2010 Michigan elections

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Detroit

Primary elections

were held on August 3, 2010.

Major races included the gubernatorial election, which was won by Rick Snyder, a political novice and former CEO of Gateway, Inc.^[1]

Federal

United States House

All 15 of Michigan's seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 2010.

State

Governor and Lieutenant Governor

Governor. Brian Calley was Snyder's running mate and was elected Lieutenant Governor

Secretary of State

Republican candidate

Green Party candidate John A. La Pietra

got 1.0%.

Attorney General

Republican candidate Bill Schuette won the election with 52% of the votes, while Democrat David Leyton got 43.5%. Libertarian Party candidate Daniel W. Grow got 2%, and U.S. Taxpayers Party candidate Gerald Van Sickle got 1.9%.

State Senate

Prior to the November 2010 election, in the Michigan Senate 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' majority from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party.

Supreme Court

2010 Michigan Supreme Court election

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November 2, 2010 (2010-11-02)

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2 seats of the

Supreme Court of Michigan

	Majority party	Minority party

Party	Republican	Democratic
Last election	4	3
Seats won	2	0
Seat change	1	1

Republican Party candidate

Robert P. Young, Jr. won with 27.88%, re-claiming his seat over Democratic Party candidate Denise Langford-Morris with 17.28% and Independent Bob Roddis

, who claimed 5.58%. Republican Party candidate Mary Beth Kelly won with 29.94%, taking the seat from Democratic Party candidate Alton Davis, who got 19.32%.

General election

2010 Michigan Supreme Court election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Mary Beth Kelly	1,408,294	29.94
	Nonpartisan	Robert P. Young, Jr.	1,310,986	27.88
	Nonpartisan	Alton Davis	908,642	19.32
	Nonpartisan	Denise Langford-Morris	812,485	17.28
	Nonpartisan	Bob Roddis	262,654	5.58
Total votes			4,703,061	100.00

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

Douglas Shapiro

were re-elected with 52.32%, 47.68% and 100% of the vote. 4th District candidates Donald S. Owens and William C. Whitbeck 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 State Constitution

will not be re-written.

Local

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

References

^ "Election 2010". The New York Times. Retrieved April 30, 2025.

External links

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

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