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States ยท Michigan

Lake County, Michigan

2026 election results. John James (R) got 60% of the vote for governor in Lake County. The margin is 8.2 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Lake County

U.S. Senate

Mike Rogers
62.8%3,515
Abdul El-Sayed
34.2%1,913
Lydia Christensen
1.3%72
Tim Long
1.0%55

2 more candidates on the race page.

100% counted

Statewide: Abdul El-Sayed wins. Called.

Governor

John James
60.3%3,382
Jocelyn Benson
36.6%2,053
Anthony Hudson
1.9%106
Donna Brandenburg
0.7%41

1 more candidate on the race page.

100% counted

Statewide: Jocelyn Benson wins. Called.

U.S. House: Michigan 2nd District

John Moolenaar
63.7%3,527
Ben Ambrose
34.5%1,908
Charlotte Magoon
1.2%64
Richard Sills
0.7%36
100% counted

Whole district: John Moolenaar wins. Called.

The leader in Lake 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, 9:58 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
MI SenateR +29.5R +32.6D +3.1
MI GovernorR +24.5R +32.6D +8.2
MI-02R +29.8R +32.6D +2.8

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 Lake County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris33.2%Donald Trump65.4%R +32.26,915
2020Joe Biden36.2%Donald Trump62.4%R +26.26,322
2016Hillary Clinton36.4%Donald Trump59.3%R +22.95,328
2012Barack Obama52.1%Mitt Romney47.0%D +5.05,287
2008Barack Obama55.2%John McCain42.9%D +12.35,292
2004John Kerry51.0%George W. Bush47.7%D +3.35,246
2000Al Gore55.1%George W. Bush41.8%D +13.34,693

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 +45.5.

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.