The Green Papers: Michigan 2017 General Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 1 and 2)
Governor:1 
2010 Census:9,911,626 (3.20% of 309,785,186)
2012, 2016, 2020 Electoral Votes:16(2.97% of 538)
2012-2020 Representatives:14(3.22% of 435)
Capital:Lansing
 

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Michigan State and Local Government


The Green, Libertarian, Natural Law, and U.S. Taxpayers parties may nominate by caucus/convention: ... Caucuses ... and ... conventions ... shall be held not later than the August Primary. [Michigan Election Law. Section 168.686a. (1)]

Convention dates--

  • Libertarian Party: TBD
  • Green: TBD
  • U.S. Taxpayers: TBD
  • Natural Law: TBD

Active/Pending Gubernatorial Committees from the Michigan Campaign Finance Committee.

 
           

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 115th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1 Democratic Senator Debbie Stabenow
First elected: 2000; re-elected 2006, 2012
[also served in U.S. House- elected: 1996, 1998]
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
 Candidate list (12)
  Candidate Democratic     Craig Allen Smith
FEC S8MI00349
  Candidate Democratic     Senator Debbie Stabenow
FEC S8MI00281; 30 Sep 17; Tot $5,249,885; Dsb $1,514,729
  Candidate Republican     Bob Carr
FEC S4MI00298
  Candidate Republican     John E. James
FEC S8MI00372; 30 Sep 17; Tot $309,154; Dsb $92,949
  Candidate Republican     Sandy Pensler
FEC S8MI00414
  Candidate Republican     Robert James "Kid Rock" Ritchie
circa 24 October 2017: Not running.
  Candidate Republican     William F. White
  Candidate Republican     former state Supreme Court Chief Justice Robert "Bob" Young
FEC S8MI00364; 30 Sep 17; Tot $166,193; Dsb $64,179
  Candidate Green     Jennifer V. Kurland
  Candidate Libertarian     Brian James Ellison
FEC S8MI00398
  Candidate Libertarian     James Weeks
FEC S8MI00406
  Candidate Independent     Marcia Squier

Class 2 Democratic Senator Gary C. Peters
First elected: 2014.
Previously served in the U.S. House: 2009-2015.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
 Candidate list (1)
  Candidate Democratic     Senator Gary C. Peters
FEC S4MI00355

Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors

  Republican Governor Richard D. "Rick" Snyder
First elected: 2010; re-elected: 2014
Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election.
Open Chair
 Candidate list (24)
  Candidate Democratic     William Cecil "Bill" Cobbs
  Candidate Democratic     former Detroit Health Director Adbulrahman M. "Abdul" El-Sayed
  Candidate Democratic     Geoffrey N. Fieger
  Candidate Democratic     John F. Freeman
  Candidate Democratic     Justin David Giroux
  Candidate Democratic     Shri Thanedar
  Candidate Democratic     forner state Senator Gretchen Whitmer
  Candidate Republican     Lieutenant Governor Brian Nelson Calley
  Candidate Republican     state Senator Patrick Colbeck
  Candidate Republican     Joseph Thomas Derose
  Candidate Republican     James R. "Jim" Hines
  Candidate Republican     Earle Patrick Lackie
  Candidate Republican     Mark A. McFarlin
?
  Candidate Republican     Attorney General William D. "Bill" Schuette
12 September 2017: Announced he is running for Governor in 2018.
  Candidate Republican     Evan Sebastian Space
  Candidate Green     Jennifer V. Kurland
  Candidate Green; Socialist Party USA     Dwain Clarence Reynolds, III
  Candidate Libertarian     William H. "Bill" Gelineau
  Candidate Libertarian     John J. Tartar
  Candidate Libertarian     Jeffrey "Jeff" Wood
  Candidate No Party Affiliation     Ryan Henry Cox
  Candidate No Party Affiliation     Larry James Hutchinson, Jr.
  Candidate No Party Affiliation     Todd M. Schleiger
  Candidate No Party Affiliation     Richard A. Sills

Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms. Nominated by convention separately from the gubernatorial primary; elected on same ticket with Governor.

  Republican Lieutenant Governor Brian Nelson Calley
First elected: 2010; re-elected: 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
The current Lieutenant Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election.
Open Seat
  
Candidates for Lieutenant Governor are nominated by political parties at their fall state convention (Michigan Election Law, Act 116 of 1954, Section 168.72).

115th U.S. House of Representatives  2-year term. Election Cycle 2018, 2020. No Term Limit. 115th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
9 Republican (8 Undetermined, 1 Open);
4 Democratic (3 Undetermined, 1 Open);
1 Vacancy

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 1 Republican Congressman John W. "Jack" Bergman
First elected: 2016
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
 Candidate list (4) - 116th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Dwight John Brady
FEC H8MI01164; 30 Sep 17; Tot $21,761; Dsb $8,934
  Candidate Democratic     Dana Alan Ferguson
FEC H4MI01130
  Candidate Democratic     Matthew Wade "Matt" Morgan
FEC H8MI01149; 30 Sep 17; Tot $184,903; Dsb $94,658
  Candidate Republican     Congressman John W. "Jack" Bergman
FEC H6MI01226; 30 Sep 17; Tot $418,225; Dsb $262,137

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 2 Republican Congressman William P. "Bill" Huizenga
First elected: 2010
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
 Candidate list (3) - 116th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Robert Michael "Bob" Davidson
FEC H8MI02113; 30 Sep 17; Tot $54,569; Dsb $6,585
  Candidate Democratic     Nicholas Adam "Nick" Schiller
FEC H8MI02121; 30 Sep 17; Tot $8,299; Dsb $7,783
  Candidate Republican     Congressman William P. "Bill" Huizenga
FEC H0MI02094; 30 Sep 17; Tot $739,780; Dsb $546,693

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 3 Republican Congressman Justin Amash
First elected: 2010
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
 Candidate list (5) - 116th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Catherine "Cathy" Albro
FEC H8MI03079
  Candidate Democratic     Jeffrey Daniel "Jeff" Thomas
FEC H8MI03053; 30 Sep 17; Tot $5,027; Dsb $1,866
  Candidate Democratic     Weldon Frederick "Fred" Wooden
FEC H8MI03061; 30 Sep 17; Tot $1,005; Dsb $0
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Justin Amash
FEC H0MI03126; 30 Sep 17; Tot $319,377; Dsb $221,847
  Candidate Independent     Douglas Mark Smith, Jr.
FEC H6MI03172; 30 Sep 17; Tot $0; Dsb $3,874

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 4 Republican Congressman John Moolenaar
First elected: 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
 Candidate list (4) - 116th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Dion Adams
FEC H8MI04085
  Candidate Democratic     Mark Bignell
FEC H8MI04093
  Candidate Democratic     Jerry Hilliard
  Candidate Republican     Congressman John Moolenaar
FEC H4MI04126; 30 Sep 17; Tot $320,112; Dsb $214,084

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 5 Democratic Congressman Daniel T. "Dan" Kildee
First elected: 2012
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
 Candidate list (1) - 116th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman Daniel T. "Dan" Kildee
FEC H2MI05119; 30 Sep 17; Tot $437,979; Dsb $315,312

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 6 Republican Congressman Frederick Stephen "Fred" Upton
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
 Candidate list (7) - 116th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     David T. Benac, II
FEC H8MI06130; 30 Sep 17; Tot $15,409; Dsb $9,394
  Candidate Democratic     Paul Colin Clements
FEC H4MI06105; 30 Sep 17; Tot $91,724; Dsb $23,635
  Candidate Democratic     Rich Eichholz
FEC H8MI06148; 30 Sep 17; Tot $73,665; Dsb $44,522
  Candidate Democratic     George Franklin
FEC H8MI06163
  Candidate Democratic     Eponine Elizabeth Garrod
FEC H8MI06122; 30 Sep 17; Tot $1,878; Dsb $1,627
  Candidate Democratic     Matt Longjohn
FEC H8MI06155; 30 Sep 17; Tot $212,867; Dsb $40,553
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Frederick Stephen "Fred" Upton
FEC H6MI04113; 30 Sep 17; Tot $1,076,585; Dsb $447,190

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 7 Republican Congressman Timothy L. "Tim" Walberg
First elected: 2010
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
 Candidate list (3) - 116th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     former state Representative Gretchen D. Driskell
FEC H6MI07223; 30 Sep 17; Tot $233,818; Dsb $63,640
  Candidate Democratic     Steven Friday
FEC H8MI07112
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Timothy L. "Tim" Walberg
FEC H4MI07103; 30 Sep 17; Tot $657,097; Dsb $233,979

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 8 Republican Congressman Michael D. "Mike" Bishop
First elected: 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
 Candidate list (3) - 116th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Elissa Slotkin
FEC H8MI08102; 30 Sep 17; Tot $460,940; Dsb $84,086
  Candidate Democratic     Christopher E. "Chris" Smith
FEC H8MI08110
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Michael D. "Mike" Bishop
FEC H4MI08135; 30 Sep 17; Tot $793,182; Dsb $173,336

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 9 Democratic Congressman Sander Martin "Sandy" Levin
First elected: 1982
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
Open Seat - 2 December 2017: Announced retirement.
 Candidate list (4) - 116th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     state Senator Steven "Steve" Bieda
FEC H8MI09126
  Candidate Democratic     Martin Brook
FEC H8MI09100
  Candidate Democratic     Andy Levin
Son of Congressman Sander Martin "Sandy" Levin

FEC H8MI09118
  Candidate Republican     Candius Stearns
FEC H8MI09092

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 10 Republican Congressman Paul Mitchell, III
First elected: 2016
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
 Candidate list (1) - 116th Congress
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Paul Mitchell, III
FEC H4MI04118; 30 Sep 17; Tot $261,465; Dsb $120,551

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 11 Republican Congressman David A. "Dave" Trott
First elected: 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
Open Seat - 11 September 2017: House CD 11 Trott "I have decided not seek re-election in 2018".
 Candidate list (11) - 116th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     state Representative Tim Greimel
FEC H8MI11338
  Candidate Democratic     Suneel Gupta
FEC H8MI11346
  Candidate Democratic     Daniel "Dan" Haberman
FEC H8MI11304
  Candidate Democratic     Fayrouz Saad
FEC H8MI11262; 30 Sep 17; Tot $250,577; Dsb $66,475
  Candidate Democratic     Haley Stevens
FEC H8MI11254; 30 Sep 17; Tot $524,265; Dsb $108,316
  Candidate Republican     former Congressman Kerry Bentivolio
First elected to Congress: 2012; unsuccessful candidate for renomination: 2014.
Exploratory committee

FEC H2MI11133
  Candidate Republican     Lena Rose Epstein
FEC H8MI11320; 30 Sep 17; Tot $956,591; Dsb $173,844
  Candidate Republican     Plymouth Township Supervisor Kurt L. Heise
FEC H8MI11312
  Candidate Republican     state Representative Klint Kesto
FEC H8MI11270; 30 Sep 17; Tot $46,199; Dsb $0
  Candidate Republican     former state Representative A. Rocky Raczkowski
FEC H8MI11288
  Candidate Libertarian     Leonard Schwartz

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 12 Democratic Congressman Debbie Dingell
First elected: 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
 Candidate list (2) - 116th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman Debbie Dingell
FEC H4MI12079; 30 Sep 17; Tot $373,066; Dsb $426,014
  Candidate Green     Stephen Robert Neale "Steve" Young
FEC H8MI12112; 30 Sep 17; Tot $120; Dsb $109

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 13

Vacant
Democratic Congressman John Conyers, Jr.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
Vacant Office - 29 November 2017: Media reports state the congressman is retiring.
5 December 2017: Announced resignation effective immediately.
8 December 2017: Governor Richard D. "Rick" Snyder (Republican) called a Special Election to fill the vacant seat of Congressman John Conyers, Jr. (Democratic) who resigned on 5 December 2017. The office will be listed twice on the 7 August 2018 Primary and 8 November 2018 General Election ballots -- once to choose a candidate to fill the vacancy from November 2018 to January 2019 and the other to choose a candidate for the regular 2 year term beginning in January 2019.
27 December 2017: A lawsuit, Rhodes v Snyder, e.d., 2:17cv-14186, was filed to force the special election to be called before November 2018.
 Candidate list (5) - 116th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     state Senator Ian Conyers
Great nephew of Congressman John Conyers, Jr.
  Candidate Democratic     John Conyers, III
Son of Congressman John Conyers, Jr.
  Candidate Democratic     Michael A. Gilmore
FEC H8MI13227; 30 Sep 17; Tot $12,682; Dsb $6,686
  Candidate Democratic     Kentiel Dion White
  Candidate Democratic     state Senator Coleman A. Young, II

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 14 Democratic Congressman Brenda Lulenar Lawrence
First elected: 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
 Candidate list (1) - 116th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman Brenda Lulenar Lawrence
FEC H2MI14111; 30 Sep 17; Tot $243,418; Dsb $227,350

Secretary of State  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms

  Republican Secretary of State Ruth A. Johnson
First elected: 2010; re-elected: 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
The current Secretary of State is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election.
Open Seat
 Candidate list (5)
  Candidate Republican     Stan Grot
  Candidate Republican     Joseph Guzman
  Candidate Republican     state Senator Michael Kowall
  Candidate Republican     Eastern Michigan University Board of Regents Member Mary Treder Lang
  Candidate Libertarian     Gregory Scott Stemple
  
Candidates for Secretary of State are nominated by political parties at their fall state convention (Michigan Election Law, Act 116 of 1954, Section 168.72).

Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms

  Republican Attorney General William D. "Bill" Schuette
First elected: 2010; re-elected: 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
The current Attorney General is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election.
Open Seat - 12 September 2017: Announced he is running for Governor in 2018.
 Candidate list (3)
  Candidate Democratic     Dana Nessel
  Candidate Republican     state Representative Tom Leonard
  Candidate Republican     state Senator Tonya Schuitmaker
  
Candidates for Attorney General are nominated by political parties at their fall state convention (Michigan Election Law, Act 116 of 1954, Section 168.72).
 

Political Parties    Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.

Major Parties   Those parties which received electoral votes through winning a plurality of a state's [or the District of Columbia's] popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties.
  Democratic (affiliates): 7 incumbents, 48 candidates
  Republican: 13 incumbents, 34 candidates
Major Third Parties   Any Party, other than a Major Party, receiving a minimum of 15/100ths of 1 percent of the nationwide popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties.
  Green (affiliates): 2 candidates
  Libertarian: 7 candidates
Other Third Parties
  Socialist Party USA: 1 candidate
Independents
  Independent: 2 candidates
  No Party Affiliation: 4 candidates
 
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot.

Primary dates marked "presumably" and polling times marked "reportedly" are based on unofficial or estimated data (especially as regards local variations from a jurisdictionwide statutory and/or regulatory standard) and are, thereby, subject to change.

"FEC" indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary.

When available, we post each candidate's FEC identification number, the date of their most recently filed Report of Receipts and Disbursements, their "Tot" [Total Receipts (contributions received or what came in: FEC Form 3, Line 16, Column B)] and their "Dsb" [Total Disbursements (expenditures or what was spent: FEC Form 3, Line 23, Column B)]. A link is provided to the Federal Election Commission's Summary Report for those who might wish to explore the details.

If a candidate raises or spends $5,000 or less, he or she is not subject to FEC reporting requirements.


 


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