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Turnout | 44.98% | ||||||||||||||||
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The 1952 Michigan gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1952. Incumbent Democrat G. Mennen Williams defeated Republican nominee Frederick M. Alger Jr. with 49.96% of the vote.
Major party candidates
Other candidates
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | G. Mennen Williams (incumbent) | 1,431,893 | 49.96 | |
Republican | Frederick M. Alger Jr. | 1,423,275 | 49.66 | |
Prohibition | E. Harold Munn | 8,990 | 0.31 | |
Socialist Labor | Theos A. Grove | 1,192 | 0.04 | |
Socialist Workers | Howard Lerner | 628 | 0.02 | |
Write-ins | 2 | 0.00 | ||
Total votes | 2,865,980 | 100 | ||
Democratic hold |
The primary elections occurred on August 5, 1952.[2]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | G. Mennen Williams (incumbent) | 566,818 | 99.99 | |
Democratic | Write-ins | 16 | 0.01 | |
Total votes | 566,834 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Frederick M. Alger Jr. | 384,532 | 44.21 | |
Republican | Donald S. Leonard | 253,703 | 29.17 | |
Republican | William C. Vandenberg | 231,461 | 26.61 | |
Write-ins | 16 | 0.00 | ||
Total votes | 869,712 | 100.00 |
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