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I would like to thank the Menominee County Clerk, Marc Kleiman for his assistance in providing the official Statement of Votes Cast data for the November 2022 General Election and for teaching me how elections are run in Menominee County, Michigan. The Statement of Votes Cast is the source of most of the charts and tables contained in this section of the website.
Election Results
Listed below are the outcomes in some of the major races in Menominee County during the general election. There were 51 issues on the ballot in the county and those were too many for me to analyze. If you want to see other outcomes, please go to the County’s website for all the results by precinct or click below to go directly to the data.
Link to all election results by precinct (from Menominee County webpage)
Governor
The Democratic incumbent, Gretchen Whitmer won the November 2022 General Election with 2,430,505 votes or 54.47% of the votes, according to the official Michigan election results. A total of 4,461,972 people voted in the governor’s race.The governor’s term of office is four years and is due for reelection in 2026.
The Republican candidate, Tudor Dixon, received 1,960,635 votes or 43.94% of the votes. Dixon lost by 469,870; she received 10.53% fewer votes. Menominee County contributed 6,129 votes to Dixon’s total or 0.31% of her votes. That is three votes in every thousand cast. For details of the Menominee race please go to this page.
There were four independent candidates and 11 write-in candidates who received a total of 70,832 votes or 1.58% of total votes cast
Secretary of State
The Democratic incumbent, Jocelyn Benson won the November 2022 General Election with 2,467,859 votes or 55.86% of the votes, according to the official Michigan election results. The secretary of state’s term of office is four years and is due for reelection in 2026. A total of 4,417,903 people voted in the secretary of state’s race.
The Republican candidate, Kristina Karamo, received 1,852,510 votes or 41.93% of the votes. Karamo lost by 615,349 votes; she received 13.93% fewer votes. Menominee County contributed 5,959 votes to Karamo’s total or 0.32% of her votes. That is three votes in every thousand cast. For details of the Menominee race please go to this page.
There were three independent candidates who received a total of 97,534 votes or 2.21% of total votes cast
Attorney General
The Democratic incumbent, Dana Nessel won the November 2022 General Election with 2,329,195 votes or 53.16% of the votes, according to the official Michigan election results. A total of 4,381,880 people voted in the attorney general’s race. The attorney general’s term of office is four years and is due for reelection in 2026.
The Republican candidate, Matthew DePerno, received 1,952,408 votes or 44.56% of the votes. DePerno lost by 376,787 votes; he received 8.60% fewer votes. Menominee County contributed 6,070 votes to DePerno’s total or 0.31% of his votes. That is three votes in every thousand cast. For details of the Menominee race please go to this page.
There were two independent candidates who received a total of 100,277 votes or 2.29% of total votes cast.
U.S. House 1st Congressional District
The Republican incumbent, Jack Bergman won the November 2022 General Election with 233,094 votes or 59.98% of the votes, according to the official Michigan election results. A total of 388,599 people voted in the 1st District race. The congressman’s term of office is two years and is due for reelection in 2024.
Menominee County contributed 6,336 votes to Bergman’s total or 2.7% of his votes. That is nearly 3 votes in every hundred cast. For details of the Menominee race please go to this page.
There were two independent candidates who received a total of 10,102 votes or 2.60% of total votes cast.
Michigan Senate 38th District
The Republican incumbent, Ed McBroom won the November 2022 General Election with 74,639 votes or 62.23% of the votes, according to the official Michigan election results. A total of 119,932 people voted in the 38th District race. The congressman’s term of office is four years and is due for reelection in 2026.
Senator McBroom performed much better this election than his race in 2018, despite unfounded rumors on the Internet that voters would punish him for his role in the report on election fraud during the 2020 General Election. In 2022, McBroom received 15,349 more votes and got a 7.60% greater proportion of the vote than he did in 2018, according to official Michigan election results.
Menominee County contributed 6,570 votes to McBroom’s total or 8.8% of his votes. That is nearly nine votes in every hundred cast. For details of the Menominee race please go to this page.
There was one independent candidate who received a total of 1,475 votes or 1.23% of total votes cast.
MI House 108th Congressional District
The Republican candidate, David Prestin won the November 2022 General Election with 25,076 votes or 65.70% of the votes, according to the official Michigan election results. A total of 38,168 people voted in the 108th District race. The congressman’s term of office is two years and is due for reelection in 2024.
Menominee County contributed 6,367 votes to Prestin’s total or 25.39% of his votes. That is one in every four votes cast. For details of the Menominee race please go to this page.
Voter Turnout
Some 47% of active voters in Menominee County participated in the 2022 General election; they cast 9,755 ballots, according to data provided by Marc Kleiman, the County Clerk. Many ballots were not completely filled out by the voters so for examples: only 9,681 votes were cast for governor or 9,495 for attorney general. Michigan-wide 4,500,400 votes were cast. The State has not announced the percentage of voter turnout. My estimate based on active voters in Michigan is 58%.
Table 1, Turnout Rate by Precinct
| Precinct | Registered Voters | Voters Cast | % Turnout | |
| Cedarville Township, Precinct 1 | 251 | 165 | 65.74% | |
| Daggett Township, Precinct 1 | 576 | 299 | 51.91% | |
| Faithorn Township, Precinct 1 | 216 | 145 | 67.13% | |
| Gourley Township, Precinct 1 | 383 | 227 | 59.27% | |
| Harris Township, Precinct 1 | 1,673 | 728 | 43.51% | |
| Holmes Township, Precinct 1 | 311 | 186 | 59.81% | |
| Ingallston Township, Precinct 1 | 929 | 519 | 55.87% | |
| Lake Township, Precinct 1 | 500 | 233 | 46.60% | |
| Mellen Township, Precinct 1 | 979 | 475 | 48.52% | |
| Menominee City, Ward 1, Precinct 1 | 1,681 | 543 | 32.30% | |
| Menominee City, Ward 2, Precinct 2 | 1,708 | 726 | 42.51% | |
| Menominee City, Ward 3, Precinct 3 | 1,839 | 774 | 42.09% | |
| Menominee City, Ward 4, Precinct 4 | 1,879 | 763 | 40.61% | |
| Menominee Township, Precinct 1 | 1,967 | 974 | 49.52% | |
| Menominee Township, Precinct 2 | 1,354 | 718 | 53.03% | |
| Meyer Township, Precinct 1 | 814 | 463 | 56.88% | |
| Nadeau Township, Precinct 1 | 1,007 | 535 | 53.13% | |
| Spalding Township, Precinct 1 | 1,324 | 696 | 52.57% | |
| Stephenson City, Precinct 1 | 694 | 307 | 44.24% | |
| Stephenson Township, Precinct 1 | 532 | 279 | 52.44% | |
| Menominee County Michigan – Total | 20,617 | 9,755 | 47.32% |
Straight Ticket Votes
“Straight Ticket Votes” allow voters to check one box to vote for all of a party’s candidates, instead of voting for each race individually. During the November 2022 election 54% of all votes cast were straight ticket and 36% were straight ticket Republican. This doesn’t make much of a difference in popular races such as for governor or secretary or state because almost everyone votes for those. It can weigh heavily in down ticket races where fewer people vote, such as for County Road Commissioner or the County Commissioner for a district. In the road commissioner’s race, 39% of the total vote was straight ticket Republican and in the county commissioner for the 7th district, 45% of the votes cast were straight ticket Republican. In these elections, it is difficult for the non-Republican candidate to win.
Table 2, Straight Party Ticket Votes in November 2022
| Precinct | Democratic Party – DEM | Republican Party – REP | Libertarian Party – LIB | U.S. Taxpayers Party – UST | Working Class Party – WCP | Green Party – GRN | Natural Law Party – NLP |
| Cedarville Township, Precinct 1 | 22 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Daggett Township, Precinct 1 | 34 | 127 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Faithorn Township, Precinct 1 | 21 | 64 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gourley Township, Precinct 1 | 14 | 113 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Harris Township, Precinct 1 | 99 | 269 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Holmes Township, Precinct 1 | 19 | 99 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ingallston Township, Precinct 1 | 74 | 205 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Lake Township, Precinct 1 | 19 | 87 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mellen Township, Precinct 1 | 63 | 195 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Menominee City, Ward 1, Precinct 1 | 148 | 151 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Menominee City, Ward 2, Precinct 2 | 212 | 198 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Menominee City, Ward 3, Precinct 3 | 190 | 218 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Menominee City, Ward 4, Precinct 4 | 198 | 238 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Menominee Township, Precinct 1 | 189 | 365 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Menominee Township, Precinct 2 | 124 | 217 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Meyer Township, Precinct 1 | 64 | 193 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Nadeau Township, Precinct 1 | 67 | 206 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Spalding Township, Precinct 1 | 76 | 244 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Stephenson City, Precinct 1 | 36 | 119 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stephenson Township, Precinct 1 | 41 | 112 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 1,710 | 3,477 | 29 | 17 | 32 | 12 | 3 |
Party Heartlands
So where do most of the Republican and Democratic voters live? That is to say where are the heartlands of the Democrats and Republicans in Menominee County? The number of votes in a precinct is linked to the size of its population and the size of the population often follows the major roads. In our case US Highways 2 and 41 and a bit of M35 and M69 (see first chart below on the left). The middle and right charts below are taken from the gubernatorial race. The middle chart shows the Republican heartland and the chart on the right, the Democratic one. Notice that the Democratic and Republican charts look a lot alike because those precincts have the larger voting populations.
