The 2022 Michigan gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the

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. Incumbent Democratic Governor

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ran for re-election to a second term and faced former political commentator Tudor Dixon in the general election. Whitmer defeated Dixon by a vote margin of nearly 11 percentage points, a larger victory than when she was first elected four years prior. This was the first gubernatorial election in Michigan history in which both major party candidates for governor were women, and the first since

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in which the winner was from the same party as the

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president.

Process for ballot appearance and fraud allegations

In order to appear on a primary ballot for the August 2 Democratic and Republican primaries, candidates must submit between 15,000 and 30,000 signatures in addition to their filing paperwork. These signatures are submitted to the Board of State Canvassers, a bipartisan and independent board that verifies petition signatures. Within seven days of the filing deadline, citizens and organizations can challenge nomination signatures submitted by candidates. Voters are only allowed to sign one nomination petition. After the filing deadline, the Board of State Canvassers received nearly 30 challenges to nomination petitions. Among them, the Michigan Democratic Party alleged that several Republican candidates engaged in signature fraud with their petitions. This was followed by a report by the Michigan Bureau of Elections which alleged that 36 paid signature circulators faked signatures and engaged in practices that added fraudulent signatures to other candidates petitions. An eight-hour meeting of the Board of State Canvassers reached a deadlock on whether to allow the candidates in question to stay on the ballot. Due to the deadlock, the candidates in question were not allowed to appear on the primary ballot. The rushed pace of the proceedings and the decision were criticized by

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of Michigan, whose policy director suggested that the candidates in question had to plead their cases to the Board of Canvassers days after finding out about the alleged fraud themselves. Several candidates filed lawsuits appealing the decision. These suits were rejected in the

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. At least two of the candidates involved pledged to appeal their cases to the

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Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

, incumbent Governor (2019–present) and Vice Chair of the

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(2021–present) ** Running mate:

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, incumbent Lieutenant Governor (2019–present)

Endorsements

Results

Republican primary

Fourteen people declared their candidacy for the Republican gubernatorial nomination. At the filing deadline, 10 candidates submitted enough signatures to appear on the ballot, a state record. However, following challenges by the state Democratic party and other organizations, five candidates were deemed ineligible to appear on the ballot due to alleged fraudulent signatures. Several of these candidates, including former Detroit police chief James Craig and Michael Markey, pledged to appeal the decision to the State Supreme Court. Craig also mentioned that, should the appeal fail, he would still plan to run as a

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for both the primary and the general election. On June 15, 2022, Craig announced he was launching a write-in campaign for the nomination. On June 9, 2022, candidate Ryan Kelley was arrested by the

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following numerous tips that he had participated in the

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. The criminal complaint alleges that Kelley engaged in disorderly conduct on restricted grounds and engaged in acts of violence against a person or property. On August 19, 2022, Dixon announced former

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as her running mate. However, shortly after, former gubernatorial candidates Ralph Rebandt and Garrett Soldano both announced that they were exploring the possibility of launching their own campaigns for Lieutenant Governor to contest Hernandez at the August 27 state GOP convention for not being conservative enough. On August 22, 2022, Soldano announced that he would not seek the position of Lieutenant Governor at the convention. Later that same day, Rebandt announced that he would seek the nomination at the convention. Hernandez secured his party's nomination at the convention, despite heated opposition from supporters of Rebandt.

Candidates

Nominee

* Tudor Dixon, conservative media personality ** Running mate:

, former

from the 83rd district (2017–2021) and candidate for

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Eliminated in primary

* Ryan Kelley,

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Planning commissioner ** Running mate: Jamie Swafford, Ethnic Vice-chair of the

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* Ralph Rebandt,

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pastor * Kevin Rinke, businessman * Garrett Soldano, chiropractor, businessman and former co-chairman of Unlock Michigan

Disqualified, write-in campaign

* James Craig, former Chief of the

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(2013–2021)

Failed to qualify

* Donna Brandenburg, businesswoman ''(became U.S. Taxpayers Party Nominee after disqualification)'' * Mike Brown, captain in the

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(''endorsed Kevin Rinke'') * Perry Johnson, businessman * Michael Jay Markey Jr., businessman and media personality * Bob Scott, Jelly Maker and Vice President of the Evangelical Alliance Ministerial Association * Evan Space, Michigan Army National Guard veteran and candidate for governor in

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Withdrawn

* Articia Bomer,

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document specialist'' ( ran unsuccessfully for

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)'' * Austin Chenge, businessman and U.S. Army veteran

Declined

* Tom Barrett,

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from the 24th district (2019–present) (''

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for

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'') *

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for (2017–present) ('' running for re-election'') (''endorsed James Craig', later switched to Perry Johnson'') *

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, former

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(2017–2021) and former chair of the

(1996–2000, 2003–2005) *

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for (2011–present) ('' running for re-election'') (''endorsed Tudor Dixon'') * John James, businessman, former

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and Republican nominee for the

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and

''(

for

)'' * Tom Leonard, former Speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives (2017–2019) and nominee for attorney general in

('' ran unsuccessfully for attorney general'') *

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for (2021–present) ('' running for re-election'') (''endorsed Tudor Dixon'') *

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Public Works Commissioner (2017–present), former

for (2003–2016), and former

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(1995–2003) *

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, Majority Leader of the Michigan Senate (2019–present) and former state representative from the 65th district (2010–2014) (''endorsed Tudor Dixon'')

Endorsements

Polling

;Graphical summary ;Aggregate polls ;John James vs. James Craig

Results

Libertarian convention

Candidates

Nominated

* Mary Buzuma, nominee for governor in

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** Running mate: Brian Ellison, nominee for

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Constitution convention

Candidates

Nominee

* Donna Brandenburg, businesswoman ''(Nominated following disqualification from GOP ballot)'' **Running mate: Mellissa Carone, 2020 election hearing witness for

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General election

Predictions

Endorsements

Polling

;Aggregate polls ;Graphical summary ;Gretchen Whitmer vs. Ryan Kelley ;Gretchen Whitmer vs. Ralph Rebandt ;Gretchen Whitmer vs. Kevin Rinke ;Gretchen Whitmer vs. Garrett Soldano ;Gretchen Whitmer vs. James Craig ;Gretchen Whitmer vs. John James ;Gretchen Whitmer vs. Candice Miller ;Gretchen Whitmer vs. generic Republican ;Gretchen Whitmer vs. generic opponent

Debates

The first debate was held on Thursday, October 13 in

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hosted by local TV station WOOD-TV. The two clashed on various issues such as abortion, the economy and COVID-19. The fact checkers were busy analyzing the claims the two candidates made. Analysts determined this debate to be a draw. The second debate was held on Tuesday, October 25 on the campus of

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. The debate was co-sponsored by Oakland University's Center for Civic Engagement and

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owned TV stations WXYZ-TV in Detroit, WXMI-TV in Grand Rapids and WSYM-TV in

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. News stories about the debate specifically noted a question Whitmer gave Dixon when they argued on school safety and library books: "Do you really think books are more dangerous than guns?"

Results

Analysis

Whitmer led Dixon in most of the polls. Most Republican donors chose not to fund campaign ads for Dixon, causing the TV airwaves to be dominated by ads for Whitmer, which included negative ads against Dixon. Whitmer also spent a lot more in digital advertising compared to Dixon. Abortion rights, which were on the ballot in the same election, were the subject of negative ads against Dixon, who opposed abortion rights. Although aggregate polling had Whitmer up by about 3%, and a last minute poll by

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had Dixon ahead by 1%, the election was not close. Whitmer defeated Dixon at the same time Michigan voters approved a ballot measure that would guarantee abortion rights in the Michigan constitution. Democrats swept the other statewide partisan races and won control of both the state House and

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. This marked the first time Democrats took control of both houses of the Michigan legislature since 1984. Whitmer's victory was attributed to her strong performance in Michigan's most populous counties, which include Wayne (

and Dearborn),

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(

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and

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(

), Macomb (

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plus other northern Detroit suburbs),

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(

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), Washtenaw (

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and the

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), Ingham (home to the state capital of

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, and

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. She also performed well in some more moderately populous places, including Marquette County in the Upper Peninsula and the Traverse City area in the northwestern tip of the Lower Peninsula. Whitmer's wider victory margin was attributed to her increased leads from her previous election in places such as Kent County (4.15% to 10.38%), Oakland County (16.96% to 23.08%), and Washtenaw County (46.14% to 51.48%), solidifying the latter's status as the bluest county in Michigan. Voting by college students also went up, causing long lines at polling places which led to continued voting long after the polls closed at 8 p.m. Dixon, on the other hand, did well in Michigan's outer suburbs, exurbs, and more rural counties. While she improved on 2018 Republican nominee

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's performance in moderately populated Monroe and St. Clair counties on the outskirts of Metro Detroit, she saw her leads drop in Livingston County (home to

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and other Detroit suburbs) from 17.07% to 12.83% and Ottawa County (home to

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, and other Grand Rapids suburbs) from 23.57% to 18.04%, further continuing the trend of moderate white suburban voters shifting away from the Republicans and toward the Democrats. Through Proposal 3, voters simultaneously enshrined reproductive rights to the State Constitution. Key to her win was

and

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, the former of those being won by Republicans in both the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections. Voters in Oakland County cemented this former suburban Republican stronghold into a Democratic stronghold, by giving Whitmer a 150,000 voter margin over Dixon, signaling Oakland County's shift to a Democratic stronghold. As Republicans became more politically conservative, the very moderate Oakland County has shifted from its Republican roots to a key Democratic county in Michigan elections. Whitmer outperformed Biden by nearly 9 points in her election, and the race somewhat mirrored Proposal 3, which Michigan voters enshrined into their Constitution by a 57%-43% margin. Despite Dixon's loss, she managed to flip

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in the Upper Peninsula (which had voted for Whitmer in 2018), making this the first election since

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where a Democrat won the Michigan Governor's Mansion without carrying Gogebic County.

Notes

;Partisan clients

References

External links

;Official campaign websites
Donna Brandenburg (C) for Governor

Mary Buzuma (L) for Governor

Tudor Dixon (R) for Governor

Gretchen Whitmer (D) for Governor
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Gretchen Whitmer