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Kalamazoo County, Michigan

2026 election results. Jocelyn Benson (D) got 63% of the vote for governor in Kalamazoo County. The margin is 9.3 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Kalamazoo County is split between 2 U.S. House districts.

2026 results in Kalamazoo County

U.S. Senate

Abdul El-Sayed
61.5%77,370
Mike Rogers
36.6%46,117
Lydia Christensen
1.0%1,308
Tim Long
0.5%577

2 more candidates on the race page.

100% counted

Statewide: Abdul El-Sayed wins. Called.

Governor

Jocelyn Benson
62.7%78,932
John James
35.7%44,996
Anthony Hudson
0.8%997
Douglas Campbell
0.4%490

1 more candidate on the race page.

100% counted

Statewide: Jocelyn Benson wins. Called.

U.S. House: Michigan 4th District

Sean McCann
63.9%74,299
Bill Huizenga
34.2%39,793
Shafina Barnett
1.8%2,099
100% counted

Only part of Kalamazoo County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: not called; Sean McCann leads.

U.S. House: Michigan 5th District

Tim Walberg
57.6%5,138
Christian Vukasovich
40.4%3,610
Ronald Muszynski
1.0%85
Sharon Renier
0.7%63

1 more candidate on the race page.

100% counted

Only part of Kalamazoo County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Tim Walberg wins. Called.

The leader in Kalamazoo 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 4, 9:04 AM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
MI SenateD +25.3D +18.0D +7.3
MI GovernorD +27.4D +18.0D +9.3
MI-04 part of the countyD +30.2D +21.2D +9.0
MI-05 part of the countyR +17.5R +20.9D +3.4

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 Kalamazoo County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris58.0%Donald Trump40.3%D +17.7145,710
2020Joe Biden58.4%Donald Trump39.6%D +18.7143,373
2016Hillary Clinton53.2%Donald Trump40.4%D +12.8126,299
2012Barack Obama56.1%Mitt Romney42.8%D +13.3123,178
2008Barack Obama58.9%John McCain39.4%D +19.5130,781
2004John Kerry51.3%George W. Bush47.7%D +3.6119,783
2000Al Gore48.5%George W. Bush47.9%D +0.5100,656

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 D +17.2.

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.