2028 United States presidential election in Michigan

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2028 United States presidential election in Michigan

November 7, 2028 (2028-11-07)
Turnout	49.17% ( 17.83 pp)
Nominee Gretchen Whitmer JD Vance Gavin Newsom Party Independent Republican Democratic Alliance Parties Forward Green Home state Michigan Ohio California Running mate Pete Buttigieg Ron DeSantis Cory Booker Electoral vote 15 0 0 Popular vote 1,431,725 1,269,605 1,201,032 Percentage 36.12% 32.03% 30.30%
President before election JD Vance Republican Elected President JD Vance Republican

The 2028 United States presidential election in Michigan was held on November 7, 2028. Gretchen Whitmer, the former governor of the state and her running mate Pete Buttigieg, secured over 36% of the popular vote and won the state's 15 electoral votes, marking the first time since 2016 in which a third party candidate won electoral votes, and the first time since 1968 in which a third party candidate won a state's popular vote. The Whitmer/Buttigieg ticket defeated the incumbent Republican ticket of JD Vance and Ron DeSantis and the challenging Democratic ticket of Gavin Newsom and Cory Booker.