Elections were held in Michigan on Tuesday, November 2, 2010.

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s were held on August 3, 2010. Major races included the gubernatorial election, which was won by

Rick Snyder Richard Dale Snyder (born August 19, 1958) is an American business executive, venture capitalist, attorney, accountant, and politician who served as the 48th governor of Michigan from 2011 to 2019. Snyder, who was born in Battle Creek, Michigan, ...

, a political novice and former CEO of

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Federal

United States House

All 15 of

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's seats in the

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were up for election in 2010.

State

Governor and Lieutenant Governor

Republican candidate

beat Democratic Party candidates

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58% to 40% to become

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Brian Calley Brian Nelson Calley (born March 25, 1977) is an American politician who served as the 63rd lieutenant governor of Michigan from 2011 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he was previously elected to the Michigan House of Representatives f ...

was Snyder's running mate and was elected

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Secretary of State

Republican candidate

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won the election with 50.7%, Democratic Party candidate

Jocelyn Benson Jocelyn Benson (born October 22, 1977) is an American politician and attorney who has served as the 43rd secretary of state of Michigan since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, she is the former dean of Wayne State University Law School fr ...

got 45.2%, Libertarian Party candidate

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got 1.8%, U.S. Taxpayers Party candidate Robert Gale got 1.3% and

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candidate John A. La Pietra got 1.0%.

Attorney General

Republican candidate

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won the election with 52% of the votes, while Democrat

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got 43.5%. Libertarian Party candidate Daniel W. Grow got 2%, and U.S. Taxpayers Party candidate

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got 1.9%.

State Senate

Prior to the November 2010 election, in the

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the Democratic Party had 16 seats and the Republican Party had 22. After the election, the Republican Party gained 4 seats, giving them 26 seats over the Democratic Party's 12.

State House of Representatives

Prior to the November 2010 election, the Democratic Party held 65 seats in the House and the Republican Party held 42 seats. The Democratic Party lost 18 total seats, and after this election had 47, while the Republican Party's victory brought them up to 63 seats in the House, swaying the

Michigan House of Representatives The Michigan House of Representatives is the lower house of the Michigan Legislature. There are 110 members, each of whom is elected from constituencies having approximately 77,000 to 91,000 residents, based on population figures from the 2020 ...

' majority from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party.

Supreme Court

Republican Party candidate Robert P. Young, Jr. won with 27.88%, re-claiming his seat over Democratic Party candidate

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with 17.28% and Independent

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, who claimed 5.58%. Republican Party candidate

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, who got 19.32%.

General election

Court of Appeals

1st District candidates Cynthia Stephens and Kurtis T. Wilder were re-elected with 56.12% and 43.88% of the vote. 2nd District candidate Pat Donofrio was re-elected with 100% of the vote. 3rd District candidates Joel P. Hoekstra, David H. Sawyer and Douglas Shapiro were re-elected with 52.32%, 47.68% and 100% of the vote. 4th District candidates Donald S. Owens and

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were re-elected with 51.90% and 48.10% of the vote. All candidates ran uncontested.

Ballot measures

2010 Michigan Proposal 1 was an automatic ballot referral in the state of Michigan which was voted on in the 2010 Michigan elections. It was intended to call for a constitutional convention to review and edit the state constitution. It was voted on on November 2, 2010, and failed The Michigan Felon Politician Ban Amendment, Proposal 2 was approved, banning felons from running for any political or public office, while the Michigan Constitutional Convention, Proposal 1 was defeated, meaning that the Michigan State Constitution will not be re-written.

Local

Many elections for county and city offices were also held on November 2, 2010.

References

External links

Elections in Michigan
by the Michigan Department of State
Michigan Candidate List
a
Imagine Election
- Search for candidates by address or zip code
Michigan Congressional Races in 2010
for campaign finance data for federal races from

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Michigan State Races in 2010
campaign finance data for state races from ''Follow the Money'' {{United States elections, 2010