Election Name: | 2018 Michigan elections |
Country: | Michigan |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2016 Michigan elections |
Previous Year: | 2016 |
Next Election: | 2020 Michigan elections |
Next Year: | 2020 |
The Michigan general election, 2018 was held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018, throughout Michigan. The Democrats swept all of the statewide offices formerly held by the Republicans.[1]
See main article: United States Senate election in Michigan, 2018. Incumbent Democratic senator Debbie Stabenow won re-election to a fourth term.
See main article: United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, 2018. Democrats gained two House seats in the United States House of Representatives giving Michigan's House delegation an even split with seven Democrats and seven Republicans.
See main article: Michigan gubernatorial election, 2018. The Democratic ticket of Gretchen Whitmer and Garlin Gilchrist won the races for governor and lieutenant governor. This is a Democratic gain.
See main article: Michigan Secretary of State election, 2018. Former Wayne State University Law School dean Jocelyn Benson was elected secretary of state which was a Democratic gain. She became the first Democratic Michigan Secretary of State since 1995.
See main article: Michigan Attorney General election, 2018. Detroit-based attorney Dana Nessel was elected Michigan attorney general, becoming the first Democratic attorney general in 16 years.
See main article: Michigan State Senate election, 2018. All 38 seats in the Michigan Senate were up for election in 2018. Democrats gained five seats, but Republicans still control 22 seats in the Michigan Senate.
See main article: Michigan House of Representatives election, 2018. All 110 seats in the Michigan House of Representatives were up for election in 2018. Democrats gained five seats, but Republicans still control the Michigan House with 58 Republicans and 52 Democrats.
Election Name: | 2018 Michigan Supreme Court election |
Country: | Michigan |
Type: | legislative |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2016 Michigan elections#Supreme Court |
Previous Year: | 2016 |
Next Election: | 2020 Michigan elections#Supreme Court |
Next Year: | 2020 |
Seats For Election: | 2 seats of the Supreme Court of Michigan |
Party1: | Michigan Republican Party |
Last Election1: | 5 |
Seats1: | 1 |
Seat Change1: | 1 |
Party2: | Michigan Democratic Party |
Last Election2: | 2 |
Seats2: | 1 |
Seat Change2: | 1 |
Two seats on the Michigan Supreme Court were up for election in 2018. Justice Kurt Wilder, who was appointed by Governor Snyder to replace retiring justice Robert P. Young Jr., and Justice Beth Clement, who was named by Governor Snyder to replace Justice Joan Larsen after the latter was confirmed to a seat on the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in November, 2017,[2] are each eligible to run for re-election. The two winners of the election were Clement and Megan Cavanagh, who unseated Wilder.[3]
See main article: 2018 Michigan Proposal 1. Proposal 1, an initiative to legalize cannabis, was approved 56–44.
See main article: 2018 Michigan Proposal 2. Proposal 2 was an initiative to transfer the power to draw state Legislative districts and US Congressional districts from the state legislature to an independent redistricting commission. The proposal passed 61–39.
See main article: 2018 Michigan Proposal 3. Proposal 3, an initiative to add voting policies such as same-day registration and straight-ticket voting to the state constitution, was approved 67–33.