Six candidates are running for two seats on the Michigan Supreme Court on November 3, 2026. The two candidates who receive the most votes will win the nonpartisan election. All candidates run on the same ballot.
Bridge Michigan's Lauren Gibbons wrote, "The Michigan Supreme Court often has the final say on issues of critical importance, including whether laws enacted by the state Legislature are constitutional or whether ballot measures should go before voters."
In Michigan, Supreme Court candidates run in nonpartisan general elections. Political parties nominate candidates at their conventions. Democrats currently have a 6-1 majority on the court. They have held a majority since 2020. If Republicans win both seats, they would not be able to regain a majority until at least 2028. Republicans last won a seat on the court in 2018.
The following parties nominated candidates:
- The Democratic Party nominated incumbents Megan Cavanagh (D) and Noah Hood (D). Cavanagh was first elected in 2018, and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) appointed Hood in 2025. Hood is running for his first full term. The Michigan AFL-CIO and former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder (D) have endorsed their re-election bids.
- The Republican Party nominated Casandra Morse-Bills (R) and Michael D. Warren Jr. (R). Morse-Bills is a judge of the 23rd Judicial Circuit, and Warren Jr. is a judge for Michigan's 6th Circuit Court. The Michigan Chamber of Commerce and The Detroit News' editorial board endorsed their election to the court.
- The U.S. Taxpayers Party nominated Thomas Howe and Jody White.
To read more about what the justices have campaigned on, click here.
Michigan is one of 31 states holding state supreme court elections this year. The Center for Politics' Louis Jacobson writes, "Unlike a number of closely watched state supreme court races in recent election cycles, only one of these contests... has the potential to flip the ideological balance of a court. But a number of these elections could have an incremental impact on the ideological makeup of a supreme court and could serve as building blocks for future court takeovers in subsequent election cycles." To read more about state supreme court elections in 2026, click here.