Michigan Governor
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The current officeholder is Jennifer Granholm.
Qualifications
The term of office of the governor of Michigan is four years.
A candidate for governor is required to be:
- must be at least 30 years old
- have been a registered voter in the state of Michigan for at least 4 years
Gubernatorial elections and term of office
From statehood until the election of 1966, governors were elected to two-year terms. Elections are held in November and the governor assumes office the following January, except in the case of death or resignation. From statehood until 1851, elections were held in odd-numbered years. A new state constitution was drafted in 1850 and took effect in 1851. As part of the process bringing the constitution into effect, there was a single one-year term of governor in 1851. Thereafter elections were held on even years.
The constitution adopted in 1963 changed the governor's term to four years, starting in 1967. Since then, gubernatorial elections have been offset by two years from U.S. Presidential elections (e.g., Presidential elections were in 2000 and 2004, gubernatorial elections were in 1998 and 2002). The winner of the gubernatorial election takes office at noon on January 1 of the year following the election.
In 1992, an amendment to the Michigan constitution imposed a lifetime term limit of two four-year terms for the office of governor. Prior to this, they were not limited as to how many terms they could serve; John Engler, the governor at the time, was exempt from the rule and served three terms, reelected in 1994 and 1998 before retiring in 2003.
Contact information
Governor Jennifer M. Granholm
P.O. Box 30013
Lansing, Michigan 48909
PHONE: (517) 373-3400
FAX:(517) 335-6863
See also
- Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm
- Michigan Lieutenant Governor
- Michigan Attorney General
- Michigan Secretary of State
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References
Portions of this article were adapted from Wikipedia.
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