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States ยท Michigan

Oceana County, Michigan

2026 election results. John James (R) got 59% of the vote for governor in Oceana County. The margin is 9.0 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Oceana County

U.S. Senate

Mike Rogers
60.5%7,637
Abdul El-Sayed
37.0%4,672
Lydia Christensen
1.3%159
Tim Long
0.8%101

2 more candidates on the race page.

100% counted

Statewide: Abdul El-Sayed wins. Called.

Governor

John James
59.4%7,505
Jocelyn Benson
38.4%4,849
Anthony Hudson
1.3%160
Donna Brandenburg
0.6%71

1 more candidate on the race page.

100% counted

Statewide: Jocelyn Benson wins. Called.

U.S. House: Michigan 2nd District

John Moolenaar
61.6%7,696
Ben Ambrose
37.0%4,620
Charlotte Magoon
1.0%128
Richard Sills
0.4%53
100% counted

Whole district: John Moolenaar wins. Called.

The leader in Oceana 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 SenateR +24.1R +30.5D +6.4
MI GovernorR +21.5R +30.5D +9.0
MI-02R +25.0R +30.5D +5.5

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 Oceana County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris34.2%Donald Trump64.2%R +30.014,870
2020Joe Biden35.2%Donald Trump63.2%R +28.114,063
2016Hillary Clinton33.3%Donald Trump60.6%R +27.311,930
2012Barack Obama44.2%Mitt Romney54.5%R +10.311,450
2008Barack Obama51.2%John McCain46.8%D +4.412,509
2004John Kerry44.2%George W. Bush54.3%R +10.112,297
2000Al Gore42.7%George W. Bush54.9%R +12.210,772

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 +17.8.

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.