Electoral History
| Michigan Gubernatorial Election 2006 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Jennifer Granholm (Incumbent) | 2,142,513 | 56.3 | +4.9 | |
| Republican | Dick DeVos | 1,608,086 | 42.3 | -5.1 | |
| Libertarian | Greg Creswell | 23,524 | 0.6 | n/a | |
| Green | Douglas Campbell | 20,009 | 0.5 | -0.3 | |
| Constitution | Bhagwan Dashairya | 7,087 | 0.2 | -0.3 | |
| none | Write-in candidates | 37 | 0.0 | n/a | |
| Majority | 534,427 | 14.0 | +10 | ||
| Turnout | 3,801,256 | 100 | +19.6 | ||
| Democratic hold | Swing | ||||
| Michigan Gubernatorial Election 2002 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Jennifer Granholm | 1,633,796 | 51.4 | n/a | |
| Republican | Dick Posthumus | 1,506,104 | 47.4 | n/a | |
| Green | Douglas Campbell | 25,236 | 0.8 | n/a | |
| Constitution | Joseph Pilchak | 12,411 | 0.4 | n/a | |
| none | Write-in candidates | 18 | 0.0 | n/a | |
| Majority | 127,692 | 4.0 | |||
| Turnout | 3,177,565 | 100 | |||
| Democratic gain from Republican | Swing | ||||
| Michigan Gubernatorial Election 2002 - Democratic Primary | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Jennifer Granholm | 499,129 | 47.69 | ||
| Democratic | David Bonior | 292,958 | 27.99 | ||
| Democratic | Jim Blanchard | 254,586 | 24.32 | ||
| Michigan Attorney General Election 1998 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Jennifer Granholm | 1,557,310 | 52.09 | ||
| Republican | John Smietanka | 1,432,604 | 47.92 | ||
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