2016 Michigan elections

2016 general elections in Michigan February 2026 January 2020 2016 Michigan elections Michigan no 2014 Michigan elections 2014 2018 Michigan elections 2018 2016 11 08 The 2016 Michigan elections were held in the U.S. state of Michigan on November 8, 2016. https://ballotpedia.org/Michigan_elections,_2016 Michigan elections, 2016 Ballotpedia August 12, 2019 https://time.com/4599886/detroit-voting-machine-failures-were-widespread-on-election-day Detroit Voting Machine Failures Were Widespread on Election Day Charlotte Alter December 14, 2016 Time January 14, 2020 There were voting machine failures on election day. Federal President and vice president of the United States 2016 United States presidential election in Michigan United States House of Representatives 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan Legislature Michigan House of Representatives 2016 Michigan House of Representatives election Senate district 4 special election Virgil Smith Jr. was elected to represent Michigan's 4th Senate district in 2010 and 2014. Smith was arrested on May 10, 2015, for allegedly shooting at his ex-wife's SUV, riddling it with bullets and totaling it, and he was charged with multiple felonies. http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2015/05/sen_virgil_smith_of_detroit_ar.html Sen. Virgil Smith of Detroit arrested after Sunday morning shooting incident May 11, 2015 July 14, 2016 MLive Gus Burns Two days later, Smith was removed from all of his committee posts, his leadership post, and removed from the Senate Democratic caucus.Jonathan Oosting May 12, 2015 Sen. Virgil Smith kicked from committees, leadership post following criminal charges http://www.mlive.com/lansing-news/index.ssf/2015/05/sen_virgil_smith_kicked_from_c.html July 14, 2016 MLive On February 11, 2016, Smith agreed to plead guilty to malicious destruction of personal property $20,000 or more. Per his plea agreement, Smith will serve 10 months in the Wayne County Jail, resign from the state Senate and serve five years of probation where he will not be allowed to hold public office.Elisha Anderson Kathleen Gray February 11, 2016 State Sen. Virgil Smith to resign as part of plea deal http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/wayne/2016/02/11/state-virgil-smith-court-wayne/80232392/ March 14, 2016 Detroit Free Press At his March 14, 2016, sentencing, Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Lawrence Talon sentenced Smith but said it would be illegal for him to require Smith to resign from office or not hold office during his probation. Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy said if Smith does not resign, her office would rescind Smith's plea agreement.Elisha Anderson March 14, 2016 State Sen. Virgil Smith to serve 10 months in jail in gunfire incident http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2016/03/14/virgil-smith-court-sentencing/81765648/ Detroit Free Press At a hearing on March 28, 2016, Talon refused a request from the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office to rescind Smith's plea agreement and take the case to trial, seeing as he had yet resigned his Senate seat. Immediately after the hearing, Smith was taken into custody to begin serving his 10-month jail sentence.Kathleen Gray Elisha Anderson March 28, 2016 Sen. Virgil Smith goes directly to jail, collects $71K http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/wayne/2016/03/28/state-sen-virgil-smith-hearing/82346318/ March 29, 2016 Detroit Free Press On March 31, 2016, Smith submitted his resignation to Michigan Senate majority leader Arlan Meekhof, effective April 12, 2016.Khalil AlHajal March 31, 2016 Jailed senator will resign, but prosecutor still wants plea thrown out http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2016/03/jailed_senator_will_resign_but.html MLive When Smith's resignation became official, Gov. Rick Snyder called a special election to fill the remaining portion of the term, with the special primary and general elections scheduled for August 2 and November 8, alongside Michigan's regularly scheduled primary and general elections.Kathleen Gray April 12, 2016 Gov. Snyder sets elections to fill Virgil Smith's Senate seat http://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/2016/04/12/gov-snyder-sets-elections-fill-virgil-smiths-senate-seat/82931454/ July 14, 2016 Detroit Free Press4th Senate district special election, Democratic Primaryhttp://miboecfr.nictusa.com/election/results/2016PRI_CENR.html#07004008 Special Election Results – Primary Election – August 2, 2016 Michigan Department of State August 3, 2016 August 5, 2016 Democratic Party (United States) Ian Conyers 6,063 34.5 N/A Democratic Party (United States) Fred Durhal Jr. 4,480 25.5 N/A Democratic Party (United States) Patricia A. Holmes 1,362 7.8 N/A Democratic Party (United States) James Cole Jr. 1,327 7.6 N/A Democratic Party (United States) Carron L. Pinkins 1,103 6.3 N/A Democratic Party (United States) Vanessa Simpson Olive 773 4.4 N/A Democratic Party (United States) Ralph R. Rayner 602 3.4 N/A Democratic Party (United States) Howard Worthy 581 3.3 N/A 1,583 9.0 N/A 17,563 4th Senate district special election 2016http://miboecfr.nictusa.com/election/results/2016GEN_CENR.html#07004008 4th District State Senator Partial Term Ending 01/01/2019 Michigan Department of State November 8, 2016 November 29, 2016 Democratic Party (United States) Ian Conyers 69,305 76.6 N/A Republican Party (United States) Keith Franklin 21,225 23.4 N/A Judiciary 2016 Michigan Supreme Court election Michigan legislative no 2014 Michigan elections#Supreme court 2014 2018 Michigan elections#Supreme Court 2018 2 seats of the Supreme Court of Michigan 2016 11 8 Michigan Republican Party 5 2 5 Michigan Democratic Party 2 0 2 Supreme Court Associate Justice (Full term) 2016 Michigan Associate Justice election (Full term) Michigan presidential no 2014 Michigan elections#Supreme Court 2014 2024 Michigan elections#Full term 2024 November 8, 2016 Nonpartisan politician David Viviano 2,316,459 67.23% File:10-10-16 EMU Rally IMG 1617 Frank S. Szymanski (cropped).jpg Frank S. Szymanski Nonpartisan politician 792,944 23.01% MI Associate Justice 2017-2025.svg 300px County resultsViviano: #FF9A50 50–60% #EE8E50 60–70% #D69850 70–80% Justice David Viviano David Viviano Candidates Doug Dern (Natural Law)See Democratic and Republican candidates for Supreme Court, university boards https://www.mlive.com/news/2016/08/see_democratic_and_republican.html August 28, 2016 Frank S. Szymanski (Democratic), judge of the Wayne County Probate Court David Viviano (Republican), incumbent Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Michigan Results 2016 Michigan Supreme Court Associate Justice (Full term) election2016 Michigan General Election Results https://mielections.us/election/results/2016GEN_CENR.html#13000000 Michigan Secretary of State November 4, 2022 November 7, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181107033105/https://mielections.us/election/results/2016GEN_CENR.html#13000000 dead David Viviano (incumbent) Nonpartisan politician 2,316,459 67.23% Frank S. Szymanski Nonpartisan politician 792,944 23.01% Doug Dern Nonpartisan politician 336,160 9.76% 3,445,563 100.0% Michigan Republican Party Associate Justice (Term ending 01/01/2019) 2016 Michigan Supreme Court Associate Justice (Term ending 01/01/2019) election Michigan presidential no 2010 Michigan elections#Supreme Court 2010 2018 Michigan elections#Supreme Court 2018 November 8, 2016 File:Joan L. Larsen (cropped).jpg Nonpartisan politician Joan Larsen 1,940,260 57.62% Deborah Thomas Nonpartisan politician 984,107 29.23% MI Associate Justice 2017-2019.svg 300px County resultsLarsen: #FFB580 40–50% #FF9A50 50–60% #EE8E50 60–70% Justice Joan Larsen Joan Larsen Candidates Joan Larsen (Republican), incumbent Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Michigan Kerry L. Morgan (Libertarian), counsel at Pentiuk, Couvreur & Kobiljak, P.C. Deborah Thomas (Democratic), judge of the Third Judicial Circuit Court of Michigan Results 2016 Michigan Supreme Court Associate Justice (Term ending 01/01/2019) election Joan Larsen (incumbent) Nonpartisan politician 1,940,260 57.62% Deborah Thomas Nonpartisan politician 984,107 29.23% Kerry L. Morgan Nonpartisan politician 442,781 13.15% 3,367,148 100.0% Michigan Republican Party References Michigan Category:Elections in Michigan by year