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Governors of Michigan, 1835-2010 (May be incomplete!)
Stevens T. Mason 1835-40 William Woodbridge 1840-41 James Wright Gordon 1841-42 John S. Barry 1842-46 Alpheus Felch 1846-47 William L. Greenly 1847-48 Epaphroditus Ransom 1848-50 John S. Barry 1850 Robert McClelland 1851-53 Andrew Parsons 1853-55 Kinsley S. Bingham 1855-59 Moses Wisner 1859-61 Austin Blair 1861-65 Henry H. Crapo 1865-69 Henry P. Baldwin 1869-72 John J. Bagley 1873-76 Charles M. Croswell 1877-80 David H. Jerome 1881-82 Josiah W. Begole 1883-84 Russell A. Alger 1885-86 Cyrus G. Luce 1887-90 Edwin B. Winans 1891-92 John T. Rich 1893-96 Hazen S. Pingree 1897-1900 Aaron T. Bliss 1901-04 Fred M. Warner 1905-10 Chase S. Osborn 1911-12 Woodbridge N. Ferris 1913-16 Albert E. Sleeper 1917-20 Alex J. Groesbeck 1921-26 Fred W. Green 1927-30 Wilber M. Brucker 1931-32 William A. Comstock 1933-34 Frank D. Fitzgerald 1935-36 Frank Murphy 1937-38 Frank D. Fitzgerald 1939 Luren D. Dickinson 1939-40 Murray D. Van Wagoner 1941-42 Harry F. Kelly 1943-46 Kim Sigler 1947-48 G. Mennen Williams 1949-60 John B. Swainson 1961-62 George W. Romney 1963-69 William G. Milliken 1969-82 James J. Blanchard 1983-90 John M. Engler 1991-2002 Jennifer M. Granholm 2003-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1835: John Biddle (Whig), defeated.
  • 1837: Charles Christopher Trowbridge, defeated.
  • 1839: Elon Farnsworth (Dem), defeated.
  • 1841: Philo C. Fuller (Whig), defeated.
  • 1843: Zina Pitcher (Whig), defeated; James G. Birney, defeated.
  • 1845: Stephen Vickery (Whig), defeated; James G. Birney, defeated.
  • 1847: Chester Gurney, defeated; James M. Edmunds (Whig), defeated.
  • 1847 Mar 3: Alpheus Felch, resigned.
  • 1849: Flavius J. Littlejohn, defeated.
  • 1851: Townsend E. Gidley (Whig), defeated.
  • 1852: Zachariah Chandler (Whig), defeated; Isaac P. Christiancy, defeated.
  • 1853 Mar 7: Robert McClelland, resigned.
  • 1854: Kinsley S. Bingham (Rep), elected; John S. Barry (Dem), defeated.
  • 1856: Kinsley S. Bingham (Rep), elected; Alpheus Felch (Dem), defeated.
  • 1858: Moses Wisner (Rep), elected; Charles E. Stuart (Dem), defeated.
  • 1860: Austin Blair (Rep), elected; John S. Barry (Dem), defeated.
  • 1862: Austin Blair (Rep), elected; Byron G. Stout (Dem), defeated.
  • 1864: Henry H. Crapo (Rep), elected; William M. Fenton (Dem), defeated.
  • 1866: Henry H. Crapo (Rep), elected; Alpheus S. Williams (Dem), defeated.
  • 1868: Henry P. Baldwin (Rep), elected; John Moore (Dem), defeated.
  • 1870: Henry P. Baldwin (Rep), elected; Charles C. Comstock (Dem), defeated.
  • 1872: John J. Bagley (Rep), elected; Austin Blair (Liberty), defeated.
  • 1874: John J. Bagley (Rep), elected; Henry Chamberlain (Dem), defeated.
  • 1876: Charles M. Croswell (Rep), elected; William L. Webber (Dem), defeated.
  • 1878: Charles M. Croswell (Rep), elected; Orlando M. Barnes (Dem), defeated; Henry S. Smith (National), defeated.
  • 1880: David H. Jerome (Rep), elected; Frederick M. Holloway (Dem), defeated; David Woodman (Greenback), defeated; Isaac W. McKeever (Prohibition), defeated; Cornelius Quick (American Labor), defeated.
  • 1882: Josiah W. Begole (Fusion), elected; David H. Jerome (Rep), defeated; Daniel P. Sagendorph (Prohibition), defeated; Waldo May (National), defeated.
  • 1884: Russell A. Alger (Rep), elected; Josiah W. Begole (Fusion), defeated; David Preston (Prohibition), defeated; Jesse M. Miller (Greenback), defeated.
  • 1886 Nov 2: Cyrus G. Luce (Rep), elected; George L. Yaple (Fusion), defeated; Samuel Dickie (Prohibition), defeated.
  • 1888: Cyrus G. Luce (Rep), elected; Wellington R. Burt (Fusion), defeated; Amherst B. Cheney (Prohibition), defeated; Wildman Mills (Union Labor), defeated.
  • 1890: Edwin B. Winans (Dem), elected; James M. Turner (Rep), defeated; Azariah S. Partridge (Prohibition), defeated; Eugene H. Belden (Industrial), defeated.
  • 1892: John T. Rich (Rep), elected; Allen B. Morse (Dem), defeated; John Russell (Prohibition), defeated; John W. Ewing (People's), defeated.
  • 1894: John T. Rich (Rep), elected; Spencer O. Fisher (Dem), defeated; Albert M. Todd (Prohibition), defeated; Alva W. Nichols (People's), defeated.
  • 1896 Nov 3: Hazen S. Pingree (Rep), elected; Charles R. Sligh (Fusion), defeated; Rufus S. Sprague (Dem), defeated; Robert C. Safford (Prohibition), defeated; John Gilberson (National), defeated.
  • 1898 Nov 8: Hazen S. Pingree (Rep), elected; Justin R. Whiting (Fusion), defeated; Noah W. Cheever (Prohibition), defeated; Sullivan W. Cook (People's), defeated; George Hasseler (Socialist Labor), defeated.
  • 1900 Nov 6: Aaron T. Bliss (Rep), elected; William C. Maybury (Dem), defeated; Frederic S. Goodrich (Prohibition), defeated; Henry Ramsay (Social Democratic), defeated; Henry Ulbricht (Socialist Labor), defeated; Daniel Thompson (People's), defeated.
  • 1902 Nov 4: Aaron T. Bliss (Rep), elected; Lorenzo T. Durand (Dem), defeated; Walter S. Westerman (Prohibition), defeated; William E. Walter (Socialist), defeated; Shepard B. Cowles (Socialist Labor), defeated.
  • 1904 Nov 8: Fred M. Warner (Rep), elected; Woodbridge N. Ferris (Dem), defeated; James M. Shackelton (Prohibition), defeated; Clayton J. Lamb (Socialist), defeated; Meiko Meyer (Socialist Labor), defeated.
  • 1906 Nov 6: Fred M. Warner (Rep), elected; Charles H. Kimmerle (Dem), defeated; R. Clark Reed (Prohibition), defeated; James E. Walker (Socialist), defeated; Herman Richter (Socialist Labor), defeated.
  • 1908: James B. Bradley (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1908 Nov 3: Fred M. Warner (Rep), elected; Lawton T. Hemans (Dem), defeated; John W. Gray (Prohibition), defeated; Alexander M. Stirton (Socialist), defeated; Archie McInnes (Socialist Labor), defeated; Alva W. Nichols (Ind), defeated.
  • 1910 Sep 6: Lawton T. Hemans (Dem), nominated unopposed.
  • 1910 Sep 6: Chase S. Osborn (Rep), nominated; Patrick H. Kelley (Rep), defeated in primary; Amos S. Musselman (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1910 Sep 6: Fred W. Corbett (Prohibition), nominated unopposed.
  • 1910 Sep 6: Joseph Warnock (Socialist), nominated unopposed.
  • 1910 Nov 8: Chase S. Osborn (Rep), elected; Lawton T. Hemans (Dem), defeated; Joseph Warnock (Socialist), defeated; Fred W. Corbett (Prohibition), defeated; Herman Richter (Socialist Labor), defeated.
  • 1912: Frederick C. Martindale (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1914 Aug 25: Chase S. Osborn (Rep), nominated; Frederick C. Martindale (Rep), defeated in primary; Alex J. Groesbeck (Rep), defeated in primary; William S. Linton (Rep), defeated in primary; George E. Ellis (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1914 Aug 25: Henry R. Pattengill (Progressive), nominated unopposed.
  • 1914 Aug 25: James Hoogerhyde (Socialist), nominated unopposed.
  • 1914 Aug 25: Charles N. Eayrs (Prohibition), nominated unopposed.
  • 1914 Aug 25: Herman Richter (Socialist Labor), nominated unopposed.
  • 1914 Nov 3: Woodbridge N. Ferris (Dem), elected; Chase S. Osborn (Rep), defeated; Henry R. Pattengill (Progressive), defeated; James Hoogerhyde (Socialist), defeated; Charles N. Eayrs (Prohibition), defeated; Herman Richter (Socialist Labor), defeated.
  • 1916 Aug 29: Charles H. Bender (Dem), nominated unopposed, but withdrew.
  • 1916 Aug 29: Albert E. Sleeper (Rep), nominated; Frank B. Leland (Rep), defeated in primary; Gerrit J. Diekema (Rep), defeated in primary; Washington Gardner (Rep), defeated in primary; Sybrant Wesselius (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1916 Aug 29: Ernest J. Moore (Socialist), nominated unopposed.
  • 1916 Aug 29: E. W. Woodruff (Prohibition), nominated unopposed.
  • 1916 Nov 7: Albert E. Sleeper (Rep), elected; Edwin F. Sweet (Dem), defeated; Ernest J. Moore (Socialist), defeated; E. W. Woodruff (Prohibition), defeated; James R. Murray (Socialist Labor), defeated.
  • 1918 Aug 25: John W. Bailey (Dem), nominated; Edward Frensdorf (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1918 Aug 25: Albert E. Sleeper (Rep), nominated unopposed.
  • 1918 Aug 25: Ernest J. Moore (Socialist), nominated unopposed.
  • 1918 Aug 25: John S. McColl (Prohibition), nominated unopposed.
  • 1918 Aug 25: Paul O. Hinds (Socialist Labor), nominated unopposed.
  • 1918 Nov 5: Albert E. Sleeper (Rep), elected; John W. Bailey (Dem), defeated; Ernest J. Moore (Socialist), defeated; John S. McColl (Prohibition), defeated; Paul O. Hinds (Socialist Labor), defeated.
  • 1920: Cassius L. Glasgow (Rep), defeated in primary; Luren D. Dickinson (Rep), defeated in primary; Frederick C. Martindale (Rep), defeated in primary; Charles S. Mott (Rep), defeated in primary; Frank B. Leland (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1920: Woodbridge N. Ferris (Dem), defeated.
  • 1922: James B. Balch (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1922: Alva M. Cummins (Dem), defeated.
  • 1924: William W. Potter (Rep), defeated in primary; Thomas Read (Rep), defeated in primary; Herbert F. Baker (Rep), defeated in primary; Charles R. Sligh (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1924: Edward Frensdorf (Dem), defeated.
  • 1926 Sep 14: William A. Comstock (Dem), nominated unopposed.
  • 1926 Sep 14: Fred W. Green (Rep), nominated; Alex J. Groesbeck (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1926 Sep 14: Frank E. Titus (Prohibition), nominated unopposed.
  • 1926 Sep 14: William Reynolds (Workers), nominated unopposed.
  • 1926 Nov 2: Fred W. Green (Rep), elected; William A. Comstock (Dem), defeated; Frank E. Titus (Prohibition), defeated; William Reynolds (Workers), defeated.
  • 1928 Sep 4: William A. Comstock (Dem), nominated unopposed.
  • 1928 Sep 4: Fred W. Green (Rep), nominated; George W. Welsh (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1928 Sep 4: Ervin D. Brooks (Prohibition), nominated unopposed.
  • 1928 Sep 4: Guy H. Lockwood (Socialist), nominated unopposed.
  • 1928 Sep 4: William Reynolds (Workers), nominated unopposed.
  • 1928 Sep 4: Paul Dinger (Socialist Labor), nominated unopposed.
  • 1928 Nov 6: Fred W. Green (Rep), elected; William A. Comstock (Dem), defeated; Guy H. Lockwood (Socialist), defeated; Ervin D. Brooks (Prohibition), defeated; William Reynolds (Workers), defeated; Paul Dinger (Socialist Labor), defeated.
  • 1930 Sep 9: William A. Comstock (Dem), nominated unopposed.
  • 1930 Sep 9: Wilber M. Brucker (Rep), nominated; Alex J. Groesbeck (Rep), defeated in primary; Edward J. Jeffries, Jr. (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1930 Sep 9: George M. Campbell (Socialist), nominated unopposed.
  • 1930 Sep 9: Joseph Billups (Workers), nominated unopposed.
  • 1930 Sep 9: Duly McCone (Prohibition), nominated unopposed.
  • 1930 Nov 4: Wilber M. Brucker (Rep), elected; William A. Comstock (Dem), defeated; Joseph Billups (Workers), defeated; George M. Campbell (Socialist), defeated; Duly McCone (Prohibition), defeated.
  • 1932 Sep 13: William A. Comstock (Dem), nominated; Patrick H. O'Brien (Dem), defeated in primary; Claude S. Carney (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1932 Sep 13: Wilber M. Brucker (Rep), nominated; George W. Welsh (Rep), defeated in primary; William H. McKeighan (Rep), defeated in primary; Orla A. Bailey (Rep), defeated in primary; James C. Quinlan (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1932 Nov 8: William A. Comstock (Dem), elected; Wilber M. Brucker (Rep), defeated; John Panzner (Socialist), defeated; William Reynolds (Communist), defeated; Charles Elwood Holmes (Prohibition), defeated; Robert Fraser (Socialist Labor), defeated; Albert T. Renner (Proletarian), defeated; Anthony Bergman (Liberty), defeated.
  • 1934 Sep 11: Arthur J. Lacy (Dem), nominated; William A. Comstock (Dem), defeated in primary; John K. Stack, Jr. (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1934 Sep 11: Frank D. Fitzgerald (Rep), nominated; Alex J. Groesbeck (Rep), defeated in primary; John W. Smith (Rep), defeated in primary; Orla A. Bailey (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1934 Nov 6: Frank D. Fitzgerald (Rep), elected; Arthur J. Lacy (Dem), defeated; Arthur E. Larsen (Socialist), defeated; John Anderson (Communist), defeated; Donald D. Alderdye (Farmer-Labor), defeated; Robert Fraser (Socialist Labor), defeated; Lincoln E. Buell (Commonwealth), defeated; Robert R. Pointer (People's Progressive), defeated; Ann L. Medow (National), defeated; Edward N. Lee (American), defeated.
  • 1936 Sep 15: Frank Murphy (Dem), nominated; George W. Welsh (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1936 Sep 15: Frank D. Fitzgerald (Rep), nominated; Roscoe Conkling Fitch (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1936 Nov 3: Frank Murphy (Dem), elected; Frank D. Fitzgerald (Rep), defeated; John Monarch (Socialist), defeated; Simeon P. Martin (Farmer-Labor), defeated; Philip Raymond (Communist), defeated; Clayton O'Donohue (Socialist Labor), defeated; Ray T. Fuller (Commonwealth), defeated; Charles F. Mann (American), defeated.
  • 1938 Sep 13: Frank Murphy (Dem), nominated unopposed.
  • 1938 Sep 13: Frank D. Fitzgerald (Rep), nominated; Harry S. Toy (Rep), defeated in primary; Roscoe Conkling Fitch (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1938 Nov 8: Frank D. Fitzgerald (Rep), elected; Frank Murphy (Dem), defeated; Nahum Burnett (Socialist), defeated; Clayton O'Donohue (Socialist Labor), defeated; Juliet K. Hammond (American), defeated; Vahan K. Beshgetoor (Commonwealth), defeated; Howard L. Holmes (Square Deal), defeated; Bowen R. Gover (Protestants United), defeated.
  • 1939 Mar 16: Frank D. Fitzgerald, died in office.
  • 1940 Sep 10: Murray D. Van Wagoner (Dem), nominated; Eugene I. Van Antwerp (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1940 Sep 10: Luren D. Dickinson (Rep), nominated; Thomas Read (Rep), defeated in primary; O. L. Smith (Rep), defeated in primary; Miller Dunckel (Rep), defeated in primary; Melville B. McPherson (Rep), defeated in primary; Ernest T. Conlon (Rep), defeated in primary; Charles Renaud (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1940 Nov 5: Murray D. Van Wagoner (Dem), elected; Luren D. Dickinson (Rep), defeated; Seth Whitmore (Socialist), defeated; Philip Raymond (Communist), defeated; Ralph W. Naylor (Socialist Labor), defeated.
  • 1942 Sep 15: Murray D. Van Wagoner (Dem), nominated unopposed.
  • 1942 Sep 15: Harry F. Kelly (Rep), nominated unopposed.
  • 1942 Nov 3: Harry F. Kelly (Rep), elected; Murray D. Van Wagoner (Dem), defeated; Frederic S. Goodrich (Prohibition), defeated.
  • 1944 Jul 11: Edward J. Fry (Dem), nominated; William J. Cody (Dem), defeated in primary; Earnest C. Brooks (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1944 Jul 11: Harry F. Kelly (Rep), nominated unopposed.
  • 1944 Nov 7: Harry F. Kelly (Rep), elected; Edward J. Fry (Dem), defeated; Seth A. Davey (Prohibition), defeated; Katherine Odell (Socialist), defeated; Leland L. Marion (America First), defeated; Theos A. Grove (Socialist Labor), defeated.
  • 1946 Jun 18: Murray D. Van Wagoner (Dem), nominated; William J. Cody (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1946 Jun 18: Kim Sigler (Rep), nominated; Vernon J. Brown (Rep), defeated in primary; Raymond J. Kelly (Rep), defeated in primary; Edward J. Jeffries, Jr. (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1946 Nov 5: Kim Sigler (Rep), elected; Murray D. Van Wagoner (Dem), defeated; Gordon Phillips (Prohibition), defeated; James Sim (Socialist Labor), defeated.
  • 1948 Sep 14: G. Mennen Williams (Dem), nominated; Victor E. Bucknell (Dem), defeated in primary; Burnett J. Abbott (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1948 Sep 14: Kim Sigler (Rep), nominated unopposed.
  • 1948 Nov 2: G. Mennen Williams (Dem), elected; Kim Sigler (Rep), defeated; Gordon Phillips (Prohibition), defeated; Emanuel Seidler (Socialist), defeated; Arthur Chenoweth (Socialist Labor), defeated; Howard Lerner (Socialist Workers), defeated.
  • 1950 Sep 12: G. Mennen Williams (Dem), nominated unopposed.
  • 1950 Sep 12: Harry F. Kelly (Rep), nominated; Frederick M. Alger, Jr. (Rep), defeated in primary; Eugene C. Keyes (Rep), defeated in primary; Albert J. Engel (Rep), defeated in primary; Thomas S. Leith (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1950 Nov 7: G. Mennen Williams (Dem), elected; Harry F. Kelly (Rep), defeated; Perry Hayden (Prohibition), defeated; Theos A. Grove (Socialist Labor), defeated; Howard Lerner (Socialist Workers), defeated.
  • 1952 Aug 5: G. Mennen Williams (Dem), nominated unopposed.
  • 1952 Aug 5: Frederick M. Alger, Jr. (Rep), nominated; Donald S. Leonard (Rep), defeated in primary; William C. Vandenberg (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1952 Nov 4: G. Mennen Williams (Dem), elected; Frederick M. Alger, Jr. (Rep), defeated; E. Harold Munn (Prohibition), defeated; Theos A. Grove (Socialist Labor), defeated; Howard Lerner (Socialist Workers), defeated.
  • 1954 Aug 3: G. Mennen Williams (Dem), nominated unopposed.
  • 1954 Aug 3: Donald S. Leonard (Rep), nominated; D. Hale Brake (Rep), defeated in primary; Owen J. Cleary (Rep), defeated in primary; Eugene C. Keyes (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1954 Nov 2: G. Mennen Williams (Dem), elected; Donald S. Leonard (Rep), defeated; E. Harold Munn (Prohibition), defeated; Theos A. Grove (Socialist Labor), defeated; Frank Lovell (Socialist Workers), defeated.
  • 1956 Aug 7: G. Mennen Williams (Dem), nominated unopposed.
  • 1956 Aug 7: Albert E. Cobo (Rep), nominated; Donald S. Leonard (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1956 Nov 6: G. Mennen Williams (Dem), elected; Albert E. Cobo (Rep), defeated; Alfred T. Halsted (Prohibition), defeated.
  • 1958 Aug 5: G. Mennen Williams (Dem), nominated; William L. Johnson (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1958 Nov 4: G. Mennen Williams (Dem), elected; Paul D. Bagwell (Rep), defeated; Ralph W. Muncy (Socialist Labor), defeated; Rollin M. Severance (Prohibition), defeated; Frank Lovell (Socialist Workers), defeated.
  • 1960 Aug 2: John B. Swainson (Dem), nominated; James M. Hare (Dem), defeated in primary; Edward Connor (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1960 Nov 8: John B. Swainson (Dem), elected; Paul D. Bagwell (Rep), defeated; Robert Himmel, Jr. (Socialist Workers), defeated; Delmar D. Gibbons (Prohibition), defeated; F. J. Toohey (Tax Cut), defeated; Theos A. Grove (Socialist Labor), defeated; R. Roy Pursell (Independent American), defeated.
  • 1962 Aug 7: John B. Swainson (Dem), nominated unopposed.
  • 1962 Aug 7: George W. Romney (Rep), nominated unopposed.
  • 1962 Nov 6: George W. Romney (Rep), elected; John B. Swainson (Dem), defeated; James Sim (Socialist Labor), defeated.
  • 1964 Sep 1: Neil Staebler (Dem), nominated unopposed.
  • 1964 Sep 1: George W. Romney (Rep), nominated; George N. Higgins (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1964 Nov 3: George W. Romney (Rep), elected; Neil Staebler (Dem), defeated; Frank Lovell (Socialist Workers), defeated; Albert B. Cleage, Jr. (Freedom Now), defeated; James C. Horvath (Socialist Labor), defeated.
  • 1966 Aug 2: Zolton A. Ferency (Dem), nominated unopposed.
  • 1966 Aug 3: George W. Romney (Rep), nominated unopposed.
  • 1966 Nov 8: George W. Romney (Rep), elected; Zolton A. Ferency (Dem), defeated; James C. Horvath (Socialist Labor), defeated.
  • 1969 Jan 22: George W. Romney, resigned.
  • 1970 Aug 4: Sander M. Levin (Dem), nominated; Zolton A. Ferency (Dem), defeated in primary; George N. Parris (Dem), defeated in primary; George F. Montgomery (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1970 Aug 4: William G. Milliken (Rep), nominated; James C. Turner (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1970 Nov 3: William G. Milliken (Rep), elected; Sander M. Levin (Dem), defeated; James L. McCormick (American Independent), defeated; George Bouse (Socialist Workers), defeated; James C. Horvath (Socialist Labor), defeated.
  • 1974 Aug 6: Sander M. Levin (Dem), nominated; Jerome P. Cavanagh (Dem), defeated in primary; James E. Wells (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1974 Aug 6: William G. Milliken (Rep), nominated unopposed.
  • 1974 Nov 5: William G. Milliken (Rep), elected; Sander M. Levin (Dem), defeated; Zolton A. Ferency (Human Rights), defeated; Hugh M. Davidson (American Independent), defeated; Eldon K. Andrews (Conservative), defeated; Robin Maisel (Socialist Workers), defeated; James C. Horvath (Socialist Labor), defeated; Thomas D. Dennis (Communist), defeated; Peter A. Signorelli (U.S. Labor), defeated.
  • 1978 Aug 8: William B. Fitzgerald (Dem), nominated; Zolton A. Ferency (Dem), defeated in primary; Patrick H. McCollough (Dem), defeated in primary; William R. Ralls (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1978 Aug 8: William G. Milliken (Rep), nominated unopposed.
  • 1978 Nov 7: William G. Milliken (Rep), elected; William B. Fitzgerald (Dem), defeated.
  • 1982: Zolton A. Ferency (Dem), defeated in primary; Edward C. Pierce (Dem), defeated in primary; William B. Fitzgerald (Dem), defeated in primary; Kerry K. Kammer (Dem), defeated in primary; David A. Plawecki (Dem), defeated in primary; John Safran (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1982: James H. Brickley (Rep), defeated in primary; John A. Welborn (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1986: Colleen Engler (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1986 Nov 4: James J. Blanchard (Dem), elected; William Lucas (Rep), defeated.
  • 1990 Aug 7: James J. Blanchard (Dem), nominated unopposed.
  • 1990 Aug 7: John M. Engler (Rep), nominated; John Lauve (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1990 Nov 6: John M. Engler (Rep), elected; James J. Blanchard (Dem), defeated; William Roundtree (Workers World), defeated.
  • 1994 Aug 2: Howard E. Wolpe (Dem), nominated; Debbie Stabenow (Dem), defeated in primary; Larry Owen (Dem), defeated in primary; H. Lynn Jondahl (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1994 Nov 8: John M. Engler (Rep), elected; Howard E. Wolpe (Dem), defeated.
  • 1998 Aug 4: Geoffrey Fieger (Dem), nominated; Larry Owen (Dem), defeated in primary; Doug Ross (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1998 Nov 3: John M. Engler (Rep), elected; Geoffrey Fieger (Dem), defeated.
  • 2002 Aug 6: Jennifer M. Granholm (Dem), nominated; David E. Bonior (Dem), defeated in primary; James J. Blanchard (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 2002 Aug 6: Richard Posthumus (Rep), nominated; John J. H. Schwarz (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 2002 Nov 5: Jennifer M. Granholm (Dem), elected; Richard Posthumus (Rep), defeated; Douglas Campbell (Green), defeated; Joseph M. Pilchak (U.S. Taxpayers), defeated.
  • 2006: Jennifer M. Granholm (Dem), elected.
  • 2010: Rick Snyder (Rep), nominated.
  • 2010 Nov 2: Rick Snyder (Rep), elected; Virg Bernero (Dem), defeated; Ken Proctor (Libertarian), defeated; Stacey L. Mathia (U.S. Taxpayers), defeated; Harley Mikkelson (Green), defeated.

     

     


    		 
       
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