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Ottawa County, Michigan

2026 election results. Mike Rogers (R) got 57% of the U.S. Senate vote in Ottawa County. The margin is 4.8 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Ottawa County is split between 3 U.S. House districts.

2026 results in Ottawa County

U.S. Senate

Mike Rogers
57.0%91,408
Abdul El-Sayed
41.3%66,215
Lydia Christensen
1.0%1,630
Tim Long
0.4%615

2 more candidates on the race page.

100% counted

Statewide: Abdul El-Sayed wins. Called.

Governor

John James
56.1%89,920
Jocelyn Benson
42.6%68,184
Anthony Hudson
0.8%1,241
Donna Brandenburg
0.3%471

1 more candidate on the race page.

100% counted

Statewide: Jocelyn Benson wins. Called.

U.S. House: Michigan 2nd District

John Moolenaar
73.9%788
Ben Ambrose
25.0%267
Charlotte Magoon
0.8%8
Richard Sills
0.3%3
100% counted

Only part of Ottawa County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: John Moolenaar wins. Called.

U.S. House: Michigan 3rd District

Terri DeBoer
54.6%30,407
Hillary Scholten
44.4%24,679
Joe Jock
1.0%557
100% counted

Only part of Ottawa County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Hillary Scholten wins. Called.

U.S. House: Michigan 4th District

Bill Huizenga
58.2%59,846
Sean McCann
40.8%41,978
Shafina Barnett
1.0%1,042
100% counted

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

The leader in Ottawa 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, 11:09 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
MI SenateR +16.0R +20.8D +4.8
MI GovernorR +13.7R +20.8D +7.0
MI-02 part of the countyR +49.4R +52.3D +3.0
MI-03 part of the countyR +10.4R +16.4D +6.0
MI-04 part of the countyR +17.5R +22.9D +5.3

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 Ottawa County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris39.0%Donald Trump59.5%R +20.4178,507
2020Joe Biden38.4%Donald Trump59.8%R +21.5168,634
2016Hillary Clinton31.5%Donald Trump62.0%R +30.5142,734
2012Barack Obama32.3%Mitt Romney66.6%R +34.3132,312
2008Barack Obama37.3%John McCain61.2%R +23.9136,268
2004John Kerry27.6%George W. Bush71.6%R +43.9128,643
2000Al Gore26.8%George W. Bush71.2%R +44.4110,599

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 +24.0.

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.