Gretchen Whitmer won with 53.3% of the vote (2,266,193 votes), ahead of Bill Schuette with 43.8% (1,859,534 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 9.6 percentage points (406,659 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 9.6 points.
4,250,585 votes were counted in this race, for 19 candidates or options.
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