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2016 Michigan Supreme Court election
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2 seats of the Supreme Court of Michigan

A general election was held in the U.S. state of Michigan on November 8, 2016.^[1]^[2]

There were voting machine failures on election day.^[2]

State elections edit

Doug Dern (Natural Law)^[3]
Frank S. Szymanski (Democratic), judge of the Wayne County Probate Court^[3]
David Viviano (Republican), incumbent Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Michigan^[3]

2016 Michigan Supreme Court Associate Justice (Full term) election^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	David Viviano (incumbent)	2,316,459	67.23%
	Nonpartisan	Frank S. Szymanski	792,944	23.01%
	Nonpartisan	Doug Dern	336,160	9.76%
Total votes			3,445,563	100.0%
	Republican hold

Joan Larsen (Republican), incumbent Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Michigan^[3]
Kerry L. Morgan (Libertarian), counsel at Pentiuk, Couvreur & Kobiljak, P.C.^[3]
Deborah Thomas (Democratic), judge of the Third Judicial Circuit Court of Michigan^[3]

2016 Michigan Supreme Court Associate Justice (Term ending 01/01/2019) election^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Joan Larsen (incumbent)	1,940,260	57.62%
	Nonpartisan	Deborah Thomas	984,107	29.23%
	Nonpartisan	Kerry L. Morgan	442,781	13.15%
Total votes			3,367,148	100.0%
	Republican hold

^ "Michigan elections, 2016". Ballotpedia. Retrieved August 12, 2019.
^ ^a ^b Alter, Charlotte (December 14, 2016). "Detroit Voting Machine Failures Were Widespread on Election Day". Time. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "See Democratic and Republican candidates for Supreme Court, university boards". August 28, 2016.
^ ^a ^b "2016 Michigan General Election Results". Michigan Secretary of State.