Michigan 2026 Election Results: Benson Elected Governor, El-Sayed Wins the U.S. Senate Seat
Governor and U.S. Senator
Michigan voted in the 2026 midterm elections on November 3. The results below are the collective choice of the state's voters. According to the Michigan Secretary of State's official count and Associated Press race calls, Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson was elected governor with 54.53%, and Abdul El-Sayed was elected to the U.S. Senate with 52.51% and will become the first Muslim U.S. senator. All 13 U.S. House seats have been called, with Democrats flipping the delegation to 9 seats against 4. Democrats also retook the state House, forming a Democratic trifecta for the first time since 2022.
Governor: Jocelyn Benson (D), 2,600,299 votes, 54.53%, elected. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was term-limited; the open seat was held by Democrats before and after. Called by the AP.
Governor, other candidate: John James (R), 2,086,600 votes, 43.76%. Winnie Brinks (D) was elected lieutenant governor on Benson's ticket.
U.S. Senator: Abdul El-Sayed (D), 2,507,286 votes, 52.51%, elected. Sen. Gary Peters retired; the open seat was a Democratic hold. Called by the AP. El-Sayed will become the first Muslim member of the U.S. Senate.
U.S. Senate, other candidate: Mike Rogers (R), 2,172,141 votes, 45.49%. The state's other senator, Elissa Slotkin (D), was not up this year; her seat is next contested in 2030.
Other Statewide Offices
Attorney General: Eli Savit (D), elected, succeeding Dana Nessel, who was term-limited. The AP called the race in the early hours of November 4 ET; exact vote totals await the Secretary of State's official count.
Secretary of State: Garlin Gilchrist (D, the sitting lieutenant governor), 2,536,984 votes, 53.75%, elected. Anthony Forlini (R) took 2,056,763 votes, 43.57%.
The state treasurer and the superintendent of public instruction are appointed offices, not elected: the treasurer is appointed by the governor and the superintendent by the State Board of Education.
State Board of Education (two seats up, elected statewide): Judith Pritchett (D), 2,362,870 votes, and Tiffany Tilley (D), 2,337,518 votes, both elected. Called by the AP.
State Supreme Court (two seats up): incumbent justices Megan Cavanagh and Noah Hood were reelected; both were Democratic nominees.
Ballot Questions
Proposal 1: the constitutionally required once-every-16-years question whether to call a 2027 constitutional convention to revise the state constitution. Yes 1,112,245 votes, 26.24% — rejected. Called by the AP.
Proposal 2: limit political donations by utility companies and government contractors and expand campaign-finance disclosure rules. Yes 3,512,998 votes, 81.31% — passed. Called by the AP.
Those were the only two statewide proposals; local measures such as school bonds and local taxes are not part of this section.
U.S. House
Overview: all 13 seats were up and all 13 have been called. Republicans held 7 seats to the Democrats' 6 before the election; afterwards Democrats hold 9 to 4, a net gain of three.
District 1: Jack Bergman (R), 216,960 votes, reelected.
District 2: John Moolenaar (R), 219,289 votes, reelected.
District 3: Hillary Scholten (D), 211,061 votes, reelected.
District 4: Sean McCann (D), 185,440 votes, defeated incumbent Bill Huizenga (R), 178,741 votes — a flip.
District 5: Tim Walberg (R), 198,729 votes, reelected.
District 6: Debbie Dingell (D), 262,932 votes, reelected.
District 7: William Lawrence (D), 202,657 votes, defeated incumbent Tom Barrett (R), 189,482 votes — a flip.
District 8: Kristen McDonald Rivet (D), 195,849 votes, reelected.
District 9: Lisa McClain (R), 247,817 votes, reelected.
District 10: Christina Hines (D), 188,078 votes, defeated Michael Bouchard (R), 162,347 votes — a flip of the open seat vacated by John James's run for governor.
District 11: Jeremy Moss (D), 238,750 votes, elected; he will be the first openly LGBTQ+ member of Congress elected from Michigan.
District 12: Rashida Tlaib (D), 247,185 votes, reelected.
District 13: Donavan McKinney (D), 209,882 votes, elected.
Chinese American / Asian American winners: none among the 13 House winners — no Chinese American and no East, Southeast or South Asian American winner. The 13th District's Indian American incumbent, Shri Thanedar, lost his primary and did not reach the general election.
State Legislature
State Senate: all 38 seats were up. Democrats kept control and widened their margin, 23 seats to the Republicans' 15, up from 20-18; control did not flip.
State House: all 110 seats were up. Republicans held 58 seats to 52 before the election; Democrats retook control with at least 60 seats at the time of compilation, with the final total awaiting the AP's district-by-district tally.
With the governorship and both chambers in Democratic hands, Michigan has a Democratic trifecta for the first time since 2022.
Counting and Certification
All figures are from the Michigan Secretary of State's official count and AP calls as of the morning of November 4. The attorney general's exact vote totals, district-level figures for the two Supreme Court seats, and the state House's final seat count await the official tally. All results are unofficial until the county canvasses and certification by the Board of State Canvassers in late November. GSM will update this list around certification.
Related: 2026 midterm results: all 50 states
Source: Michigan Secretary of State
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