Jocelyn Benson

Jocelyn Benson
Benson in 2019
43rd Secretary of State of Michigan
Incumbent
Assumed office January 1, 2019
Governor	Gretchen Whitmer
Preceded by	Ruth Johnson
Dean of the Wayne State University Law School
In office December 2012 – September 2016
Preceded by	Robert Ackerman
Succeeded by	Richard Bierschbach
Personal details
Born	(1977-10-22) October 22, 1977 (age 46)
Political party	Democratic
Education	Wellesley College (BA) Magdalen College, Oxford (MPhil) Harvard University (JD)
Website	Government website

Jocelyn Benson (born October 22, 1977) is an American academic administrator, attorney, and politician serving as the 43rd Secretary of State of Michigan since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, she is a former dean of Wayne State University Law School, a co-founder of the Military Spouses of Michigan, and a board member of the Ross Initiative in Sports for Equality. Benson is the author of State Secretaries of State: Guardians of the Democratic Process.

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.