Michigan State Board of Education election, 2020

Elections in Michigan, 2020

• Election date: Nov. 3
• Registration deadline(s): Nov. 3 (in person); Oct. 19 (online; by mail)
• Online registration: Yes
• Same-day registration: Yes
• Recount laws

• Early voting starts: Sept. 24 (Michigan permits early voting in the form of in-person absentee voting)
• Absentee/mail voting deadline(s): Nov. 3 (received)
• Processing, counting, and challenging absentee/mail-in ballots
• Voter ID: Photo ID (affidavit option for those without ID)
• Poll times: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.

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2022 → ← 2018
Michigan State Board of Education
Election details
Filing deadline: May 8, 2020
Primary: August 29, 2020 (Democratic Party, Republican Party conventions); June 20, 2020 (Green Party convention) General: November 3, 2020 Pre-election incumbent(s): Michelle Fecteau (D) Lupe Ramos-Montigny (D)
How to vote
Poll times: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Voting in Michigan
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Michigan held an election for two of eight seats on the state board of education on November 3, 2020. The filing deadline was May 8, 2020.

In Michigan, political parties nominate candidates for some offices at their conventions instead of holding a primary. Candidates for lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general, Supreme Court, and the boards of Michigan State University, Wayne State University, the University of Michigan and the state Board of Education are nominated by political parties.

The Democratic and Republican primary nominating conventions were scheduled for August 29, 2020. The Green Party nominating convention was scheduled for June 20, 2020.

Ellen Lipton and Jason Strayhorn won election in the general election for Michigan State Board of Education.

Election procedure changes in 2020

See also: Changes to election dates, procedures, and administration in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 2020

Ballotpedia provided comprehensive coverage of how election dates and procedures changed in 2020. While the majority of changes occurred as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, some changes occurred for other reasons.

Michigan modified its absentee/mail-in voting procedures for the November 3, 2020, general election as follows:

• Absentee/mail-in voting: Absentee ballot applications were sent to all registered voters in the general election.

For a full timeline about election modifications made in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, click here.

Candidates and election results

General election

General election for Michigan State Board of Education (2 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for Michigan State Board of Education on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ellen Lipton (D)	24.6	2,472,087
✔		Jason Strayhorn (D)	23.5	2,368,523
	Submit photo	Michelle Frederick (R)	23.0	2,316,051
		Tami Carlone (R)	22.8	2,291,915
		Mary Anne Hering (Working Class Party)	1.5	147,345
	Submit photo	Bill Hall (L)	1.2	124,758
	Submit photo	Richard Hewer (L)	0.9	91,661
	Submit photo	Hali McEachern (Working Class Party)	0.8	82,700
	Submit photo	Karen Adams (U.S. Taxpayers Party of Michigan)	0.8	80,299
	Submit photo	Tom Mair (G)	0.6	58,397
	Submit photo	Douglas Levesque (U.S. Taxpayers Party of Michigan)	0.3	34,033

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 10,067,769
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Campaign finance

The tables below contain data from financial reports submitted to state agencies. The data is gathered and made available by Transparency USA.

Past elections

2018

See also: Michigan State Board of Education election, 2018

General election

General election for Michigan State Board of Education (2 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for Michigan State Board of Education on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Judith Pritchett (D)	25.2	1,830,312
✔		Tiffany Tilley (D)	24.0	1,743,379
		Tami Carlone (R)	22.3	1,615,129
		Richard Zeile (R)	20.3	1,473,904
		Mary Anne Hering (Working Class Party)	1.7	125,693
		Scott Boman (L)	1.7	125,309
	Submit photo	Logan Smith (Working Class Party)	1.3	91,077
	Submit photo	John Tatar (L)	1.1	80,414
	Submit photo	Karen Adams (U.S. Taxpayers Party)	1.0	72,639
		Sherry A. Wells (G)	0.8	61,493
	Submit photo	Douglas Levesque (U.S. Taxpayers Party)	0.4	32,326

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 7,251,675
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2016 Michigan State Board of Education, 2016 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Republican Tom McMillan 23.3% 1,958,602      Republican Nikki Snyder 22.8% 1,919,895      Democratic John Austin Incumbent 22.7% 1,912,983      Democratic Ish Ahmed 20.2% 1,698,927      Working Class Mary Anne Hering 2.7% 224,392      Libertarian Scotty Boman 2.4% 198,349      US Taxpayers Karen Adams 1.7% 140,215      Green Sherry A. Wells 1.5% 124,124      Libertarian Bill Hall 1.5% 123,637      Green Derek M. Grigsby 0.8% 66,051      US Taxpayers Douglas Levesque 0.7% 55,313 Total Votes 8,422,488 Election results via Michigan Secretary of State 2014 Michigan State Board of Education, 2014 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Democratic Pamela Pugh Smith 24.5% 1,368,790      Democratic Casandra E. Ulbrich Incumbent 23.4% 1,309,760      Republican Maria Carl 22.9% 1,279,122      Republican Jonathan Tade Williams 21.6% 1,206,419      Libertarian Kimberly Moore 2.1% 114,666      US Taxpayers John Adams 1.5% 82,511      Libertarian Gregory Scott Stempfle 1.4% 75,702      US Taxpayers Karen Adams 1.2% 65,828      Green Sherry A. Wells 1.1% 60,516      Natural Law Nikki Mattson 0.5% 30,099 Total Votes 5,593,413 Election results via Michigan Secretary of State 2012 Michigan State Board of Education, 2012 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Democratic Michelle Fecteau 27.1% 2,207,059      Democratic Lupe Ramos-Montigny 23.6% 1,919,047      Republican Todd A. Courser 21.2% 1,723,895      Republican Melanie A. Kurdys 21.1% 1,716,711      US Taxpayers Karen Adams 2.2% 176,947      Libertarian Andy LeCureaux 1.7% 138,760      Green Candace R. Caveny 1.3% 107,218      US Taxpayers Gail M. Graeser 0.9% 77,038      Green Dwain Reynolds, III 0.8% 66,123 Total Votes 8,132,798 Election results via Michigan Secretary of State 2010 Michigan State Board of Education, 2010 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Republican Eileen Weiser 25.6% 1,485,746      Republican Richard Zeile 23.7% 1,375,968      Democratic Elizabeth W. Bauer Incumbent 23.4% 1,360,392      Democratic Lupe Ramos-Montigny 19.7% 1,140,976      US Taxpayers Karen Adams 1.6% 95,655      Green Mary T. Wood 1.4% 78,586      Libertarian Bill Hall 1.3% 75,996      US Taxpayers Ronald Monroe 1.1% 62,797      Libertarian Dick Gach 1% 56,013      Green Latham Redding 0.7% 40,967      Natural Law Stacy Kohmescher 0.6% 32,145 Total Votes 5,805,241 Election results via Michigan Secretary of State

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