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.

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

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).

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. +U.S. House of Representatives nominees by districtDistrictDemocratic nomineeRepublican nomineeLibertarian nomineeGreen nomineeU.S. Taxpayers nomineeWorking Class nomineeDistrict 1Dana Alan FergusonJack Bergman, incumbentBen BorenDistrict 2Bryan BerghoefBill Huizenga, incumbentMax RiekseJean-Michel CreviereGerald T. Van SickleDistrict 3Hillary ScholtenPeter MeijerDistrict 4Jerry HilliardJohn Moolenaar, incumbentDavid CannyAmy SleprDistrict 5Dan Kildee, incumbentTim KellyJames HarrisKathy GoodwinDistrict 6Jon HoadleyFred Upton, incumbentJeff DePoyJohn LawrenceDistrict 7Gretchen DriskellTim Walberg, incumbentDistrict 8Elissa Slotkin, incumbentPaul JungeJoe HartmanDistrict 9Andy Levin, incumbentCharles LangworthyMike SalibaAndrea KirbyDistrict 10Kimberly BizonLisa McClainDistrict 11Haley Stevens, incumbentEric EsshakiLeonard SchwartzDistrict 12Debbie Dingell, incumbentJeff JonesGary WalkowiczDistrict 13Rashida Tlaib, incumbentDavid DudenhoeferD. Etta WilcoxinArticia BomerSam JohnsonDistrict 14Brenda Lawrence, incumbentRobert Vance PatrickLisa Lane GioiaClyde ShabazzPhilip 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).

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.

Supreme Court

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

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

Polling Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Marginof error SusanHubbard (G) MaryKelly (R) Bridget MaryMcCormack (D) Kerry LeeMorgan (L) Katherine MaryNepton (L) BrockSwartzle (R) ElizabethWelch (D) UndecidedPublic Policy Polling (D)Public Policy Polling/Progress MichiganOctober 29–30, 2020745 (V)± 3.6%3%18%39%3%6%14%29%89%Public Policy Polling (D)Public Policy Polling/Progress MichiganSeptember 30 – October 1, 2020746 (V) –6%9%23%6%5%8%17%126%Public Policy Polling (D)Public Policy Polling/Progress MichiganAugust 28–29, 2020897 (V)± 3.2%5%8%10%3%5%4%5%160%

Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Marginof error GenericDemocrat GenericRepublican GenericThird Party UndecidedPublic Policy Polling/Progress MichiganOctober 29–30, 2020745 (V)± 3.6%47%41%3%10%Public Policy Polling/Progress MichiganSeptember 30 – October 1, 2020746 (V) –40%38%4%19%Public Policy Polling/Progress MichiganAugust 28–29, 2020897 (V) –41%37%4%18%Public Policy Polling/Progress MichiganPublic Policy Polling/Progress MichiganJune 26–27, 20201,237 (V) –38%37% –25%

Results

Ballot measures

There were two statewide legislatively referred constitutional amendments on the ballot for the general election:

Proposal 1, Use of State and Local Park Funds Amendment: Revises formula for how state and local park funds from trusts can be spent Proposal 2, Search Warrant for Electronic Data Amendment: Requires search warrant to access a person's electronic data

Notes

Partisan clients

See also Elections in Michigan 2020 United States elections

References

Further reading

External links

(state affiliate of the U.S. League of Women Voters)

. (Guidance to help voters get to the polls; addresses transport, childcare, work, information challenges) . ("Deadlines, dates, requirements, registration options and information on how to vote in your state")