2026 Primary Election Results
By Beth Milligan | Aug. 5, 2026
One of the nation’s most closely watched election races was too close to call as of press time 3am Wednesday, with Abdul El-Sayed and U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens in a neck-and-neck race in the Democratic primary for Michigan’s open Senate seat with 91 percent of votes counted.
Meanwhile, Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson and Rep. John James will vie for governor this fall, U.S. Rep. Jack Bergman and Callie Barr will have a repeat of their 2024 fight for Michigan’s 1st Congressional District, the Village of Fife Lake rejected disincorporating, and several local millage proposals passed in The Ticker’s look at state and local primary results.
State Results
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