Meet Michigan’s Midterm Candidates

Gretchen Whitmer on the left and Bill Schuette on the right

Michigan Governor Candidates 

Republican – Bill Schuette 

Current Michigan Attorney General since 2011 

Served as a judge on the Michigan Fourth District Court of Appeals (2003-2009), a member in Michigan Senate (1995-2002), Director of the Michigan Department of Agriculture (1991-1994) and as U.S Representative (1985-1991) 

Attended Georgetown University, and J.D. from University of San Francisco School of Law 

https://billschuette.com/bills-plan/ 

Democratic – Gretchen Whitmer 

Former Minority Leader in Michigan Senate (2011-2015), member in Michigan Senate (2006-2015) and member in Michigan House of Representatives (2001-2006) 

Attended Michigan State University (BA, JD)  

https://www.gretchenwhitmer.com/issues/ 

 

Michigan Lieutenant Governor Candidates  

Republican – Lisa Posthumus Lyons 

Current Clerk and Register of Deeds of Kent County and a member of the Michigan House of Representatives (2011-2016) 

Attended Michigan State University (BA) 

Democratic –  Garlin D. Gilchrist II 

Attended the University of Michigan 

 

Michigan Secretary of State Candidates 

Republican – Mary Treder Lang 

Attended the University of Dayton (BS) 

https://marytrederlangforsos.com/issues/ 

Democratic – Jocelyn Benson 

Dean of the Wayne State University Law School (2012-2016) 

Attended Wellesley College (BA), Magdalen College, Oxford (MA) and Harvard University Law School (JD) 

https://votebenson.com/issues/ 

 

Michigan Attorney General Candidates 

Republican – Tom Leonard 

Speaker of the Michigan House of Representative since 2017 and a member of the Michigan House of Representatives since 2013 

Attended the University of Michigan (BA) and Michigan State University (JD) 

https://leonardforag.com/issues/ 

Democratic – Dana Nessel  

Attended the University of Michigan and Wayne State University Law School 

https://www.dana2018.com/issues/ 

 

US Senator Candidates  

Republican – John James 

Attended the University of Michigan (MBA) 

https://johnjamesforsenate.com/issues/ 

Democratic – Debbie Stabenow 

Incumbent Senator since 2001, US House of Representative (1997-2001), Michigan Senate (1991-1994) and Michigan House of Representatives (1979-1991)  

Attended Michigan State University (BA) 

https://debbiestabenow.com/issues/ 

 

10th District Congressional Representative Candidates  

Republican – Paul Mitchell  

Incumbent since 2017  

Attended Michigan State University (BA) 

https://mitchell.house.gov/issues 

Democratic – Kimberly Bizon 

https://www.electbizon2018.com/issues/

 

10th District State Senator Candidates  

Republican – Michael MacDonald 

Attended Macomb Community College (BS) 

https://www.electmikemacdonald.com/issues/  

Democratic – Henry Yanez 

Attended Oakland Community College 

https://votehenryyanez.com/issues/#1529076231449-116378a0-44ab 

 

33th District Michigan Representative Candidates 

Republican – Jeff Yaroch 

Incumbent since 2016 

Attended Macomb Community College, Baker College, and the Western Michigan University Cooley Law School (JD) 

http://wetrustyaroch.com/services/issues/ 

Democratic – Andrea Geralds   

https://andreageraldsfordistrict33.wordpress.com/blog/ 

 

Macomb County Executive Candidates  

Republican – Joseph Hunt 

Democratic – Mark Hackel 

Incumbent since 2011, and Macomb County Sheriff (2001-2010) 

https://www.markhackel.com/about-mark 

 

Macomb County Clerk & Register of Deeds Candidates 

Republican – Lisa Sinclair 

Attended Michigan State University (BA) 

https://www.sinclair4clerk.com/ 

Democratic – Fred Miller 

 

County Commissioner 13th district  

Republican – Leon Drolet 

Incumbent since 2017 

Member of Michigan House of Representatives (2001-2006) 

Democratic – Joanne Recchia 

 

 

Extra Links: 

https://miboecfr.nictusa.com/election/candlist/2018GEN_CANDLIST.html 

https://ballotpedia.org/Sample_Ballot_Lookup#address=50589+nagy+ct&election=2018-11-06 

https://webapps.sos.state.mi.us/MVIC/SampleBallot.aspx?d=6114&ed=676&bl= 

https://clerk.macombgov.org/Clerk-Elections-Maps