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Alpena County, Michigan

2026 election results. John James (R) got 57% of the vote for governor in Alpena County. The margin is 12.2 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Alpena County

U.S. Senate

Mike Rogers
59.1%8,190
Abdul El-Sayed
38.5%5,335
Lydia Christensen
1.1%154
Tim Long
0.7%103

2 more candidates on the race page.

100% counted

Statewide: Abdul El-Sayed wins. Called.

Governor

John James
57.2%7,945
Jocelyn Benson
40.8%5,665
Anthony Hudson
1.1%147
Donna Brandenburg
0.6%79

1 more candidate on the race page.

100% counted

Statewide: Jocelyn Benson wins. Called.

U.S. House: Michigan 1st District

Jack Bergman
57.6%7,970
Callie Barr
40.4%5,582
Arnett Satterla
0.6%88
Liz Hakola
0.6%81

3 more candidates on the race page.

100% counted

Whole district: Jack Bergman wins. Called.

The leader in Alpena County is only who has the most votes counted here. Races are won statewide or district-wide, and only the race pages report calls. Last vote update here Nov 3, 10:32 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
MI SenateR +21.1R +29.0D +7.9
MI GovernorR +16.8R +29.0D +12.2
MI-01R +17.6R +29.0D +11.4

Margins compare the Democrat and the Republican only. The 2024 column is the presidential margin in the same places as each race's votes here. Shift is this year's margin minus it, shown once at least 90% of the expected vote is counted. A dash means there's no 2024 figure for those exact places.

How Alpena County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris35.1%Donald Trump63.7%R +28.617,213
2020Joe Biden35.4%Donald Trump63.0%R +27.616,966
2016Hillary Clinton33.2%Donald Trump61.8%R +28.714,698
2012Barack Obama46.7%Mitt Romney52.1%R +5.314,014
2008Barack Obama51.1%John McCain47.2%D +3.815,085
2004John Kerry48.7%George W. Bush50.4%R +1.715,211
2000Al Gore49.9%George W. Bush47.9%D +2.014,132

Shares are of all presidential votes, and the margin is the Democrat's share minus the Republican's. Since 2000, the presidential margin here has moved R +30.6.

Other counties in Michigan

Michigan results

Sources & scope

Votes for 2026 come from the count this site reads, by county. They're unofficial until Michigan certifies them. Past presidential votes are from MEDSL and VEST, via Polling Forecast. Michigan's own results, deadlines and offices are on the state page.