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Election 2018 Results

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2018 Michigan governor election

Gretchen Whitmer (Democrat) beat Bill Schuette (Republican) in Michigan in 2018, 53.3% to 43.7%, a margin of 9.6 points and 406,659 votes.

Michigan changed party: in 2014 it went Republican, for Rick Snyder.

Republicans led in 66 of the 83 counties and Democrats in 17. The largest, Wayne, cast 659,859 votes and went to the Democrat by 43.0 points. The closest was Keweenaw, where 136 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Gretchen Whitmer won Democratic 2,266,193 53.3%
Bill Schuette Republican 1,859,534 43.7%
All other candidates 124,858 2.9%
Total4,250,585

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Wayne 463,703 70.3% 180,057 27.3% 16,099 659,859 D+43.0
Oakland 347,080 57.3% 244,417 40.4% 13,770 605,267 D+17.0
Macomb 181,603 50.4% 169,073 46.9% 9,550 360,226 D+3.5
Kent 141,629 50.5% 129,988 46.4% 8,674 280,291 D+4.2
Washtenaw 124,910 72.0% 44,850 25.8% 3,748 173,508 D+46.1
Genesee 100,073 59.4% 63,537 37.7% 4,935 168,545 D+21.7
Ottawa 47,380 36.8% 77,691 60.4% 3,517 128,588 R+23.6
Ingham 80,292 67.3% 35,579 29.8% 3,359 119,230 D+37.5
Kalamazoo 67,023 58.4% 44,183 38.5% 3,656 114,862 D+19.9
Livingston 39,187 40.2% 55,842 57.2% 2,549 97,578 R+17.1
Saginaw 42,693 52.7% 36,306 44.8% 1,999 80,998 D+7.9
Muskegon 37,029 50.3% 29,655 40.3% 6,976 73,660 D+10.0
St. Clair 28,089 41.7% 36,840 54.6% 2,505 67,434 R+13.0
Berrien 27,861 44.9% 32,161 51.8% 2,014 62,036 R+6.9
Monroe 27,413 44.5% 32,336 52.5% 1,790 61,539 R+8.0
Jackson 26,704 43.9% 32,021 52.6% 2,127 60,852 R+8.7
Eaton 27,003 52.8% 22,438 43.9% 1,665 51,106 D+8.9
Calhoun 23,484 46.9% 24,711 49.4% 1,849 50,044 R+2.5
Allegan 19,497 39.1% 28,648 57.5% 1,708 49,853 R+18.4
Grand Traverse 23,220 47.6% 24,031 49.2% 1,550 48,801 R+1.7
Bay 23,159 49.8% 21,847 47.0% 1,525 46,531 D+2.8
Lenawee 17,624 44.0% 21,225 53.0% 1,203 40,052 R+9.0
Lapeer 14,798 37.6% 23,209 58.9% 1,365 39,372 R+21.4
Midland 16,238 42.2% 21,215 55.1% 1,052 38,505 R+12.9
Clinton 18,495 49.8% 17,649 47.5% 1,013 37,157 D+2.3
Marquette 17,173 57.2% 11,963 39.9% 866 30,002 D+17.4
Shiawassee 13,834 46.4% 14,943 50.2% 1,013 29,790 R+3.7
Van Buren 13,580 46.0% 14,824 50.2% 1,140 29,544 R+4.2
Barry 10,272 38.2% 15,573 58.0% 1,013 26,858 R+19.7
Ionia 9,929 41.7% 13,007 54.6% 894 23,830 R+12.9
Montcalm 9,003 38.5% 13,408 57.4% 946 23,357 R+18.9
Isabella 11,656 51.8% 10,097 44.9% 732 22,485 D+6.9
Tuscola 8,272 37.1% 13,286 59.6% 733 22,291 R+22.5
St. Joseph 7,611 37.2% 11,962 58.5% 865 20,438 R+21.3
Newaygo 6,944 34.2% 12,621 62.1% 762 20,327 R+27.9
Cass 7,255 37.3% 11,538 59.3% 664 19,457 R+22.0
Emmet 7,788 43.6% 9,539 53.3% 555 17,882 R+9.8
Hillsdale 5,166 30.7% 11,088 65.9% 567 16,821 R+35.2
Delta 6,991 42.6% 9,061 55.1% 378 16,430 R+12.6
Sanilac 5,383 32.8% 10,443 63.7% 576 16,402 R+30.8
Mecosta 6,408 40.9% 8,686 55.5% 560 15,654 R+14.6
Branch 5,324 35.0% 9,381 61.7% 507 15,212 R+26.7
Gratiot 6,170 43.0% 7,690 53.6% 493 14,353 R+10.6
Houghton 6,539 45.7% 7,372 51.5% 400 14,311 R+5.8
Leelanau 7,264 51.1% 6,630 46.7% 308 14,202 D+4.5
Chippewa 6,187 44.3% 7,381 52.8% 410 13,978 R+8.5
Wexford 4,995 35.7% 8,419 60.2% 562 13,976 R+24.5
Huron 4,828 35.2% 8,519 62.0% 385 13,732 R+26.9
Mason 5,823 42.5% 7,420 54.1% 467 13,710 R+11.6
Charlevoix 5,720 41.8% 7,556 55.2% 401 13,677 R+13.4
Alpena 5,595 42.8% 7,031 53.8% 446 13,072 R+11.0
Antrim 5,025 39.0% 7,480 58.0% 395 12,900 R+19.0
Cheboygan 4,838 38.5% 7,249 57.7% 468 12,555 R+19.2
Clare 4,424 37.4% 6,955 58.8% 457 11,836 R+21.4
Roscommon 4,561 38.7% 6,859 58.1% 380 11,800 R+19.5
Manistee 5,420 46.3% 5,928 50.6% 369 11,717 R+4.3
Iosco 4,772 40.8% 6,534 55.9% 384 11,690 R+15.1
Otsego 4,064 35.8% 6,903 60.8% 389 11,356 R+25.0
Dickinson 4,119 36.3% 6,914 61.0% 300 11,333 R+24.7
Gladwin 4,155 37.8% 6,512 59.2% 338 11,005 R+21.4
Oceana 4,260 39.6% 6,151 57.2% 346 10,757 R+17.6
Benzie 4,551 46.5% 4,963 50.7% 279 9,793 R+4.2
Osceola 2,901 30.9% 6,098 64.9% 392 9,391 R+34.0
Ogemaw 3,335 36.5% 5,471 59.9% 328 9,134 R+23.4
Menominee 3,528 40.2% 5,030 57.3% 226 8,784 R+17.1
Kalkaska 2,782 33.3% 5,190 62.1% 385 8,357 R+28.8
Arenac 2,631 38.9% 3,881 57.4% 246 6,758 R+18.5
Presque Isle 2,704 40.5% 3,751 56.2% 222 6,677 R+15.7
Missaukee 1,759 26.8% 4,641 70.7% 166 6,566 R+43.9
Gogebic 3,312 50.9% 3,003 46.2% 192 6,507 D+4.7
Crawford 2,367 37.8% 3,613 57.7% 279 6,259 R+19.9
Mackinac 2,345 41.0% 3,229 56.5% 142 5,716 R+15.5
Alcona 1,982 35.8% 3,408 61.6% 144 5,534 R+25.8
Iron 2,269 42.0% 2,970 55.0% 164 5,403 R+13.0
Lake 1,904 40.5% 2,602 55.4% 194 4,700 R+14.9
Montmorency 1,508 32.6% 2,976 64.3% 141 4,625 R+31.7
Alger 1,950 46.9% 2,097 50.4% 112 4,159 R+3.5
Schoolcraft 1,533 41.0% 2,094 55.9% 116 3,743 R+15.0
Oscoda 1,226 32.9% 2,379 63.7% 127 3,732 R+30.9
Baraga 1,356 41.9% 1,789 55.3% 92 3,237 R+13.4
Ontonagon 1,293 41.2% 1,741 55.4% 106 3,140 R+14.3
Luce 851 35.2% 1,469 60.7% 100 2,420 R+25.5
Keweenaw 571 43.4% 707 53.7% 38 1,316 R+10.3

Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Michigan governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 Gretchen Whitmer (D) D+10.5
2018 Gretchen Whitmer (D) D+9.6
2014 Rick Snyder (R) R+4.1
2010 Rick Snyder (R) R+18.2
2006 Jennifer M. Granholm (D) D+14.1
2002 Jennifer M. Granholm (D) D+4.0
1998 John Engler (R) R+24.4
1994 John Engler (R) R+23.0
1990 John Engler (R) R+0.7
1986 James J. Blanchard (D) D+36.7
1982 James J. Blanchard (D) D+6.3
1978 William G. Milliken (R) R+13.6
1974 William G. Milliken (R) R+4.3
1970 William G. Milliken (R) R+1.7
1966 George W. Romney (R) R+21.4
1964 George W. Romney (R) R+12.1
1962 George W. Romney (R) R+2.9
1960 John B. Swainson (D) D+1.3
1958 G. Mennen Williams (D) D+6.4
1956 G. Mennen Williams (D) D+9.5
1954 G. Mennen Williams (D) D+11.6
1952 G. Mennen Williams (D) D+0.3
1950 G. Mennen Williams (D) D+0.1
1948 G. Mennen Williams (D) D+7.8
1946 Kim Sigler (R) R+21.6
1944 Harry F. Kelly (R) R+9.9
1942 Harry F. Kelly (R) R+5.9
1940 Murray D. Van Wagoner (D) D+6.5
1938 Frank D. Fitzgerald (R) R+5.8
1936 Frank Murphy (D) D+2.8
1934 Frank D. Fitzgerald (R) R+6.6
1932 William A. Comstock (D) D+11.8
1930 Wilber M. Brucker (R) R+14.8
1928 Fred W. Green (R) R+40.5
1926 Fred W. Green (R) R+27.3
1924 Alexander J. Groesbeck (R) R+39.2
1922 Alexander J. Groesbeck (R) R+23.8
1920 Alexander J. Groesbeck (R) R+37.1
1918 Albert E. Sleeper (R) R+25.0
1916 Albert E. Sleeper (R) R+15.2
1914 Woodbridge N. Ferris (D) D+8.1
1912 Woodbridge N. Ferris (D) D+4.4
1910 Chase S. Osborn (R) R+11.2
1908 Fred M. Warner (R) R+1.8
1906 Fred M. Warner (R) R+26.1
1904 Fred M. Warner (R) R+11.5
1902 Aaron T. Bliss (R) R+9.2
1900 Aaron T. Bliss (R) R+14.5
1898 Hazen S. Pingree (R) R+17.8
1896 Hazen S. Pingree (R) R+14.5
1894 John T. Rich (R) R+25.5
1892 John T. Rich (R) R+3.5
1890 Edwin B. Winans (D) D+2.9
1888 Cyrus G. Luce (R) R+3.6
1886 Cyrus G. Luce (R) R+2.0
1884 Russell A. Alger (R) R+1.0
1882 Josiah W. Begole (D) D+1.5
1880 David H. Jerome (R) R+11.7
1878 Charles M. Croswell (R) R+16.9
1876 Charles M. Croswell (R) R+7.3
1874 John J. Bagley (R) R+2.7
1872 John J. Bagley (R) R+61.8
1870 Henry P. Baldwin (R) R+8.9
1868 Henry P. Baldwin (R) R+13.6
1866 Henry H. Crapo (R) R+17.7