The percentage of votes for third-party candidates in the Michigan gubernatorial election has slowly increased for the last seven cycles from 0% in 1994 to approximately 2.9% of votes, or 124,858, in 2018. If the trend continues into 2022 and the race between major party candidates Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Republican Tudor Dixon is close, votes for Libertarian Mary Buzuma, U.S. Taxpayers Party candidate Donna Brandenburg, Green Party candidate Kevin Hogan and Natural Law Party candidate Daryl Simpson could have an impact in the eventual winner. The eventual percentage of votes received by all four third-party candidates isn't expected to
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