Help us improve in just 2 minutes—share your thoughts in our reader survey.
Dana Nessel recall, Attorney General of Michigan (2024)
| Dana Nessel recall |
|---|
 |
| Officeholders |
| Recall status |
| Signature requirement |
| See also |
| Recall overview Political recall efforts, 2024 Recalls in Michigan Michigan recall laws State executive recalls Recall reports |
An effort to recall Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel (D) was launched on January 2, 2024. The Michigan Board of State Canvassers met on January 19, 2024, to hold a clarity and factual hearing on the recall's petition language. The board rejected the recall petition for circulation because the reasons for the recall were not factual and lacked sufficient clarity.
Nessel was elected as Michigan's attorney general in 2018 with 49% of the vote. She was re-elected in 2022 with 53.2% of the vote.
Recall supporters
Chad E. Baase filed the recall petition against Nessel on January 2, 2024. The recall petition listed the following reasons for recall:
| “ | Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has failed to protect the citizens of Michigan by allowing vague and discriminatory statutes that have similarities to Slave Licenses, Black Code and Jim Crow Laws but disproportionately affect People with Disabilities, Low Income Individuals/Communities, and areas with poor public transportation options. The Attorney General has neglected to enforce the Separation of Powers Clause as the Executive Branch has multiple offices that preform[sic] Executive Branch, Legislative and Judicial Functions acting as prosecutor and adjudicator.[1] | ” |
Recall opponents
As of January 2024, Ballotpedia did not identify a response to the recall petition from Dana Nessel.
Path to the ballot
- See also: Laws governing recall in Michigan
Election history
2022
See also: Michigan Attorney General election, 2022
General election
General election for Attorney General of Michigan
Incumbent Dana Nessel defeated Matthew DePerno, Joe McHugh, and Gerald T. Van Sickle in the general election for Attorney General of Michigan on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Dana Nessel (D) | 53.2 | 2,329,195 |
 | Matthew DePerno (R) | 44.6 | 1,952,408 | |
 | Joe McHugh (L) | 1.5 | 67,846 | |
 | Gerald T. Van Sickle (U.S. Taxpayers Party) | 0.7 | 32,431 | |
| Total votes: 4,381,880 | |||
 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Democratic convention
Democratic convention for Attorney General of Michigan
Incumbent Dana Nessel advanced from the Democratic convention for Attorney General of Michigan on August 21, 2022.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Dana Nessel (D) |
| ||||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Republican convention
Republican convention for Attorney General of Michigan
Matthew DePerno defeated Ryan Berman and Tom Leonard in the Republican convention for Attorney General of Michigan on August 27, 2022.
Candidate | ||
 | Ryan Berman (R) | |
| ✔ | | Matthew DePerno (R) |
 | Tom Leonard (R) | |
| ||||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for Attorney General of Michigan
Joe McHugh advanced from the Libertarian convention for Attorney General of Michigan on July 10, 2022.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Joe McHugh (L) |
| ||||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
U.S. Taxpayers Party convention
U.S. Taxpayers Party convention for Attorney General of Michigan
Gerald T. Van Sickle advanced from the U.S. Taxpayers Party convention for Attorney General of Michigan on July 23, 2022.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Gerald T. Van Sickle (U.S. Taxpayers Party) |
| ||||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
2018
- See also: Michigan Attorney General election, 2018
General election
General election for Attorney General of Michigan
Dana Nessel defeated Tom Leonard, Lisa Lane Gioia, Chris Graveline, and Gerald T. Van Sickle in the general election for Attorney General of Michigan on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Dana Nessel (D) | 49.0 | 2,031,117 |
| Tom Leonard (R) | 46.3 | 1,916,117 | |
 | Lisa Lane Gioia (L) | 2.1 | 86,807 | |
 | Chris Graveline (Independent) | 1.7 | 69,889 | |
| Gerald T. Van Sickle (U.S. Taxpayers Party) | 0.9 | 38,114 | |
| Total votes: 4,142,044 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Recall context
- See also: Ballotpedia's Recall Report
Ballotpedia covers recall efforts across the country for all state and local elected offices. A recall effort is considered official if the petitioning party has filed an official form, such as a notice of intent to recall, with the relevant election agency.
The chart below shows how many officials were included in recall efforts from 2012 to 2024 as well as how many of them defeated recall elections to stay in office and how many were removed from office in recall elections.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
