(CBS DETROIT) – The Michigan Board of State Canvassers has certified the results of the 2024 presidential election.
The board, made up of two Republicans and two Democrats, voted unanimously Friday to certify the results in all 83 counties.
Each candidate has until November 25 to request a recount.
“Our state and county commissions have all fulfilled their lawful duty to certify the results of Michigan’s 2024 general election,” Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson said in a statement. “Just over 5.7 million Michiganders cast ballots in this election, officially making this the highest turnout election in our state’s history. I am grateful for the dedication of the professional, bipartisan clerks and poll workers who once again ensured the election was secure. and that the results accurately reflect the will of the voters.”
The official results show that newly elected President Donald Trump winning the state with 49.7%, compared to Vice President Kalama Harris’s 48.3%.
CBS News has projected Trump as the winner in each of the battlefield states – first North Carolina, then Georgia, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, Nevada and finally Arizona – enough for a comeback win after his 2020 loss.
Meanwhile, Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin was elected to the Senate over former Republican Rep. Mike Rogers, leaving Democrats in control of the U.S. Senate in Michigan. Democratic Sen. Gary Peters holds the other seat.
Four years ago, Trump and his supporters pressured election officials in the state’s largest county and in the state legislature not to certify the results of the 2020 election as part of his targeted efforts to overturn the election.
Trump personally pressured two Republican officials on the Wayne County Board of Canvassers that year to oppose certification. The county is home to Detroit, a stronghold of Democratic voters in the battleground state.
The state board of canvassers ultimately voted to certify the 2020 election, with one Republican board member abstaining at the time.
