The Michigan 2024 state primary election is next week. Here is what you need to know.

On August 6, Michiganders will have the opportunity to vote in the state primary election to choose who will represent them in the general election in November.

Michigan law does not allow online and mail registration within two weeks of an election. However, eligible residents could register or update their voter registration in person. In-person registrants can request, complete and submit absentee ballots during the same visit. Locations and hours for clerk offices are available on the state’s voter registration website.

Absentee ballots must be returned to drop boxes within the voter’s jurisdiction and signed by the voter, with signatures matching those on file. Ballots must reach clerks by 8 p.m. on Election Day. To avoid postal delays, voters with absentee ballots should hand deliver them to local clerk offices or secure drop boxes or bring them to early voting sites before Election Day.

Michigan voters must cast votes for only one party’s candidates in the primary election; crossing party lines invalidates the ballot. Early in-person voting is available from July 27 to Aug. 4, and polling places will be open on election day from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.

The Michigan Daily has outlined candidates running for their party’s nomination in the state primaries for Ann Arbor residents.

United States Senate

Six candidates are running to replace retiring Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D), who has served in the Senate since 2001. Actor and lawyer Hill Harper and Rep. Elissa Slotkin will face off in the Democratic primary. Former state Reps. Justin Amash and Mike Rogers and physician Dr. Sherry O’Donnell are running in the Republican primary. On July 20, businessman Sandy Pensler (R) announced he would end his bid.

United States Representative

Michigan’s 6th congressional district includes Washtenaw County and parts of Wayne, Monroe and Oakland counties. Incumbent Rep. Debbie Dingell (D) is seeking reelection for the seat she has held since 2015, while Heather Smiley, a retired Ford Motor Company employee, is seeking the Republican nomination.

Michigan State Representative

In Michigan’s House of Representatives District 23, which includes parts of Livingston, Washtenaw and Wayne counties, incumbent state Rep. Jason Morgan (D), elected in 2022, is seeking reelection and running unopposed in the Democratic primary. Miriam Corvino and David Stamp are running in the Republican primary.

Washtenaw County Prosecuting Attorney

Incumbent Eli Savit, elected in 2020, is running unopposed in the Democratic primary. There are no Republicans running for prosecuting attorney.

Washtenaw County Sheriff

Incumbent Jerry L. Clayton (D) is retiring after serving four terms, first elected in 2008. Alyshia M. Dyer, Derrick Jackson and Ken Magee are seeking nomination in the Democratic primary. There are no Republicans running for sheriff.

Washtenaw County Clerk & Register of Deeds

Incumbent Lawrence Kestenbaum, elected in 2004, is running for reelection and the Democratic nomination against Shelly Brock. Adam de Angeli and Samantha Strayer are seeking the nomination in the Republican primary.

Washtenaw County Treasurer

Incumbent Catherine McClary (D) is not running for reelection. Latitia Lamelle-Sharp is seeking the Democratic primary nomination. Brian Bennett and Robert F. Zimmerman are running in the Republican primary.

Washtenaw County Water Resources Commissioner

Incumbent Evan N. Pratt, elected in 2012, is running for reelection in the Democratic primary. Lisa Gubaci-Root is running in the Republican primary.

Washtenaw County Commissioner

Incumbent Yousef Rabhi, who served on the board of commissioners from 2010 to 2016, and then was elected in 2023, is running in the Democratic primary for District 8. Leslie Kay Shannon is running in the Republican primary.

Washtenaw County Convention Delegate

LSA rising senior Alec Hughes is running in the Democratic primary for county convention delegate. There are no Republicans running for convention delegate.

The Daily will be reporting the election results on August 6 as the races are called. Candidates who win the primary will advance to the general election on Tuesday, Nov. 5.

Summer News Editor Shane Baum can be reached at smbaum@umich.edu.

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