The Michigan general election, 2018 was held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018 throughout Michigan. The Democrats swept all of the statewide offices formerly held by the Republicans.[1]
Federal
Congress
Senate
Incumbent Democratic senator Debbie Stabenow won re-election to a fourth term.
House of Representatives
Democrats gained two House seats in the United States House of Representatives giving Michigan's House delegation an even split with seven Democrats and seven Republicans.
State
Executive
Governor and Lieutenant Governor
The Democratic ticket of Gretchen Whitmer and Garlin Gilchrist won the races for governor and lieutenant governor. This is a Democratic gain.
All 38 seats in the Michigan Senate were up for election in 2018. Democrats gained five seats, but Republicans still control 22 seats in the Michigan Senate.
House of Representatives
All 110 seats in the Michigan House of Representatives were up for election in 2018. Democrats gained five seats, but Republicans still control the Michigan House with 58 Republicans and 52 Democrats.
Two seats on the Michigan Supreme Court were up for election in 2018. Justice Kurt Wilder, who was appointed by Governor Snyder to replace retiring justice Robert P. Young Jr., and Justice Beth Clement, who was named by Governor Snyder to replace Justice Joan Larsen after the latter was confirmed to a seat on the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in November, 2017,[3] are each eligible to run for re-election. The two winners of the election were Clement and Megan Cavanagh, who unseated Wilder.[4]
Proposal 1, an initiative to legalize cannabis, was approved 56-44.
Proposal 1[8]
Choice
Votes
%
Yes
2,356,422
55.9
No
1,859,675
44.1
Total votes
4,216,097
100.00
Proposal 2
Proposal 2 was an initiative to transfer the power to draw state Legislative districts and US Congressional districts from the state legislature to an independent redistricting commission. The proposal passed 61-39.
Proposal 2[8]
Choice
Votes
%
Yes
2,516,998
61.3
No
1,590,638
38.7
Total votes
4,107,636
100.00
Proposal 3
Proposal 3, an initiative to add voting policies such as same-day registration and straight-ticket voting to the state constitution, was approved 67-33.
Proposal 3[8]
Choice
Votes
%
Yes
2,772,301
66.9
No
1,370,662
33.1
Total votes
4,142,963
100.00
References
^"Michigan Election Results 2018: Live Midterm Map by County & Analysis". www.politico.com. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
^"Michigan State Board of Education election, 2018". Ballotpedia.
^Egan, Paul (November 17, 2017). "Snyder names Chief Legal Counsel Beth Clement to Michigan Supreme Court". Detroit Free Press.