Michigan general election results, 2010

The 2010 Michigan general election was held on November 2, 2010.

Governor

In the election for Governor, the Republican ticket of Rick Snyder and Brian Calley defeated the Democratic ticket of Virg Bernero and Brenda Lawrence by a decisive margin. Snyder's victory ended eight years of Democratic control under term-limited incumbent Jennifer Granholm.

Michigan Governor, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Rick Snyder	58.1%	1,874,834
	Democratic	Virg Bernero	39.9%	1,287,320
	Libertarian	Ken Proctor	0.7%	22,390
	Taxpayers	Stacey Mathia	0.6%	20,818
	Green	Harvey Mikkelson	0.6%	20,699
	Other	Write-ins	0%	27
Total Votes				3,226,088

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Secretary of State

In the election for Secretary of State, Republican Ruth Johnson defeated Democrat Jocelyn Benson to replace outgoing Republican incumbent Terri Lynn Land.

Michigan Secretary of State, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Ruth Johnson	50.7%	1,608,270
	Democratic	Jocelyn Benson	45.2%	1,434,796
	Libertarian	Scotty Boman	1.8%	58,044
	Taxpayers	Robert Gale	1.3%	41,727
	Green	John La Pietra	1%	30,411
Total Votes				3,173,248

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Attorney General

In the election for Attorney General, Republican and former Congressman Bill Schuette defeated Democrat David Leyton. Schuette replaced outgoing Republican incumbent Mike Cox, who ran unsuccessfully for governor in the Republican primary.

Michigan Attorney General, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Bill Schuette	52.6%	1,649,223
	Democratic	David Leyton	43.5%	1,363,486
	Libertarian	Daniel Grow	2%	62,737
	Taxpayers	Gerald VanSickle	1.9%	60,778
Total Votes				3,136,224

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U.S. House

1st District

Michigan's 1st Congressional District, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Dan Benishek	51.9%	120,523
	Democratic	Gary McDowell	40.9%	94,824
	Independent	Glenn Wilson	3.4%	7,847
	Taxpayers	Patrick Lambert	1.8%	4,200
	Libertarian	Keith Shelton	1.1%	2,571
	Green	Ellis Boal	0.9%	2,072
Total Votes				232,037

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2nd District

Michigan's 2nd Congressional District, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Bill Huizenga	65.3%	148,864
	Democratic	Fred Johnson	31.6%	72,118
	Libertarian	Joseph Gillotte	1.2%	2,701
	Taxpayers	Ronald Graeser	1%	2,379
	Green	Lloyd Clarke	0.9%	2,016
Total Votes				228,078

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3rd District

Michigan's 3rd Congressional District, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Justin Amash	59.7%	133,714
	Democratic	Pat Miles	37.5%	83,953
	Libertarian	James Rogers	1.2%	2,677
	Taxpayers	Ted Gerrard	1%	2,144
	Green	Charlie Schick	0.7%	1,575
Total Votes				224,063

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4th District

Michigan's 4th Congressional District, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Dave Camp Incumbent	66.2%	148,531
	Democratic	Jerry Campbell	30.5%	68,458
	Taxpayers	John Emerick	1.7%	3,861
	Libertarian	Clint Foster	1.6%	3,504
Total Votes				224,354

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5th District

Michigan's 5th Congressional District, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Dale Kildee Incumbent	53%	107,286
	Republican	John Kupiec	44.3%	89,680
	Green	J. de Heus	1.3%	2,649
	Libertarian	Michael Moon	1.3%	2,648
Total Votes				202,263

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6th District

Michigan's 6th Congressional District, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Fred Upton Incumbent	62%	123,142
	Democratic	Don Cooney	33.6%	66,729
	Taxpayers	Melvin Valkner	1.8%	3,672
	Libertarian	Fred Strand	1.7%	3,369
	Green	Pat Foster	0.9%	1,784
Total Votes				198,696

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7th District

Michigan's 7th Congressional District, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Tim Walberg	50.2%	113,185
	Democratic	Mark Schauer Incumbent	45.4%	102,402
	Taxpayers	Scott Aughney	1.6%	3,705
	Libertarian	Greg Merle	1.4%	3,239
	Green	Richard Wunsch	1.4%	3,117
	Other	Danny Davis	0%	21
Total Votes				225,669

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8th District

Michigan's 8th Congressional District, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Mike Rogers Incumbent	64.1%	156,931
	Democratic	Lance Enderle	34.3%	84,069
	Libertarian	Bhagwan Dashairya	1.6%	3,881
	Other	Katherine Houston	0%	11
	Other	Eric Harvey	0%	2
Total Votes				244,894

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9th District

Michigan's 9th Congressional District, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Gary Peters Incumbent	49.8%	125,730
	Republican	Rocky Raczkowski	47.2%	119,325
	Libertarian	Adam Goodman	1%	2,601
	Green	Douglas Campbell	1%	2,484
	Independent	Bob Gray	0.7%	1,866
	Independent	Matthew Kuofie	0.3%	644
Total Votes				252,650

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10th District

Michigan's 10th Congressional District, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Candice Miller Incumbent	72%	168,364
	Democratic	Henry Yanez	25%	58,530
	Libertarian	Claude Beavers	1.6%	3,750
	Green	Candace Caveny	1.4%	3,286
	Write-in	Kurt Hausauer	0%	0
Total Votes				233,930

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State Senate

1st District

Michigan Senate 1st District, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Coleman Young	93.3%	40,122
	Republican	Dakeisha Harwick	6.7%	2,895
Total Votes				43,017

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2nd District

Michigan Senate 2nd District, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Bert Johnson	65.6%	34,858
	Republican	John Chouinard	32.9%	17,459
	Libertarian	Gregory Creswell	1.5%	808
Total Votes				53,125

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3rd District

Michigan Senate 1st District, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Morris Hood	78.5%	43,849
	Republican	Doug Mitchell	21.5%	11,994
Total Votes				55,843

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4th District

Michigan Senate 4th District, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Virgil Smith	94.5%	42,722
	Republican	Frederick Robinson, II	2.7%	1,241
	Independent	D. Wilcoxson	2.1%	931
	Libertarian	Raymond Warner	0.7%	329
Total Votes				45,223

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5th District

Michigan Senate 5th District, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Tupac Hunter Incumbent	83.3%	44,055
	Republican	Bonnie Patrick	16.7%	8,856
Total Votes				52,911

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6th District

Michigan Senate 6th District, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Glenn Anderson Incumbent	55.7%	46,471
	Republican	John Pastor	44.3%	37,001
Total Votes				83,472

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7th District

Michigan Senate 7th District, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Patrick Colbeck	52.2%	55,284
	Democratic	Kathleen Law	40.8%	43,173
	Independent	John Stewart	5.2%	5,508
	Libertarian	Marlin Brandys	1.1%	1,134
	Independent	Michael Kheibari	0.7%	734
Total Votes				105,833

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8th District

Michigan Senate 8th District, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Hoon-Yung Hopgood	54.9%	37,845
	Republican	Ken Larkin	36.7%	25,280
	Independent	Neil Sawicki	6.8%	4,697
	Libertarian	Loel Gnadt	1.6%	1,093
Total Votes				68,915

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9th District

Michigan Senate 9th District, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Steven Bieda	54.3%	42,039
	Republican	Michael Ennis	43%	33,258
	Green	Richard Kuszmar	2.7%	2,072
Total Votes				77,369

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10th District

Michigan Senate 10th District, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Tory Rocca	54.3%	44,486
	Democratic	Paul Giegleghem	45.7%	37,369
Total Votes				81,855

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11th District

Michigan Senate 11th District, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Jack Brandenburg	65.7%	65,403
	Democratic	Jim Ayres	34.3%	34,166
Total Votes				99,569

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12th District

Michigan Senate 12th District, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Jim Marleau	60.9%	56,894
	Democratic	Casanda Ulbrich	39.1%	36,526
Total Votes				93,420

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13th District

Michigan Senate 13th District, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	John Pappageorge Incumbent	59.3%	62,324
	Democratic	Aaron Bailey	40.7%	42,830
Total Votes				105,154

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State House of Representatives

Michigan House of Representatives
Party		As of November 1, 2010	After the 2010 Election
	Democratic Party	65	47
	Republican Party	42	63
	Vacancy	3	-
Total		110	110

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State Board of Education

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Michigan State University Board of Trustees

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Footnotes

[1] Michigan Department of State, "2010 Official Michigan General Election Results - Governor 4 Year Term (1) Position," March 2, 2011 at 12:11," accessed February 14, 2014

[2] Michigan Department of State, "2010 Official Michigan General Election Results - Secretary of State 4 Year Term (1) Position," March 2, 2011 at 12:11," accessed February 17, 2014

[3] Michigan Department of State, "2010 Official Michigan General Election Results - Attorney General 4 Year Term (1) Position," March 2, 2011 at 12:11," accessed February 17, 2014

[4] Michigan Department of State, "2010 Official Michigan General Election Results - 1st District Representative in Congress 2 Year Term (1) Position," March 2, 2011 at 12:11," accessed February 17, 2014

[5] Michigan Department of State, "2010 Official Michigan General Election Results - 2nd District Representative in Congress 2 Year Term (1) Position," March 2, 2011 at 12:11," accessed February 17, 2014

[6] Michigan Department of State, "2010 Official Michigan General Election Results - 3rd District Representative in Congress 2 Year Term (1) Position," March 2, 2011 at 12:11," accessed February 17, 2014

[7] Michigan Department of State, "2010 Official Michigan General Election Results - 4th District Representative in Congress 2 Year Term (1) Position," March 2, 2011 at 12:11," accessed February 17, 2014

[8] Michigan Department of State, "2010 Official Michigan General Election Results - 5th District Representative in Congress 2 Year Term (1) Position," March 2, 2011 at 12:11," accessed February 17, 2014

[9] Michigan Department of State, "2010 Official Michigan General Election Results - 6th District Representative in Congress 2 Year Term (1) Position," March 2, 2011 at 12:11," accessed February 17, 2014

[10] Michigan Department of State, "2010 Official Michigan General Election Results - 7th District Representative in Congress 2 Year Term (1) Position," March 2, 2011 at 12:11," accessed February 17, 2014

[11] Michigan Department of State, "2010 Official Michigan General Election Results - 8th District Representative in Congress 2 Year Term (1) Position," March 2, 2011 at 12:11," accessed February 17, 2014

[12] Michigan Department of State, "2010 Official Michigan General Election Results - 9th District Representative in Congress 2 Year Term (1) Position," March 2, 2011 at 12:11," accessed June15, 2014

[13] Michigan Department of State, "2010 Official Michigan General Election Results - 10th District Representative in Congress 2 Year Term (1) Position," March 2, 2011 at 12:11," accessed February 17, 2014

[14] Michigan Department of State, "2010 Official Michigan General Election Results - 1st District State Senator 4 Year Term (1) Position," March 2, 2011 at 12:11," accessed February 17, 2014

[15] Michigan Department of State, "2010 Official Michigan General Election Results - 2nd District State Senator 4 Year Term (1) Position," March 2, 2011 at 12:11," accessed February 17, 2014

[16] Michigan Department of State, "2010 Official Michigan General Election Results - 3rd District State Senator 4 Year Term (1) Position," March 2, 2011 at 12:11," accessed February 17, 2014

[17] Michigan Department of State, "2010 Official Michigan General Election Results - 4th District State Senator 4 Year Term (1) Position," March 2, 2011 at 12:11," accessed February 17, 2014

[18] Michigan Department of State, "2010 Official Michigan General Election Results - 5th District State Senator 4 Year Term (1) Position," March 2, 2011 at 12:11," accessed February 17, 2014

[19] Michigan Department of State, "2010 Official Michigan General Election Results - 6th District State Senator 4 Year Term (1) Position," March 2, 2011 at 12:11," accessed February 17, 2014

[20] Michigan Department of State, "2010 Official Michigan General Election Results - 7th District State Senator 4 Year Term (1) Position," March 2, 2011 at 12:11," accessed February 17, 2014

[21] Michigan Department of State, "2010 Official Michigan General Election Results - 8th District State Senator 4 Year Term (1) Position," March 2, 2011 at 12:11, accessed March 14, 2014

[22] Michigan Department of State, "2010 Official Michigan General Election Results - 9th District State Senator 4 Year Term (1) Position," March 2, 2011 at 12:11, accessed March 14, 2014

[23] Michigan Department of State, "2010 Official Michigan General Election Results - 10th District State Senator 4 Year Term (1) Position," March 2, 2011 at 12:11, accessed March 14, 2014

[24] Michigan Department of State, "2010 Official Michigan General Election Results - 11th District State Senator Year Term (1) Position," March 2, 2011 at 12:11, accessed March 14, 2014

[25] Michigan Department of State, "2010 Official Michigan General Election Results - 12th District State Senator Year Term (1) Position," March 2, 2011 at 12:11, accessed March 14, 2014

[26] Michigan Department of State, "2010 Official Michigan General Election Results - 13th District State Senator Year Term (1) Position," March 2, 2011 at 12:11, accessed March 14, 2014

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