The Green Papers: Michigan 2018 General Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
✓ Primary and Special House 13 Primary Election: Tuesday 7 August 2018
✓ General Election and Special Election House CD 13: Tuesday 6 November 2018
Tuesday 24 April 2018 - Filing Deadline - Primary .
Thursday 19 July 2018 - Filing Deadline - Independent (No Party Affiliation 168.590c) .
Sunday 5 August 2018 - Nomination Deadline - Third/Minor party (168.686a) .
Tuesday 7 August 2018 - Primary and Special House 13 Primary Election . Polling hours 7:00a-8:00p EDT (1100-0000 UTC) / 7:00a-8:00p CDT (1200-0100 UTC). Relatively small portions of this state are in Central Time and so the vast majority of the polls are closed by the time indicated Eastern Time, when the networks feel they can project.
Tuesday 6 November 2018 - General Election and Special Election House CD 13. Polling hours 7:00a-8:00p EST (1200-0100 UTC) / 7:00a-8:00p CST (1300-0200 UTC). Relatively small portions of this state are in Central Time and so the vast majority of the polls are closed by the time indicated Eastern Time, when the networks feel they can project.
 
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, Natural Law, U.S. Taxpayers, and Working Class parties may nominate by caucus/convention: ... Caucuses ... and ... conventions ... shall be held not later than the August Primary. To qualify, a party's nominee must receive at least 1% of the total number of votes cast for winner of the office of Secretary of State in the last preceding state election [MCL 168.685(6)].

Convention dates--

  • Green: TBD
  • Natural Law: TBD
  • U.S. Taxpayers: TBD
  • Working Class: TBD

Primary elections are for Democratic, Libertarian, and Republican candidates. To qualify, a party's nominee must receive at least 5% of the total number of votes cast for the office of Secretary of State in the last preceding state election [MCL 168.532].


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

Active/Pending Secretary of State Committees from the Michigan Campaign Finance Committee.


2018 Dates and Deadlines from the Michigan Secretary of State.

2018 Michigan Primary Candidate Listing from the Michigan Secretary of State.

The Democratic State Nominating Convention is Saturday 25 - Sunday 26 August 2018. The Republican State Convention is Thursday 23 to Saturday 25 August 2018.

7 August 2018 Primary:
Returns from the Michigan Department of State.
Results from Politico.
Results from The New York Times.


6 November 2018
Michigan Candidate Listing from the Michigan Secretary of State.
Write-in Candidates from the Michigan Secretary of State.
Certified returns from the Michigan Secretary of State.

 
           

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

Class 1
Seat up for regular election
Democratic Senator Debbie Stabenow
• Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2018
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
Renominated
 Candidate list (5, 4 write-ins)
  Elected Democratic 2,214,478 52.26% Senator Debbie Stabenow
FEC S8MI00281; 26 Nov 18; Tot $13,439,946; Dsb $14,735,267
  Candidate Republican 1,938,818 45.76% John E. James
FEC S8MI00372; 26 Nov 18; Tot $12,554,617; Dsb $11,805,597
  Candidate Green 40,204 0.95% Marcia Squier
FEC S8MI00430
  Candidate U.S. Taxpayers 27,251 0.64% George E. Huffman, III
FEC S8MI00455
  Candidate Natural Law 16,502 0.39% John Howard Wilhelm
  Candidate Write-in 10 0.00% Tom Bagwell
  Candidate Write-in; (Republican; Independent) 5 0.00% Valerie Lee Willis
FEC S8MI00422; 30 Sep 18; Tot $2,337; Dsb $16,944
  Candidate Write-in 3 0.00% Tim Yow
  Candidate Write-in 0 0.00% William F. White
Total 4,237,271 100.00%  

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, 1 write-in)
  Candidate Democratic     Senator Gary C. Peters
FEC S4MI00355
  Candidate Not readily classifiable     Seldon Frank Cupps
Communist Party

FEC S0MI00189

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

Chair up for regular election
Open
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
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **
 Candidate list (6, 13 write-ins)
  Elected Democratic 2,266,193 53.31% forner state Senator Gretchen Whitmer
for Lieutenant Governor: Garlin D. Gilchrist, II
  Candidate Republican 1,859,534 43.75% Attorney General William D. "Bill" Schuette
for Lieutenant Governor: Kent County Clerk Lisa Posthumus Lyons
12 September 2017: Announced he is running for Governor in 2018.
  Candidate Libertarian 56,606 1.33% William H. "Bill" Gelineau
for Lieutenant Governor: Angelique Chaiser Thomas
  Candidate U.S. Taxpayers 29,219 0.69% Todd M. Schleiger
for Lieutenant Governor: Earl P. Lackie
  Candidate Green 28,799 0.68% Jennifer V. Kurland
for Lieutenant Governor: Charin H. Davenport
  Candidate Natural Law 10,202 0.24% Keith Butkovich
for Lieutenant Governor: Raymond Warner
  Candidate Write-in 11 0.00% Francis L. Rowley
  Candidate Write-in 8 0.00% Evan Space
  Candidate Write-in 4 0.00% Lance Herman
  Candidate Write-in 3 0.00% William Cobbs
  Candidate Write-in 2 0.00% Robin Lee Sanders
  Candidate Write-in 1 0.00% Patrick O'Neal Burney
  Candidate Write-in 1 0.00% Henry Joseph Lester
  Candidate Write-in 1 0.00% Clyde Lynch
  Candidate Write-in 1 0.00% Chaneika Ranell Penny
  Candidate Write-in 0 0.00% Angelo Scott Brown
  Candidate Write-in 0 0.00% Raymond A. Hall
  Candidate Write-in 0 0.00% Larry James Hutchinson, Jr.
  Candidate Write-in 0 0.00% John Arthur Williams
Total 4,250,585 100.00%  

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.

Seat up for regular election
Open
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 Renominated, 1 Open);
5 Democratic (3 Renominated, 2 Open)

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 1
Seat up for regular election
Republican Congressman John W. "Jack" Bergman
• Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2018
First elected: 2016
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
Renominated
 Candidate list (2) - 116th Congress
  Elected Republican 187,251 56.32% Congressman John W. "Jack" Bergman
FEC H6MI01226; 26 Nov 18; Tot $1,409,597; Dsb $1,393,366
  Candidate Democratic 145,246 43.68% Matthew Wade "Matt" Morgan
27 April 2018: Withdrew.
31 May 2018: Insufficient petition signatures for the Democratic 7 August 2018rimary.
8 June 2018: Running as a write-in candidate in the 7 August 2018 Primary.
7 August 2018: Received a sufficient number of votes to advance to the General Election as the Democratic nominee.

FEC H8MI01149; 26 Nov 18; Tot $1,363,501; Dsb $1,338,500
Total 332,497 100.00%  

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 2
Seat up for regular election
Republican Congressman William P. "Bill" Huizenga
• Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2018
First elected: 2010
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
Renominated
 Candidate list (3) - 116th Congress
  Elected Republican 168,970 55.32% Congressman William P. "Bill" Huizenga
FEC H0MI02094; 26 Nov 18; Tot $2,148,525; Dsb $2,125,412
  Candidate Democratic 131,254 42.97% Robert Michael "Rob" Davidson
FEC H8MI02113; 26 Nov 18; Tot $1,281,596; Dsb $1,279,164
  Candidate U.S. Taxpayers 5,239 1.72% Ronald E. "Ron" Graeser
FEC H0MI02086
Total 305,463 100.00%  

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 3
Seat up for regular election
Republican Congressman Justin Amash
• Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2018
First elected: 2010
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
Renominated
 Candidate list (3, 1 write-in) - 116th Congress
  Elected Republican 169,107 54.42% Congressman Justin Amash
FEC H0MI03126; 26 Nov 18; Tot $633,162; Dsb $728,668
  Candidate Democratic 134,185 43.18% Catherine "Cathy" Albro
FEC H8MI03079; 26 Nov 18; Tot $169,977; Dsb $158,185
  Candidate U.S. Taxpayers 7,445 2.40% Theodore Brooks "Ted" Gerrard
FEC H0MI03209
  Candidate Write-in 3 0.00% Joe Farrington
Total 310,740 100.00%  

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 4
Seat up for regular election
Republican Congressman John Moolenaar
• Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2018
First elected: 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
Renominated
 Candidate list (2) - 116th Congress
  Elected Republican 178,510 62.62% Congressman John Moolenaar
FEC H4MI04126; 26 Nov 18; Tot $1,169,631; Dsb $1,060,891
  Candidate Democratic 106,540 37.38% Jerome C. "Jerry" Hilliard
FEC H8MI04101
Total 285,050 100.00%  

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 5
Seat up for regular election
Democratic Congressman Daniel T. "Dan" Kildee
• Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2018
First elected: 2012
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
Renominated
 Candidate list (3) - 116th Congress
  Elected Democratic 164,502 59.51% Congressman Daniel T. "Dan" Kildee
FEC H2MI05119; 26 Nov 18; Tot $1,157,295; Dsb $1,006,081
  Candidate Republican 99,265 35.91% Travis Ryan Wines
FEC H8MI05116
  Candidate Working Class 12,646 4.58% Kathy Goodwin
FEC H8MI05124
Total 276,413 100.00%  

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 6
Seat up for regular election
Republican Congressman Frederick Stephen "Fred" Upton
• Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2018
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
Renominated
 Candidate list (3) - 116th Congress
  Elected Republican 147,436 50.24% Congressman Frederick Stephen "Fred" Upton
FEC H6MI04113; 26 Nov 18; Tot $3,116,949; Dsb $3,554,505
  Candidate Democratic 134,082 45.69% Matt Longjohn
FEC H8MI06155; 26 Nov 18; Tot $1,453,675; Dsb $1,453,090
  Candidate U.S. Taxpayers 11,920 4.06% Stephen J. Young
Total 293,438 100.00%  

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 7
Seat up for regular election
Republican Congressman Timothy L. "Tim" Walberg
• Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2018
First elected: 2010
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
Renominated
 Candidate list (2) - 116th Congress
  Elected Republican 158,730 53.80% Congressman Timothy L. "Tim" Walberg
FEC H4MI07103; 26 Nov 18; Tot $2,163,198; Dsb $2,171,510
  Candidate Democratic 136,330 46.20% former state Representative Gretchen D. Driskell
FEC H6MI07223; 26 Nov 18; Tot $2,716,885; Dsb $2,667,570
Total 295,060 100.00%  

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 8
Seat up for regular election
Republican Congressman Michael D. "Mike" Bishop
First elected: 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
Renominated
 Candidate list (4) - 116th Congress
  Elected Democratic 172,880 50.61% Elissa Slotkin
FEC H8MI08102; 26 Nov 18; Tot $7,435,115; Dsb $7,379,475
  Candidate Republican 159,782 46.78% Congressman Michael D. "Mike" Bishop
FEC H4MI08135; 26 Nov 18; Tot $3,405,405; Dsb $3,355,969
  Candidate Libertarian 6,302 1.84% Brian James Ellison
FEC H8MI08144
  Candidate U.S. Taxpayers 2,629 0.77% David J. Lillis
FEC H8MI08151
Total 341,593 100.00%  

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 9
Seat up for regular election
Open
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.
 ** Open Seat (no incumbent) **
 Candidate list (4) - 116th Congress
  Elected Democratic 181,734 59.67% Andy Levin
Son of Congressman Sander Martin "Sandy" Levin

FEC H8MI09118; 26 Nov 18; Tot $1,480,381; Dsb $1,429,401
  Candidate Republican 112,123 36.81% Candius Stearns
FEC H8MI09092; 31 Dec 18; Tot $247,170; Dsb $247,170
  Candidate Working Class 6,797 2.23% Andrea Kirby
FEC H8MI09142
  Candidate Green 3,909 1.28% John V. McDermott
FEC H4MI09091
Total 304,563 100.00%  

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 10
Seat up for regular election
Republican Congressman Paul Mitchell, III
• Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2018
First elected: 2016
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
Renominated
 Candidate list (4) - 116th Congress
  Elected Republican 182,808 60.32% Congressman Paul Mitchell, III
FEC H4MI04118; 26 Nov 18; Tot $724,571; Dsb $696,133
  Candidate Democratic 106,061 35.00% Kimberly Ann Bizon
FEC H8MI10108; 31 Dec 18; Tot $72,150; Dsb $49,295
  Candidate   11,344 3.74% Jeremy Michael Peruski
FEC H8MI10116; 26 Nov 18; Tot $210,238; Dsb $204,408
  Candidate Green 2,851 0.94% Harley Mikkelson
FEC H2MI05101
Total 303,064 100.00%  

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 11
Seat up for regular election
Open
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".
 ** Open Seat (no incumbent) **
 Candidate list (4) - 116th Congress
  Elected Democratic 181,912 51.84% Haley Stevens
FEC H8MI11254; 26 Nov 18; Tot $4,181,956; Dsb $4,118,348
  Candidate Republican 158,463 45.16% Lena Rose Epstein
FEC H8MI11320; 26 Nov 18; Tot $2,649,409; Dsb $2,647,504
  Candidate Libertarian 5,799 1.65% Leonard Charles Schwartz
FEC H8MI11387
  Candidate   4,727 1.35% Cooper Jon Nye
FEC H8MI11379; 16 Nov 18; Tot $6,877; Dsb $6,877
Total 350,901 100.00%  

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 12
Seat up for regular election
Democratic Congressman Debbie Dingell
• Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2018
First elected: 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
Renominated
 Candidate list (4) - 116th Congress
  Elected Democratic 200,588 68.08% Congressman Debbie Dingell
FEC H4MI12079; 26 Nov 18; Tot $1,275,760; Dsb $1,209,967
  Candidate Republican 85,115 28.89% Jeff Jones
FEC H6MI12264; 26 Oct 18; Tot $22,087; Dsb $21,714
  Candidate Working Class 6,712 2.28% Gary Walkowicz
FEC H8MI07039
  Candidate (Socialist Equality) 2,213 0.75% Niles Niemuth
FEC H8MI12120; 26 Nov 18; Tot $12,634; Dsb $5,296
Total 294,628 100.00%  

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 13
Seat up for regular election
Open
Democratic Congressman Brenda Jones
First elected in a special election 6 November 2018 [re: resignation of Congressman John Conyers, Jr. (Democratic)].
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
Open Seat
 ** Open Seat (no incumbent) **
 Candidate list (3, 9 write-ins) - 116th Congress
  Elected Democratic 165,355 84.24% Rashida Tlaib
FEC H8MI13250; 26 Nov 18; Tot $1,632,418; Dsb $1,504,089
  Candidate Working Class 22,186 11.30% Sam Johnson
FEC H4MI13218
  Candidate Green 7,980 4.07% D. Etta Wilcoxon
FEC H8MI13342
  Candidate Write-in; (Democratic) 633 0.32% Brenda Jones
FEC H8MI13243; 26 Nov 18; Tot $265,137; Dsb $257,033
  Candidate Write-in 75 0.04% David Anthony Dudenhoefer
  Candidate Write-in 61 0.03% Jonathan Lee Pommerville
  Candidate Write-in 3 0.00% DaNetta L. Simpson
  Candidate Write-in; (Democratic) 2 0.00% John Conyers, III
FEC H8MI13235; 31 Mar 18; Tot $3,100; Dsb $3,696
  Candidate Write-in 2 0.00% Royce Kinniebrew
  Candidate Write-in 1 0.00% James S. Casha
  Candidate Write-in 1 0.00% Kimberly Hill Knott
  Candidate Write-in 0 0.00% Douglas W. Gardner
Total 196,299 100.00%  
 

29 November 2017: Media reports state the Congressman John Conyers, Jr. (Democratic) is retiring.
5 December 2017: Congressman John Conyers, Jr. (Democratic), who was first elected in 1964, announces his 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 6 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.
6 November 2018: Detroit City Council Member Brenda Jones (Democratic) won the special election.


Special Election - 115th Congress
CD 13
Seat up for special election
Special Election
Democratic
Seat up for special election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
Special Election
 Candidate list (3, 5 write-ins)
  Elected Democratic 169,330 86.84% Detroit City Council Member Brenda Jones
FEC H8MI13243; 26 Nov 18; Tot $265,137; Dsb $257,033
  Candidate U.S. Taxpayers 17,302 8.87% Marc Joseph Sosnowski
FEC H0MI14214
  Candidate Green 8,319 4.27% D. Etta Wilcoxon
FEC H8MI13342
  Candidate Write-in 36 0.02% David Anthony Dudenhoefer
  Candidate Write-in 5 0.00% Jonathan Lee Pommerville
  Candidate Write-in 1 0.00% DaNetta L. Simpson
  Candidate Write-in 0 0.00% Royce Kinniebrew
  Candidate Write-in 0 0.00% Clyde Darnell Lynch
Total 194,993 100.00%  
 

29 November 2017: Media reports state the Congressman John Conyers, Jr. (Democratic) is retiring.
5 December 2017: Congressman John Conyers, Jr. (Democratic), who was first elected in 1964, announces his 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 6 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.
6 November 2018: Detroit City Council Member Brenda Jones (Democratic) won the special election.


Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 14
Seat up for regular election
Democratic Congressman Brenda Lulenar Lawrence
• Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2018
First elected: 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
Renominated
 Candidate list (3) - 116th Congress
  Elected Democratic 214,334 80.88% Congressman Brenda Lulenar Lawrence
FEC H2MI14111; 26 Nov 18; Tot $912,017; Dsb $561,551
  Candidate Republican 45,899 17.32% Marc S. Herschfus
FEC H8MI14100
  Candidate Working Class 4,761 1.80% Philip Kolody
FEC H8MI14118
Total 264,994 100.00%  

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

Seat up for regular election
Open
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
 ** Open Office (no incumbent) **
 Candidate list (4)
  Elected Democratic 2,213,243 52.90% Jocelyn Benson
  Candidate Republican 1,840,118 43.98% Eastern Michigan University Board of Regents Member Mary Treder Lang
  Candidate Libertarian 81,849 1.96% Gregory Scott Stempfle
  Candidate U.S. Taxpayers 48,816 1.17% Robert Gale
Total 4,184,026 100.00%  
  
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

Seat up for regular election
Open
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.
 ** Open Office (no incumbent) **
 Candidate list (5)
  Elected Democratic 2,031,117 49.04% Dana Nessel
  Candidate Republican 1,916,117 46.26% state Representative Tom Leonard
  Candidate Libertarian 86,807 2.10% Lisa Lane Gioia
  Candidate   69,889 1.69% Christopher Graveline
29 August 2018: State is appealing a 27 August court order to put him on the ballot.
4 September 2018: Michigan Secretary of State asks the Sixth Circuit to remove him from the ballot.
6 September 2018: The Sixth Circuit, by a vote of 2-1, says the U.S. District Court was correct to put independent candidate Chris Graveline on the ballot [Graveline v Johnson, 18-1992].
7 September 2018: The Michigan Secretary of State places Chris Graveline on the ballot.
  Candidate U.S. Taxpayers 38,114 0.92% Gerald T. Van Sickle
Total 4,142,044 100.00%  
  
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): 8 incumbents, 22 candidates
  Republican: 13 incumbents, 18 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): 6 candidates
  Libertarian: 5 candidates
Other Third Parties
  Natural Law (affiliates): 2 candidates
  Socialist Equality: 1 candidate
  U.S. Taxpayers (affiliate of Constitution): 9 candidates
Independents
  (blank): 4 candidates
  Independent: 1 candidate
  Working Class: 5 candidates
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
  Not readily classifiable: 1 candidate
  Write-in: 32 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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  Statewide Political Party Strength going into the 2018 Midterm Elections  
  Relative Political Party Strength by SECTION and Region going into the 2018 Midterm Election  
  Weighted Relative Political Party Strength by SECTION and Region  
  2018 Congressional Party Breakdown by Region  
  2018 STATE EXECUTIVE/LEGISLATIVE Political Party Breakdown by SECTION and Region  
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  Comparative Political Party Predominance in each State, 2000 thru 2016  
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History
  Political Party Floor Leaders in the Congress of the United States  
  Dates of DIRECT PRIMARY Elections re: Major Party Nominations for Statewide and/or Federal Office  
  Length of Terms of Office of STATE Governors throughout American History  
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