(The Center Square) – Michigan’s 7th and 8th congressional district races remained too close to call Tuesday night.
Republican Tom Barrett led Democrat Curtis Hertel 55.8% to 41% around 11:30 p.m. Eastern with 48% of votes counted.
FiveThirtyEight’s election forecast found Barrett “won” in 68 out of 100 simulations, while Hertel “won” in 32 out of 100 simulations.
Republican Paul Junge led Democrat State Sen. Kristen McDonald Rivet 49.2% to 46.4% around the same time, with 18% of votes counted.
FiveThirtyEight’s election forecast found Rivet “won” in 61 out of 100 simulations, while Junge “won” in 39 out of 100 simulations.
Polls closed at 8 p.m. on Tuesday in most places across the state, with those in line at 8 allowed to complete the voting process.
Michigan had more than 2.1 million absentee ballots returned and 1.2 ballots cast during early voting as of Tuesday morning. There are around 7.2 million active registered voters in Michigan.
The U.S. The Department of Justice deployed staff from its Civil Rights Division at six jurisdictions in Michigan to ensure poll compliance with federal voting rights laws, including at some polling locations in the cities of Ann Arbor, Detroit, Flint, Grand Rapids, Hamtramck, and Warren.
Michigan’s total voter turnout for the 2020 election was about 5.6 million total voters.
