The Green Papers: Michigan 2019 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

Michigan 2020 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats   Republicans


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].

 
           

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 116th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1 Democratic Senator Debbie Stabenow
First elected: 2000; re-elected 2006, 2012, 2018.
[also served in U.S. House- elected: 1996, 1998]
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (1)
  Candidate Democratic     Senator Debbie Stabenow
FEC S8MI00281

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 (6, 2 write-ins)
  Candidate Democratic     Senator Gary C. Peters
FEC S4MI00355; 30 Sep 19; Tot $6,827,851; Dsb $2,019,076
  Candidate Republican     Bob Carr
FEC S4MI00298; 15 Jul 19; Tot $0; Dsb $0
  Candidate Republican     John E. James
FEC S8MI00372; 30 Sep 19; Tot $4,707,031; Dsb $1,362,810
  Candidate Republican     Valerie Willis
  Candidate Green     Anita Belle
  Candidate Independent     Gregory Charles Jones
FEC S0MI00197
  Candidate Not readily classifiable     Seldon Frank Cupps
Communist Party
?
  Candidate Not readily classifiable     Valgrie L. Wilus
FEC S0MI00205

Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors

  Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer
First elected: 2018
Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.

Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms. Nominated by convention separately from the gubernatorial primary; elected on same ticket with Governor.

  Democratic Lieutenant Governor Garlin D. Gilchrist, II
First elected: 2018.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
The current Lieutenant Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.
 Candidates for Lieutenant Governor are nominated by political parties at their fall state convention (Michigan Election Law, Act 116 of 1954, Section 168.72).

116th U.S. House of Representatives  2-year term. Election Cycle 2020, 2021. No Term Limit. 116th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
6 Republican (5 Undetermined, 1 Open);
1 Independent (1 Undetermined);
7 Democratic (7 Undetermined)

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 1 Republican Congressman John W. "Jack" Bergman
First elected: 2016
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
 Candidate list (4) - 117th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Dana Ferguson
FEC H0MI01211; 30 Sep 19; Tot $9,791; Dsb $333
  Candidate Democratic     Linda O'Dell
FEC H0MI01229; 30 Sep 19; Tot $50,366; Dsb $6,534
  Candidate Democratic     Ryan Ruzziconi
FEC H0MI01203; 30 Jun 19; Tot $49,548; Dsb $48,040
  Candidate Republican     Congressman John W. "Jack" Bergman
FEC H6MI01226; 30 Sep 19; Tot $643,339; Dsb $220,657

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 2 Republican Congressman William P. "Bill" Huizenga
First elected: 2010
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
 Candidate list (3) - 117th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Bryan Berghoef
FEC H0MI02201; 30 Sep 19; Tot $132,643; Dsb $12,213
  Candidate Republican     Congressman William P. "Bill" Huizenga
FEC H0MI02094; 30 Sep 19; Tot $808,035; Dsb $393,969
  Candidate Green     Jean-Michel Creviere
FEC H0MI02219

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 3 Independent Congressman Justin Amash
First elected: 2010 as a Republican. 4 July 2019: "Today, I am declaring my independence and leaving the Republican Party...."
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
 Candidate list (14) - 117th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Catherine "Cathy" Albro
?

FEC H8MI03079; 30 Sep 19; Tot $3,932; Dsb $4,602
  Candidate Democratic     Douglas James "Doug" Booth
FEC H0MI03241; 17 Aug 19; Tot $15,667; Dsb $15,667
  Candidate Democratic     Amanda Le'Anne Brunzell
FEC H0MI03258
  Candidate Democratic     Nick Colvin
FEC H0MI03282; 30 Sep 19; Tot $246,193; Dsb $109,869
  Candidate Democratic     Emily E. Rafi
FEC H0MI03233; 30 Sep 19; Tot $7,868; Dsb $7,868
  Candidate Democratic     Hillary Scholten
FEC H0MI03316; 30 Sep 19; Tot $233,709; Dsb $68,858
  Candidate Republican     state Representative Lynn Afendoulis
FEC H0MI03290; 30 Sep 19; Tot $159,372; Dsb $12,932
  Candidate Republican     Lyons Village Trustee Joe Farrington
FEC H0MI03332
  Candidate Republican     Joel John Langlois
FEC H0MI03324; 30 Sep 19; Tot $246,669; Dsb $49,992
  Candidate Republican     state Representative James Aaron "Jim" Lower
FEC H0MI03274; 30 Sep 19; Tot $251,750; Dsb $189,338
  Candidate Republican     Peter Meijer
FEC H0MI03308; 30 Sep 19; Tot $410,149; Dsb $67,248
  Candidate Republican     Thomas John "Tom" Norton
FEC H0MI03266; 30 Sep 19; Tot $22,850; Dsb $21,922
  Candidate Republican     Andrew Jackson Willis
FEC H0MI03340
  Candidate Independent     Congressman Justin Amash
First elected: 2010 as a Republican.
4 July 2019: "Today, I am declaring my independence and leaving the Republican Party...."

FEC H0MI03126; 30 Sep 19; Tot $444,249; Dsb $252,603

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 4 Republican Congressman John Moolenaar
First elected: 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
 Candidate list (3) - 117th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Anthony Dean Feig
FEC H0MI04108; 30 Sep 19; Tot $5,965; Dsb $342
  Candidate Democratic     Jerome C. "Jerry" Hilliard
FEC H8MI04101; 30 Sep 19; Tot $1,933; Dsb $1,775
  Candidate Republican     Congressman John Moolenaar
FEC H4MI04126; 30 Sep 19; Tot $625,203; Dsb $302,530

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 5 Democratic Congressman Daniel T. "Dan" Kildee
First elected: 2012
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
 Candidate list (3) - 117th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Matthew Corey "Matt" Clauss
FEC H0MI05139
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman Daniel T. "Dan" Kildee
FEC H2MI05119; 30 Sep 19; Tot $697,828; Dsb $337,774
  Candidate Republican     Earl Patrick Lackie
FEC H0MI05121; 30 Sep 19; Tot $16,000; Dsb $16,880

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 6 Republican Congressman Frederick Stephen "Fred" Upton
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
 Candidate list (4) - 117th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     state Representative Jon Hoadley
FEC H0MI06152; 30 Sep 19; Tot $525,696; Dsb $338,556
  Candidate Republican     Elena Oelke
FEC H0MI06178
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Frederick Stephen "Fred" Upton
FEC H6MI04113; 30 Sep 19; Tot $969,290; Dsb $365,114
  Candidate Independent     Andrew J. Tidwell
FEC H0MI06160

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 7 Republican Congressman Timothy L. "Tim" Walberg
First elected: 2010
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
 Candidate list (4) - 117th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Samuel Ray "Sam" Branscum
FEC H0MI07127; 30 Sep 19; Tot $830; Dsb $730
  Candidate Democratic     Ryan Hall
  Candidate Democratic     Christopher Bartholomew "C.B." Smith
FEC H0MI07135; 30 Sep 19; Tot $11,872; Dsb $9,296
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Timothy L. "Tim" Walberg
FEC H4MI07103; 30 Sep 19; Tot $995,283; Dsb $255,198

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 8 Democratic Congressman Elissa Slotkin
First elected: 2018
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
 Candidate list (5) - 117th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman Elissa Slotkin
FEC H8MI08102; 30 Sep 19; Tot $2,089,394; Dsb $379,101
  Candidate Republican     Mike Detmer
FEC H0MI08133
  Candidate Republican     Paul Junge
FEC H0MI08141
  Candidate Republican     former Pinckney Village Councilor Kristina Lyke
FEC H0MI08158
  Candidate Republican     State Board of Education Member Nicolette "Nikki" Snyder
FEC H0MI08125

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 9 Democratic Congressman Andy Levin
First elected: 2018
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
 Candidate list (1) - 117th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman Andy Levin
FEC H8MI09118; 30 Sep 19; Tot $311,561; Dsb $120,003

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 10 Republican Congressman Paul Mitchell, III
First elected: 2016
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
Open Seat - 24 July 2019: "I have decided I will not seek to continue to represent Michigan’s 10th District next term. After serving out the remainder of the 116th Congress – I will return to my family and our small farm."
 Candidate list (9) - 117th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Kimberly Ann Bizon
FEC H8MI10108; 30 Sep 19; Tot $3,003; Dsb $1,714
  Candidate Democratic     Kelly Lynn Noland
FEC H0MI10238
  Candidate Republican     state Representative Shane Hernandez
  Candidate Republican     Lisa McClain
FEC H0MI10287
  Candidate Republican     Brandon Joseph Mikula
FEC H0MI10253; 30 Sep 19; Tot $28,419; Dsb $4,210
  Candidate Republican     Sanilac County Commissioner Joe O'Mara
  Candidate Republican     Richard A. Piwko
FEC H0MI10246
  Candidate Republican     Doug "Odie" Slocum
FEC H0MI10279
  Candidate Independent     Jeffrey Jowske
?

FEC H0MI10261; 30 Sep 19; Tot $0; Dsb $0

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 11 Democratic Congressman Haley Stevens
First elected: 2018
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
 Candidate list (5) - 117th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman Haley Stevens
FEC H8MI11254; 30 Sep 19; Tot $1,978,619; Dsb $385,745
  Candidate Republican     Frank Acosta
FEC H0MI11103
  Candidate Republican     former Congressman Kerry Bentivolio
First elected 2012; unsuccessful candidate for renomination: 2014; unsuccessful candidate for nomination: 2018.

FEC H2MI11133; 30 Sep 19; Tot $53,675; Dsb $1,010
  Candidate Republican     Eric Esshaki
FEC H0MI11129
  Candidate Republican     Whittney Williams
FEC H0MI11111; 30 Sep 19; Tot $44,454; Dsb $13,061

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 12 Democratic Congressman Debbie Dingell
First elected: 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
 Candidate list (2) - 117th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Anthony M. Carbonaro
FEC H0MI12150; 30 Sep 19; Tot $0; Dsb $0
  Candidate Democratic     Solomon Rajput
FEC H0MI12168; 30 Sep 19; Tot $10,366; Dsb $7,681

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 13 Democratic Congressman Rashida Tlaib
First elected: 2018
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
 Candidate list (3) - 117th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman Rashida Tlaib
FEC H8MI13250; 30 Sep 19; Tot $1,341,107; Dsb $295,589
  Candidate Republican     Alfred C. "Al" Lemmo
FEC H0MI13463
  Candidate Independent     Stephen Michael "Steve" Patterson
FEC H0MI00031

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 14 Democratic Congressman Brenda Lulenar Lawrence
First elected: 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
 Candidate list (5) - 117th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman Brenda Lulenar Lawrence
FEC H2MI14111; 30 Sep 19; Tot $401,522; Dsb $228,463
  Candidate Democratic     Terrance Morrison
FEC H6MI14195; 30 Sep 19; Tot $1,000; Dsb $942
  Candidate Republican     Gavriel "Gabi" Grossbard
FEC H0MI14230
  Candidate Republican     Daryle F. Houston, II
FEC H0MI14248
  Candidate Independent     Roger Henderson, II

Secretary of State  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms

  Democratic Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson
First elected: 2018
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
The current Secretary of State is unaffected by the State's term limit.
  
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: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms

  Democratic Attorney General Dana Nessel
First elected: 2018
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
The current Attorney General is unaffected by the State's term limit.
  
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): 13 incumbents, 30 candidates
  Republican: 6 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
  Reform (affiliates)
Other Third Parties
  America's Independent (affiliates)
  Justice Party
  Natural Law (affiliates)
  Right to Life
  Socialist Party USA
  U.S. Taxpayers (affiliate of Constitution)
Independents
  Independent: 1 incumbent, 6 candidates
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
  Not readily classifiable: 2 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.


Links Links to other web sites

Constitution   Links to State Constitutions
  CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN OF 1963
  Michigan Constitution of 1835
  Michigan Constitution of 1850
  Michigan Constitution of 1908
Election Authority
  Michigan Department of State Elections
  Michigan Secretary of State
Legislature   Links to State Legislatures
  Michigan House of Representatives
  Michigan Legislature
  Michigan Senate
Democratic
  Michigan House Democrats
  Michigan Senate Democratic Caucus
  The Michigan Democratic Party
Republican
  Michigan House Republicans
  The Michigan Republican Party
Third Party
  America's Independent Party (associated with Alan Keyes)
  Green Party of Michigan
  Justice Party of Michigan
  Libertarian Party of Michigan
  Natural Law Party of Michigan
  Natural Law Party of Michigan
  Reform Party of Michigan
  Right to Life of Michigan
  Socialist Party of Michigan
  U.S. Taxpayers Party of Michigan
Media & others
  Deadline Detroit
  Gongwer News Service
  Grassroots in Michigan
  Huron Daily Tribune - Bad Axe
  Leader Publications - Dowagiac - Niles
  Macomb Daily
  MichiganVotes.org - Mackinac Center Michigan Legislature
  MLive.com
  Politics1.com - Michigan
  Right Michigan
  The Alpena News
  The Herald-Palladium - St. Joseph - Benton Harbor
  The Independent - Dundee
  The News-Herald-Heritage - Wayne County
  The Oakland Press - Pontiac
  The Voice - New Baltimore
  WDIV TV - NBC - Detroit
  WJBK TV - FOX - Detroit
  WLUC TV - NBC - Negaunee
  WNEM - Bay City - Saginaw - Midland - Flint
  WOOD AM - Grand Rapids

 


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