2016 Oakland County Executive election

2016 Oakland County Executive election
November 8, 2016
 
Nominee L. Brooks Patterson Vicki Barnett
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 340,579 293,303
Percentage 53.50% 46.08%
Oakland County Executive before election

L. Brooks Patterson
Republican

Elected Oakland County Executive

L. Brooks Patterson
Republican

The 2016 Oakland County Executive election was held on November 8, 2016. Incumbent County Executive L. Brooks Patterson ran for re-election to a seventh term. Former State Representative Vicki Barnett won the Democratic primary and opposed Patterson in the general election. Patterson defeated Barnett with 54 percent of the vote, a significantly narrower margin than his past victories.

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