Michigan election: Benson leading in governor's race

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Nov 4, 2026
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AI GeneratedThe governor's race remains a toss-up with only 35% of the vote counted. While the lead is tightening slightly, the results are currently within the margin of error. Analysts are observing voting patterns, specifically noting discrepancies between straight-ticket voting and split-ticket voting across various counties.
Let's look at the governor's race.
That lead is tightening a tiny bit,
but nothing substantial over the last time we checked.
What's interesting is those who actually did
vote straight ticket, and you're seeing a
lot of that happen in this particular race.
When you see that race tightening between the Senate race,
you also see that lead shrink
a little bit for Jocelyn Benson in some
of the key places with 34% reporting right now.
If you change to Senate and we watch counties change here
Actually, let's do it this way.
There we go.
So now change back to governor.
We'll watch counties that flip from red to blue.
So it looks like Montcalm and Eaton are currently
the only counties that we can be fully certain
nobody went straight ticket, cuz in Eaton,
it's leaning Democrat for Benson.
But on the Senate race, it's leaning red for Rogers.
Sure, yeah, so you are seeing some
discrepancies in that, but it is interesting
to see how people decide to vote.
Again, my friends, this is 35% of the vote counted right now.
And so this is anyone's game,
it really is within the margin of error and is very much
a toss up.
And you still have 65% of the vote that has to be counted.
So the vast majority of votes have yet to be counted
and it's already this tight, something
that's been predicted for a while.
