Election
American state election
The 1974 Michigan gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1974. William Milliken was elected to his second full term as governor of Michigan in a rematch with Sander Levin. This was the last time until 1990 that the state elected a governor of the same party as the sitting president.
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The 1974 Michigan gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1974. William Milliken was elected to his second full term as governor of Michigan in a rematch with Sander Levin. This was the last time until 1990 that the state elected a governor of the same party as the sitting president.
Michigan held primary elections on August 6, 1974.
Incumbent governor William Milliken was unopposed for the Republican nomination.
Sander M. Levin won the Democratic nomination for the second consecutive election.
Major party candidates
Other candidates
Kalkaska County voted Democratic for the first time since 1912, and for only the second time since it was organized in 1871. Gladwin County and Mackinac County voted Democratic for the first time since 1932. This was the only gubernatorial election from 1954 to 1998 in which Monroe County voted for the losing candidate.
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