NBC新闻预测，民主党人乔斯林·本森将成为密歇根州下一任州长，接替任期受限的民主党人格雷琴·惠特默，使该党对该州的控制再延长四年。本森现任密歇根州州务卿，她击败了共和党众议员约翰·詹姆斯，后者如今将不再担任任何民选职务。这是自20世纪60年代以来，首次有民主党人接替民主党州长。本森获胜之际，密歇根州民主党人正谋求在州议会两院均取得多数席位，以配合州长职位。
Democrat Jocelyn Benson will be Michigan’s next governor, NBC News projects, succeeding term-limited Democrat Gretchen Whitmer to extend the party’s control for four more years. Benson, who is Michigan’s secretary of state, defeated Republican Rep. John James, who now finds himself without an elected office. It’s the first time since the 1960s that a Democrat will succeed a Democratic governor. Benson won as Michigan Democrats seek state legislative majorities to go with the governorship.
民主党目前掌控州参议院，但未掌控州众议院。民主党人需要净增四个众议院席位并保住参议院，才能确保对州政府的全面控制。民主党人还在努力守住即将退休的参议员加里·彼得斯的席位，民主党人阿卜杜勒·埃尔-赛义德与共和党人迈克·罗杰斯在这场已引起全国关注的选战中展开角逐。唐纳德·特朗普在2024年总统选举中以略高于1个百分点的优势拿下该州。
The Democratic Party holds the state Senate but not the state House. Democrats would have to net four House seats and hold the Senate to secure full control of the state government. Democrats are also working to defend retiring Sen. Gary Peters’ seat, as Democrat Abdul El-Sayed and Republican Mike Rogers battle in a race that has drawn national attention. Donald Trump carried the state by a little over 1 percentage point in the 2024 presidential election.
本森自2019年起担任密歇根州州务卿，在特朗普试图推翻2020年总统选举结果期间，她作为这个摇摆州的首席选举官员而获得全国关注。本森是一名律师，毕业于哈佛法学院，曾在韦恩州立大学任教法律，后来在该校担任院长。詹姆斯得到特朗普的助力，借此在共和党初选中胜出。但在大选前的几周里，他也试图与特朗普保持一定距离。
Benson, Michigan’s secretary of state since 2019, gained national prominence as the chief election officer for the battleground state as Trump tried to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. Benson is an attorney who graduated from Harvard Law School and taught law at Wayne State University, where she went on to be dean. James was boosted by Trump, carrying him through his GOP primary. But he also sought to get some distance from Trump in the weeks leading up to the general election.
詹姆斯从竞选网站上删除了某些提及特朗普的内容，并在10月初的一场辩论中主张，他将在伊朗战争以及对加拿大征收关税等问题上对抗特朗普，这些关税对密歇根州打击尤为严重。本森批评他没有投票支持国会旨在结束战争的决议。两人还就数据中心问题展开交锋，互相指责对方从中获利。
James removed certain mentions of Trump from his campaign website, and at a debate in early October, he argued he would stand up to Trump on issues like the Iran war and tariffs on Canada, which have hit Michigan particularly hard. Benson criticized him for not voting for congressional resolutions to end the war. The two also sparred over data centers, with each saying the other profited from them.
詹姆斯指责本森家族从一座数据中心的建设中获利，本森予以否认；而本森则表示，詹姆斯在持有数据中心相关股票的情况下，曾投票支持有利于数据中心的政策。詹姆斯称，任何与数据中心相关的股票均通过广基指数基金持有。
James accused Benson’s family of profiting from the construction of one data center, which she denied, while Benson said James had voted in favor of policies that favored data centers while he held stocks in them. James said any stocks related to data centers were held in broad mutual funds.