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Michigan gubernatorial election, 1990

Michigan gubernatorial election, 1990
Michigan
← 1986 November 6, 1990 1994 →
  John Engler.jpg James Blanchard 1981 congressional photo.jpg
Nominee John Engler James Blanchard
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 1,276,134 1,258,539
Percentage 49.76% 49.07%

Michigan gubernatorial election 1990.svg
County results

Governor before election

James Blanchard
Democratic

Elected Governor

John Engler
Republican


James Blanchard
Democratic

John Engler
Republican

The 1990 Michigan gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1990, to elect the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of the state of Michigan. John Engler, a member of the Republican Party and State Senate majority leader, was elected over Democratic Party nominee James Blanchard, who was seeking his third term. In what turned out to be one of the closest elections in recent Michigan history, Engler won by a 17,000 vote margin. The voter turnout was 38.6%.



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