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LANSING — The last time Michigan had a Democratic trifecta during a lame-duck legislative session was 1934. That year, Michigan's longest-serving U.S. senator — the late Carl Levin — was ...
The Michigan Democratic Party controls all four statewide offices and a majority in the Michigan Senate. Democrats hold both of Michigan's U.S. Senate seats, six of the state's 13 U.S. House seats, and majorities on the elected governing boards of the University of Michigan, Michigan State University, and Wayne State University as well as a majority on the State Board of Education.
In 2022, Democrats made history when Michigan voters reelected Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and flipped the state House and Senate from GOP control, delivering the first Democratic trifecta in 40 years.
From 2017 to 2019 and since 2025 in the United States, the Republican Party has held the Senate, House of Representatives, and the presidency. [1] Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, President Donald Trump, and Vice President (President of the Senate) Mike Pence, all Republicans, are pictured during the first trifecta in the 115th United States Congress.
Whitmer, who is considered a rising Democratic star on the national level, spent the first six years of her tenure working with a Republican-controlled Legislature. But a Democratic-led state government trifecta was necessary the last two years to pass such things as gun control measures and tax policy, she said.
The tables below indicate the political party affiliation of elected officials in the U.S. State of Michigan from statehood through the results of the November 2022 elections. [a] Officials listed include: Governors, Lieutenant Governors, Secretaries of State, Attorneys General/ State Treasurers.
University of Michigan Board of Regents candidate Huwaida Arraf addresses supporters at the Michigan Democratic Party nominating convention at the Lansing Center August 24, 2024.
The 2024 Michigan Democratic presidential primary was held on February 27, 2024, as part of the Democratic Party primaries for the 2024 presidential election. 140 delegates to the Democratic National Convention will be allocated to presidential candidates. [1] The contest took place concurrently with its Republican counterpart.