ELECTORAL HISTORY OF GRETCHEN WHITMER

The electoral history of Gretchen Whitmer, spans two decades, from 2000 to the present. Whitmer currently serves as the Governor of Michigan, a position she had held since 2018 and was reelected to in 2022.

State House

2000

Michigan House of Representatives District 70 Democratic primary, 2000^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Gretchen Whitmer	2,434	47.4	N/A
	Democratic	Mary Lindemann	2,152	41.9	N/A
	Democratic	John Schlinker	284	5.5	N/A
	Democratic	Robert McCann	263	5.1	N/A
Majority			281	5.5	N/A
Turnout			5,133

Michigan House of Representatives District 70 Election, 2000^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Gretchen Whitmer	17,409	56.6	-0.1
	Republican	Bill Hollister	13,355	43.4	+3.6
Majority			4,054	13.2	-3.7
Turnout			30,764		+21.5
	Democratic hold		Swing

2002

Michigan House of Representatives District 69 Democratic primary, 2002^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Gretchen Whitmer ( redistricted incumbent)	8,821	100
Turnout			8,821

Michigan House of Representatives District 69 Election, 2002^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Gretchen Whitmer ( redistricted incumbent)	18,002	62.5	+5.9
	Republican	Larry Ward	10,783	37.5	-5.9
Majority			7,219	25.0	-10.8
Turnout			28,785		+12.9
	Democratic hold		Swing

2004

Michigan House of Representatives District 69 Democratic primary, 2004^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Gretchen Whitmer (incumbent)	5,418	100
Turnout			5,418

Michigan House of Representatives District 69 Election, 2004^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Gretchen Whitmer (incumbent)	26,828	65.7	+3.2
	Republican	Angela Lindsay	14,307	34.3	-3.2
Majority			12,521	31.4	+6.4
Turnout			40,865		+42.0
	Democratic hold		Swing

State Senate

2006 special election

Michigan Senate District 23 special election Democratic primary, 2006^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gretchen Whitmer	7,637	84.98
	Democratic	Anthony J. Benavides	935	10.40
	Democratic	Melissa Sue Robinson	415	4.62
Majority			6,702	74.57
Turnout			8,987	100

Michigan Senate District 23 special election, 2006^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gretchen Whitmer	14,334	79.97
	Republican	Vince Green	3,371	18.81
	Write-in	Others	220	1.23
Majority			64,393	100
Turnout				100
	Democratic hold		Swing

2006

Michigan Senate District 23 Democratic primary, 2006^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Gretchen Whitmer (incumbent)	18,092	100
Turnout			18,092

Michigan Senate District 23 election, 2006^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gretchen Whitmer (incumbent)	64,404	69.8
	Republican	Frank Lambert	27,931	30.2
Majority			36,473	39.5
Turnout			92,335	100
	Democratic hold		Swing

2010

Michigan Senate District 23 Democratic primary, 2010^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Gretchen Whitmer (incumbent)	18,040	100
Turnout			18,040

Michigan Senate District 23 election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Gretchen Whitmer (incumbent)	49,974	64.0	-5.8
	Republican	Kyle Haubrich	28,127	36.0	+5.8
Majority			21,847	28.0	-11.6
Turnout			78,101	100	-15.4
	Democratic hold		Swing	-5.8

Governor

2018

Michigan gubernatorial Democratic primary, 2018 ^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gretchen Whitmer	588,436	52.0
	Democratic	Abdul El-Sayed	342,179	30.2
	Democratic	Shri Thanedar	200,645	17.7
Total votes			1,131,447	100.0

Michigan gubernatorial election, 2018^[13]^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Gretchen Whitmer Garlin Gilchrist	2,256,791	53.34%	+6.48%
	Republican	Bill Schuette Lisa Posthumus Lyons	1,853,650	43.81%	-7.11%
	Libertarian	Bill Gelineau Angelique Chaiser Thomas	56,752	1.34%	+0.21%
	Green	Jennifer V. Kurland Charin H. Davenport	28,857	0.68%	+0.21%
	Constitution	Todd Schleiger Earl P. Lackie	24,701	0.58%	-0.03%
	Natural Law	Keith Butkovitch Raymond Warner	10,258	0.24%	-
Majority			403,141	9.53%	+5.47%
Turnout			4,231,009		34.04%
	Democratic gain from Republican		Swing

2022

Democratic primary results^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gretchen Whitmer (incumbent)	938,382	100.0%
Total votes			938,382	100.0%

2022 Michigan gubernatorial election^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Gretchen Whitmer (incumbent) Garlin Gilchrist (incumbent)	2,430,505	54.46%	+1.15%
	Republican	Tudor Dixon Shane Hernandez	1,960,635	43.95%	+0.20%
	Libertarian	Mary Buzuma Brian Ellison	38,876	0.87%	-0.46%
	Constitution	Donna Brandenburg Mellissa Carone	16,253	0.37%	-0.32%
	Green	Kevin Hogan Destiny Clayton	10,798	0.24%	-0.44%
	Natural Law	Daryl M. Simpson Doug Dern	5,001	0.11%	-0.13%
Total votes			4,445,948	100.0%
	Democratic hold

References

^ "2000 Michigan Election Results". Michigan Department of State. September 28, 2016. Retrieved September 26, 2017.
^ "2000 Michigan Election Results". Michigan Department of State. September 28, 2016. Retrieved September 26, 2017.
^ "2002 Michigan Election Results". Michigan Department of State. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
^ "2002 Michigan Election Results". Michigan Department of State. September 28, 2016. Retrieved September 26, 2017.
^ "2004 Michigan Election Results". Michigan Department of State. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
^ "2004 Michigan Election Results". Michigan Department of State. September 28, 2016. Retrieved September 26, 2017.
^ "2006 Official Michigan Special Primary Candidate Listing". miboecfr.nictusa.com. Michigan Secretary of State. 20 July 2008. Archived from the original on 20 July 2008.
^ "OFFICIAL Election Results INGHAM SPECIAL GENERAL ELECTION Precinct Report". www.ingham.org. Ingham County Clerk. Archived from the original on 6 August 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
^ "2006 Michigan Election Results". Michigan Department of State. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
^ "2006 Michigan Official General Election Results - 11/07/2006". mielections.us. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
^ "2010 Michigan Election Results". Michigan Department of State. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
^ "2018 Michigan Election Results: Primary, Official". michigan.gov. Retrieved September 21, 2018.
^ "2018 Michigan Official General Election Results - 11/06/2018". mielections.us.
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 16, 2018. Retrieved November 16, 2018.{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title ( link)
^ https://mielections.us/election/results/2022PRI_CENR.html
^ https://mielections.us/election/results/2022GEN_CENR.html

[1] "2000 Michigan Election Results". Michigan Department of State. September 28, 2016. Retrieved September 26, 2017.

[2] "2000 Michigan Election Results". Michigan Department of State. September 28, 2016. Retrieved September 26, 2017.

[3] "2002 Michigan Election Results". Michigan Department of State. Retrieved June 17, 2020.

[4] "2002 Michigan Election Results". Michigan Department of State. September 28, 2016. Retrieved September 26, 2017.

[5] "2004 Michigan Election Results". Michigan Department of State. Retrieved June 17, 2020.

[6] "2004 Michigan Election Results". Michigan Department of State. September 28, 2016. Retrieved September 26, 2017.

[7] "2006 Official Michigan Special Primary Candidate Listing". miboecfr.nictusa.com. Michigan Secretary of State. 20 July 2008. Archived from the original on 20 July 2008.

[8] "OFFICIAL Election Results INGHAM SPECIAL GENERAL ELECTION Precinct Report". www.ingham.org. Ingham County Clerk. Archived from the original on 6 August 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2011.

[9] "2006 Michigan Election Results". Michigan Department of State. Retrieved June 17, 2020.

[10] "2006 Michigan Official General Election Results - 11/07/2006". mielections.us. Retrieved 12 January 2021.

[11] "2010 Michigan Election Results". Michigan Department of State. Retrieved June 17, 2020.

[12] "2018 Michigan Election Results: Primary, Official". michigan.gov. Retrieved September 21, 2018.

[13] "2018 Michigan Official General Election Results - 11/06/2018". mielections.us.

[14] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 16, 2018. Retrieved November 16, 2018.{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title ( link)

[15] ttps://mielections.us/election/results/2022PRI_CENR.html

[16] ttps://mielections.us/election/results/2022GEN_CENR.html

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