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]
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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 have requested mail ballots.[3]
Nominees for the presidential election include Donald Trump, Joe Biden, and Jo Jorgensen.
Gary Peters (incumbent, D) is running 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]
Michigan voters will elect 14 candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives in the general election from each of the 14 congressional districts.[5]
District | Democratic nominee | Republican nominee | Libertarian nominee | Green nominee | U.S. Taxpayers nominee | Working Class nominee |
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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 |
There are 8 state executive offices open for election in Michigan's general election, including State Board of Education (2 seats), University of Michigan Board of Regents (2 seats), Michigan State University Board of Trustees (2 seats), and Wayne State University Board of Governors (2 seats).[6]
There are 110 seats in Michigan's House that are up for election in the general election. The Michigan Republican Party retained control of the chamber.[7]
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2 seats of the Supreme Court of Michigan | ||||||||||||||||
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2 of 7 seats on the Michigan Supreme Court are up for election and one is open after an incumbent retired.[8] Supreme Court Justice Bridget McCormack is running for reelection.[9] Each voter may select up to two candidates in the state Supreme Court general election; the top two vote-getters win the seats.[10]
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 |
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Public Policy Polling/Progress Michigan[A] | October 29–30, 2020 | 745 (V) | ± 3.6% | 3% | 18% | 39% | 3% | 6% | 14% | 29% | 89% |
Public Policy Polling/Progress Michigan[B] | September 30 – October 1, 2020 | 746 (V) | – | 6% | 9% | 23% | 6% | 5% | 8% | 17% | 126% |
Public Policy Polling/Progress Michigan[B] | August 28–29, 2020 | 897 (V) | ± 3.2% | 5% | 8% | 10% | 3% | 5% | 4% | 5% | 160% |
Hypothetical polling
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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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 |
There were two statewide legislatively referred constitutional amendments on the ballot for the general election:[16]
Detailed state statistics
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