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.

Whitmer in 2021

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^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Gretchen Whitmer (incumbent)	49,990	63.99	−5.8
	Republican	Kyle Haubrich	28,133	36.01	+5.8
Majority			21,857	28.0	−11.6
Turnout			78,123	100	−15.4
	Democratic hold		Swing	-5.8

Governor

Whitmer's 2018 campaign logo

2018 Michigan gubernatorial election map

2018

Michigan gubernatorial Democratic primary, 2018 ^[13]

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^[14][15]

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 Michigan gubernatorial election map

2022

Democratic primary results^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gretchen Whitmer (incumbent)	938,382	100.0%
Total votes			938,382	100.0%

2022 Michigan gubernatorial election^[17]

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