Jocelyn Benson
American politician and attorney (born 1977)
Jocelyn Benson
Jocelyn Michelle Benson (born October 22, 1977) is an American politician and attorney who has served as the 43rd secretary of state of Michigan since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, she served as dean of Wayne State University Law School from 2012 to 2016. In 2018, Benson was elected as the secretary of state in Michigan, securing the position with an 8.9 percentage point margin over Republican Mary Treder Lang. This victory made her the first Democrat to hold the office since 1995. She was reelected in 2022, defeating Republican Kristina Karamo by a margin of 14 percentage points, setting a record for the largest margin and vote share among statewide candidates that year. Benson is the Democratic nominee in the 2026 Michigan gubernatorial election and faces Congressman John James in the general.
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