Dearborn delivered landslide margins for Democrats Abdul El-Sayed and Jocelyn Benson on Nov. 3, two years after Donald Trump carried the city in the presidential election.
El-Sayed won Dearborn by about 65 percentage points in the U.S. Senate race, and Benson won by about 61 points in the governor’s race, according to the city’s unofficial results. Two years earlier, Trump carried the city by about six percentage points over Kamala Harris, according to the city’s 2024 election breakdown.
The unofficial city election report shows 45,460 ballots cast out of 79,867 registered voters, a turnout rate of 56.92%. That topped the 42,923 ballots cast in the November 2024 presidential election, according to the city’s 2024 results.
Mayor Abdullah Hammoud called the turnout historic in a post on X.
“Over 45,000 votes cast. The highest voter turnout in our city’s history! … You showed up, shattered records, and made your voices heard.”
The city’s election reports list 9,182 early ballots in 2026, compared with 7,550 in 2024, an increase of nearly 22%.
The Dearborn results were part of a broader shift across Michigan. BridgeDetroit reported that all 83 Michigan counties moved toward Democrats compared with the 2024 presidential election, citing an Associated Press analysis. Wayne County, the state’s largest, shifted 14 percentage points. More than 4.8 million voters cast ballots statewide, an apparent midterm record, according to the report’s unofficial results.
Statewide, Benson will succeed outgoing Gov. Gretchen Whitmer after beating Republican John James, according to Associated Press reporting. El-Sayed defeated Republican Mike Rogers to help Democrats retake control of the U.S. Senate, the AP reported.
All results remain unofficial.
