2010 Michigan elections
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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2010 Michigan elections
| country = Michigan
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 2009 Michigan elections
| previous_year = 2009
| next_election = 2014 Michigan elections
| next_year = 2014
| election_date = {{start date|2010|11|02}}
}}
{{ElectionsMI}}Elections were held in Michigan on Tuesday, November 2, 2010. Primary elections were held on August 3, 2010.
Major races included the gubernatorial election, which was won by Rick Snyder, a political novice and former CEO of Gateway, Inc.{{Cite news |title=Election 2010 |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/elections/2010/results/michigan.html?src=tp |access-date=2025-04-30 |work=The New York Times}}
Federal
= United States House =
{{main|United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, 2010}}
{{see also|United States House of Representatives elections, 2010}}
All 15 of Michigan's seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 2010.
State
=Governor and Lieutenant Governor=
{{Main| 2010 Michigan gubernatorial election}}
Republican candidate Rick Snyder beat Democratic Party candidates Virg Bernero 58% to 40% to become Governor. Brian Calley was Snyder's running mate and was elected Lieutenant Governor.
=Secretary of State=
{{Main| 2010 Michigan Secretary of State election}}
Republican candidate Ruth Johnson won the election with 50.7%, Democratic Party candidate Jocelyn Benson got 45.2%, Libertarian Party candidate Scotty Boman got 1.8%, U.S. Taxpayers Party candidate Robert Gale got 1.3% and Green Party candidate John A. La Pietra got 1.0%.
=Attorney General=
{{Main| 2010 Michigan Attorney General election}}
Republican candidate Bill Schuette won the election with 52% of the votes, while Democrat David Leyton got 43.5%. Libertarian Party candidate Daniel W. Grow got 2%, and U.S. Taxpayers Party candidate Gerald Van Sickle got 1.9%.
=State Senate=
{{Main|2010 Michigan Senate election}}
Prior to the November 2010 election, in the Michigan Senate the Democratic Party had 16 seats and the Republican Party had 22. After the election, the Republican Party gained 4 seats, giving them 26 seats over the Democratic Party's 12.
=State House of Representatives=
{{Main|2010 Michigan House of Representatives election}}
Prior to the November 2010 election, the Democratic Party held 65 seats in the House and the Republican Party held 42 seats. The Democratic Party lost 18 total seats, and after this election had 47, while the Republican Party's victory brought them up to 63 seats in the House, swaying the Michigan House of Representatives' majority from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party.
=Supreme Court=
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2010 Michigan Supreme Court election
| country = Michigan
| type = legislative
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 2008 Michigan elections#Supreme court
| previous_year = 2008
| next_election = 2012 Michigan elections#Supreme Court
| next_year = 2012
| seats_for_election = 2 seats of the Supreme Court of Michigan
| election_date = {{Start date|2010|11|2}}
| party1 = Michigan Republican Party
| last_election1 = 4
| seats1 = 2
| seat_change1 = {{Increase}} 1
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| party2 = Michigan Democratic Party
| last_election2 = 3
| seats2 = 0
| seat_change2 = {{Decrease}} 1
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Republican Party candidate Robert P. Young, Jr. won with 27.88%, re-claiming his seat over Democratic Party candidate Denise Langford-Morris with 17.28% and Independent Bob Roddis, who claimed 5.58%.
Republican Party candidate Mary Beth Kelly won with 29.94%, taking the seat from Democratic Party candidate Alton Davis, who got 19.32%.
== General election ==
{{Election box begin no change |title=2010 Michigan Supreme Court election}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = Mary Beth Kelly
|votes = 1,408,294
|percentage = 29.94
}}{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = Robert P. Young, Jr.
|votes = 1,310,986
|percentage = 27.88
}}{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = Alton Davis
|votes = 908,642
|percentage = 19.32
}}{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = Denise Langford-Morris
|votes = 812,485
|percentage = 17.28
}}{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = Bob Roddis
|votes = 262,654
|percentage = 5.58
}}{{Election box total no change
|votes = 4,703,061
|percentage = 100.00
}}{{Election box end}}
=Court of Appeals=
1st District candidates Cynthia Stephens and Kurtis T. Wilder were re-elected with 56.12% and 43.88% of the vote.
2nd District candidate Pat Donofrio was re-elected with 100% of the vote.
3rd District candidates Joel P. Hoekstra, David H. Sawyer and Douglas Shapiro were re-elected with 52.32%, 47.68% and 100% of the vote.
4th District candidates Donald S. Owens and William C. Whitbeck were re-elected with 51.90% and 48.10% of the vote.
All candidates ran uncontested.
=Ballot measures=
2010 Michigan Proposal 1 was an automatic ballot referral in the state of Michigan which was voted on in the 2010 Michigan elections. It was intended to call for a constitutional convention to review and edit the state constitution. It was voted on on November 2, 2010, and failed
The Michigan Felon Politician Ban Amendment, Proposal 2 was approved, banning felons from running for any political or public office, while the Michigan Constitutional Convention, Proposal 1 was defeated, meaning that the Michigan State Constitution will not be re-written.
Local
Many elections for county and city offices were also held on November 2, 2010.
External links
- [http://www.michigan.gov/sos/0,1607,7-127-1633---,00.html Elections in Michigan] by the Michigan Department of State
- [http://www.imagineelection.com/browse/state/MI Michigan Candidate List] at [https://web.archive.org/web/20100303024250/http://www.imagineelection.com/ Imagine Election] - Search for candidates by address or zip code
- [http://www.opensecrets.org/races/election.php?state=MI Michigan Congressional Races in 2010] for campaign finance data for federal races from OpenSecrets
- [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/state_overview.phtml?s=MI&y=2010 Michigan State Races in 2010] campaign finance data for state races from Follow the Money
{{United States elections, 2010}}