2016 Michigan elections

November 8, 2016 (2016-11-08)

A general election was held in the U.S. state of Michigan on November 8, 2016.[1][2]

There were voting machine failures on election day.[2]

State elections

Michigan House of Representatives

Supreme Court

2016 Michigan Supreme Court election

November 8, 2016 (2016-11-08)

2 seats of the Supreme Court of Michigan
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Last election 5 2
Seats won 2 0
Seat change Steady Steady

Associate Justice (Full term)

Candidates
  • Doug Dern (Natural Law)[3]
  • Frank S. Szymanski (Democratic), judge of the Wayne County Probate Court[3]
  • David Viviano (Republican), incumbent Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Michigan[3]
Results
2016 Michigan Supreme Court Associate Justice (Full term) election[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan David Viviano (incumbent) 2,316,459 67.23%
Nonpartisan Frank S. Szymanski 792,944 23.01%
Nonpartisan Doug Dern 336,160 9.76%
Total votes 3,445,563 100.0%
Republican hold

Associate Justice (Term ending 01/01/2019)

Candidates
Results
2016 Michigan Supreme Court Associate Justice (Term ending 01/01/2019) election[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Joan Larsen (incumbent) 1,940,260 57.62%
Nonpartisan Deborah Thomas 984,107 29.23%
Nonpartisan Kerry L. Morgan 442,781 13.15%
Total votes 3,367,148 100.0%
Republican hold

Federal elections

President and vice president of the United States

United States House of Representatives

References

  1. "Michigan elections, 2016". Ballotpedia. Retrieved August 12, 2019.
  2. 1 2 Alter, Charlotte (December 14, 2016). "Detroit Voting Machine Failures Were Widespread on Election Day". Time. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "See Democratic and Republican candidates for Supreme Court, university boards". August 28, 2016.
  4. 1 2 "2016 Michigan General Election Results". Michigan Secretary of State.
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