2016 Michigan elections

2016 Michigan elections

November 8, 2016 (2016-11-08)

A general election was held in the U.S. state of Michigan on November 8, 2016.[1][2]

There were voting machine failures on election day.[2]

State elections

Michigan House of Representatives

Supreme Court

2016 Michigan Supreme Court election

November 8, 2016 (2016-11-08)

2 seats of the Supreme Court of Michigan
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Last election 5 2
Seats won 2 0
Seats after 5 2
Seat change

Associate Justice (Full term)

2016 Michigan Associate Justice election (Full term)

November 8, 2016
 
Candidate David Viviano Frank S. Szymanski
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Popular vote 2,316,459 792,944
Percentage 67.23% 23.01%

County results
Viviano:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

Justice before election

David Viviano

Elected Justice

David Viviano

Candidates
  • Doug Dern (Natural Law)[3]
  • Frank S. Szymanski (Democratic), judge of the Wayne County Probate Court[3]
  • David Viviano (Republican), incumbent Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Michigan[3]
Results
2016 Michigan Supreme Court Associate Justice (Full term) election[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan David Viviano (incumbent) 2,316,459 67.23%
Nonpartisan Frank S. Szymanski 792,944 23.01%
Nonpartisan Doug Dern 336,160 9.76%
Total votes 3,445,563 100.0%
Republican hold

Associate Justice (Term ending 01/01/2019)

2016 Michigan Supreme Court Associate Justice (Term ending 01/01/2019) election

November 8, 2016
 
Candidate Joan Larsen Deborah Thomas
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Popular vote 1,940,260 984,107
Percentage 57.62% 29.23%

County results
Larsen:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%

Justice before election

Joan Larsen

Elected Justice

Joan Larsen

Candidates
Results
2016 Michigan Supreme Court Associate Justice (Term ending 01/01/2019) election[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Joan Larsen (incumbent) 1,940,260 57.62%
Nonpartisan Deborah Thomas 984,107 29.23%
Nonpartisan Kerry L. Morgan 442,781 13.15%
Total votes 3,367,148 100.0%
Republican hold

Federal elections

President and vice president of the United States

United States House of Representatives

References

  1. ^ "Michigan elections, 2016". Ballotpedia. Retrieved August 12, 2019.
  2. ^ a b Alter, Charlotte (December 14, 2016). "Detroit Voting Machine Failures Were Widespread on Election Day". Time. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "See Democratic and Republican candidates for Supreme Court, university boards". August 28, 2016.
  4. ^ a b "2016 Michigan General Election Results". Michigan Secretary of State.