mary McCormack. Archived from the original on September 25, 2020. Retrieved October 2, 2020.
^ "Michigan Survey Results" (PDF). Progress Michigan. October 2, 2020. Retrieved October 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. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
^ "Michigan Proposal 1, Use of State and Local Park Funds Amendment (2020)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
^ "Michigan Proposal 2, Search Warrant for Electronic Data Amendment (2020)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved October 13, 2020.

External links

Michigan 2020 Purge List, Los Angeles, CA: Palast Investigative Fund, Check if you have been purged from the Michigan voter rolls
"League of Women Voters of Michigan". (state affiliate of the U.S. 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, Oakland, CA
"Election Guides: Michigan", Spreadthevote.org, archived from the original on October 4, 2020, retrieved October 7, 2020. (Guidance to help voters get to the polls; addresses transport, childcare, work, information challenges)
"Voting in Michigan", Voting Information by State, Rock the Vote. ("Deadlines, dates, requirements, registration options and information on how to vote in your state")

[Key-15] Key:
A – all adults
RV – registered voters
LV – likely voters
V – unclear

[21] "Party affiliation would not make a difference" with 10%

[22] "Party affiliation would not make a difference" with 19%

[23] "Party affiliation would not make a difference" with 18%

[25] "It wouldn't make a difference which party was backing a candidate" with 20%; "Not sure" with 5%

[17] Progress Michigan is a non-profit that primarily supports Democratic candidates

[Progress-19] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Poll conducted for Progress Michigan, a non-profit that primarily supports Democratic candidates.

[1] Dionne Searcey (October 1, 2020), "When Your Job Is to Make Sure Nov. 3 Isn't a Disaster", Nytimes.com

[2] Lily Hay Newman (August 27, 2020), "How to Vote by Mail and Make Sure It Counts", Wired.com, archived from the original on October 6, 2020

[3] Michael P. McDonald, "2020 General Election Early Vote Statistics", U.S. Elections Project, retrieved October 10, 2020, Detailed state statistics

[4] "United States Senate election in Michigan, 2020". Ballotpedia. Retrieved October 13, 2020.

[5] "United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, 2020". Ballotpedia. Retrieved October 13, 2020.

[6] "Michigan state executive official elections, 2020". Ballotpedia.

[7] Egan, Paul. "Republicans retain control of Michigan state House after both parties flip seats". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved November 18, 2020.

[8] "Michigan elections, 2020". Ballotpedia. Retrieved October 1, 2020.

[9] "Reelect Chief Justice Bridget Mary McCormack". Bridget Mary McCormack. Archived from the original on September 25, 2020. Retrieved October 2, 2020.

[10] "Michigan Survey Results" (PDF). Progress Michigan. October 2, 2020. Retrieved October 2, 2020.

[11] Tribou, Doug (October 12, 2020). "Meet Michigan Supreme Court candidate Susan Hubbard". Michigan Radio.

[sc2020-12] 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.

[13] Tribou, Doug (October 9, 2020). "Meet Michigan Supreme Court candidate Kerry Lee Morgan". Michigan Radio.

[14] Obeng, Kristan (July 15, 2020). "This Lansing attorney is running to be the first indigenous justice on the Michigan Supreme Court". Lansing State Journal.

[progressmichigan.org-16] Public Policy Polling/Progress Michigan

[ReferenceA-18] Public Policy Polling/Progress Michigan

[ReferenceB-20] Public Policy Polling/Progress Michigan

[24] Public Policy Polling/Progress Michigan

[miresults-26] "2018 Michigan General Election Results". Michigan Secretary of State.

[27] "Michigan 2020 ballot measures". Ballotpedia. Retrieved October 13, 2020.

[28] "Michigan Proposal 1, Use of State and Local Park Funds Amendment (2020)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved October 13, 2020.

[29] "Michigan Proposal 2, Search Warrant for Electronic Data Amendment (2020)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved October 13, 2020.

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