2020 Election Resources
RPAC Election Recap
The Michigan General Election has wrapped. Michigan had 110 State House of Representative seats up for grabs, 15 U.S. Congressional seats, and 2 Michigan Supreme Court Justice seats available. There were countless local ballot initiatives and two state-wide ballot proposals.
With the help of our Local Associations and the RPAC Trustee Committee, RPAC made endorsements in all 127 candidate races. RPAC with an endorsement success rate of 96%.
U.S. Senate
The U.S. Senate race between Republican candidate John James and incumbent Senator Gary Peters will go down as one of the most expensive in Michigan history. After James’ early lead, Senator Gary Peters’ vote count surpassed James, as absentee ballots were counted. With 99.7% of precincts Reporting, the race was called for Incumbent Senator Gary Peters who held a total of 2,718,451 votes.
US. House of Representatives
Incumbent U.S. Representatives in the following Michigan U.S. House districts were re-elected: 1st (Rep. Bergman), 2nd (Rep. Huizenga), 4th (Rep. Moolenaar), 5th (Rep. Kildee), 6th (Rep. Upton),7th (Rep. Walberg), 8th (Rep. Slotkin), 9th (Rep. Levin), 11th (Rep. Stevens), 12th (Rep. Dingell),13th (Rep. Tlaib), and 14th (Rep. Lawrence). Michigan had two open U.S. Congressional seats (3) and (10). Business-woman Lisa McClain rolled her democratic opponent and will succeed U.S. Representative Paul Mitchell in the 10th District. GOP nominee Peter Meijer also won his race against Democratic opponent Hillary Scholten to secure the 3rd District and succeed U.S. Representative Justin Amash. These two open seat victories mean an even Republican/Democrat split in Michigan’s Congressional delegation.
Michigan Supreme Court
Michigan Supreme Court candidates are nominated by political parties but are not partisan towards their nominating party. The Democrat Party nominated Incumbent Justice Bridget Mary McCormack and Elizabeth Welch and the Republican Party nominated Brock Swartzle and Mary Kelly. The election was for two full-term seats on the Michigan Supreme Court. RPAC endorsed Justice Bridget Mary McCormack and Judge Brock Swartzle. After the votes were counted Justice McCormack won re-election to the State Supreme Court. Joining her is her Democrat nominated colleague, Elizabeth Welch.
Michigan House of Representatives
With polling showing that a State House majority flip was possible, Republicans had a tremendously successful general election night. Michigan House Republicans will maintain a 58-52 Majority. The House Dems were able to flip two Republican-held open seats in Districts 38 (Kelly Breen) and 61 (Christine Morse). However, these flips were countered as the House Republicans defeated Democrat incumbents in District 48 (Sheryl Kennedy) and 96 (Brian Elder).
Proposal 1
RPAC also supported Proposal 1 to expand the Natural Resources Trust Fund to alleviate the current royalty cap of $500 Million. The cap removal enables the Natural Resources Trust Fund to protect Michigan’s parks and recreational facilities for years to come. Proposal 1 was voted on and passed with an 84% supporting vote.
August 2020
With Tuesday’s Primary Election behind us, the Michigan Realtors® RPAC Trustees are very excited with the results. Thanks to the hard work from volunteer leadership with every local association, along with the efforts and final deliberation of the RPAC Trustees, Michigan RPAC provided candidate endorsements in 117 races – with an exceptional 95% of those candidates winning their primary election. This success is in large part due to the local candidate interview process, which includes industry-specific Q&A with the candidates to determine their respective positions on issues impactful to the real estate industry. We want to express our immense gratitude to the members and Realtor® champions who participated in the interviewing process.
While we are extremely pleased with the successes in the Primary, we now focus our attention to the General Election on November 3, 2020. Michigan RPAC is gearing up to make key endorsements in all 125 races. If you have any questions regarding the election outcomes and the endorsement process, please contact your designated field staff for clarification.
July 2020: RPAC has announced our endorsed candidates for Michigan’s August 4th, 2020 primary election for both the state and federal levels.
Throughout the past couple months, candidates went through an extensive interview process hosted by local Realtor® associations to discuss important real estate issues and the core values of private property rights, homeownership, and commercial investment, to earn the RPAC endorsement. All endorsements were reviewed by the Michigan Realtors® RPAC Trustees. Federal Candidates earned the backing of the National Association of Realtors® Political Action Committee.
“All of these candidates strive to preserve the dream of homeownership and recognize the importance of real estate in Michigan’s economy” says Meagan Luce, 2020 Michigan Realtors® RPAC Trustees Chair.
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