 In securing the nomination for lieutenant governor, the state Senate nomination was vacated and former state Representative Judy Emmons was chosen to fill the spot.Snyder and Calley went on to defeat Lansing Mayor Virgil Bernero and his running mate, Southfield Mayor Brenda Lawrence in the general election by 58% to 39%.Calley assumed office as the nation's youngest Lieutenant Governor and Michigan's youngest lieutenant governor since John Swainson in 1959.