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Michigan gubernatorial election, 2018

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November 6, 2018

Michigan gubernatorial election, 2018

The Michigan gubernatorial election of 2018 will take place on November 6, 2018, to elect the Governor of Michigan, concurrently with the election of Michigan's Class I U.S. Senate seat, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.

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Incumbent Republican Governor Rick Snyder is term-limited and is prohibited by the Michigan Constitution from seeking a third term.

Declared

  • Jim Hines, physician and President of the Christian Medical and Dental Associations

    • Potential

  • David Agema, National Committeeman and former State Representative
  • Jase Bolger, former Speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives
  • Brian Calley, Lieutenant Governor of Michigan
  • Patrick Colbeck, State Senator
  • Ruth Johnson, Michigan Secretary of State and nominee for Lieutenant Governor in 2006
  • Candice Miller, Macomb County Public Works Commissioner and former U.S. Representative
  • Bill Schuette, Attorney General of Michigan

    • Declined

  • Arlan Meekhof, Majority Leader of the Michigan Senate

    • Declared

  • Bill Cobbs, businessman
  • Abdul El-Sayed, executive director of the Detroit Department of Health and Wellness Promotion
  • Gretchen Whitmer, former Ingham County Prosecuting Attorney and former Minority Leader of the Michigan Senate

    • Potential

  • John Austin, former President of the Michigan Board of Education
  • Debbie Dingell, U.S. Representative
  • Mark Hackel, Macomb County Executive
  • Dan Kildee, U.S. Representative
  • Bill Wild, Mayor of Westland

    • Declined

  • Mike Duggan, Mayor of Detroit
  • Barbara McQuade, former United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan

    • References

    Michigan gubernatorial election, 2018 Wikipedia
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