The 1948 Michigan gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1948. Democratic nominee G. Mennen Williams defeated incumbent Republican Kim Sigler with 53.41% of the vote.
Primary election
Michigan held primary elections on September 14, 1948.
Republican party
Incumbent governor Kim Sigler was renominated without opposition.
Candidates
- Kim Sigler, incumbent governor
Democratic party
G. Mennen Williams won the Democratic nomination in a competitive three-way race.
Candidates
- Burnett J. Abbott, businessman from Albion
- Victor E. Bucknell, attorney from Kalamazoo
- G. Mennen Williams, attorney and member of Michigan Liquor Control Commission
General election
Candidates
Major party candidates
- G. Mennen Williams, Democratic
- Kim Sigler, Republican
Other candidates
- Gordon Phillips, Prohibition
- Emanuel Seidler, Socialist
- Arthur Chenoweth, Socialist Labor
- Howard Lerner, Socialist Workers
Results
Results by county
After this election, Kent County would not vote Democratic again until 1986.
- Baraga
- Bay
- Genesee
- Iron
- Kent
- Keweenaw
- Macomb
- Manistee
- Marquette
- Menominee
- Muskegon
- Ontonagon
- Wayne