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Michigan, U.S. Senate

Voters in Michigan elected one member to the U.S. Senate on November 6, 2018.

The election filled the Class 1 Senate seat held by incumbent Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D), who was first elected in 2000. She faced Army veteran John James (R) in the general election.



Polls

Campaign finance

The chart below contains data from financial reports submitted to the Federal Election Commission.

Name Party Receipts* Disbursements** Cash on hand Date
Debbie Stabenow Democratic Party $13,467,045 $14,887,956 $1,782,307 As of December 31, 2018
John James Republican Party $12,551,467 $12,043,512 $507,955 As of December 31, 2018
George Huffman III U.S. Taxpayers Party $0 $0 $0 Data not available
John Howard Wilhelm Natural Law Party $0 $0 $0 Data not available
Marcia Squier Green Party $0 $0 $0 Data not available

Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2018.

* According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee."
** According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election.


Election history

2014

U.S. Senate, Michigan General Election, 2014

Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngGary Peters 54.6% 1,704,936
Republican Terri Lynn Land 41.3% 1,290,199
Libertarian Jim Fulner 2% 62,897
Green Richard Matkin 0.8% 26,137
U.S. Taxpayers Party Chris Wahmhoff 1.2% 37,529
Total Votes 3,121,698
Source: Michigan Secretary of State

2012

U.S. Senate, Michigan General Election, 2012

Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngDebbie Stabenow Incumbent 58.8% 2,735,826
Republican Pete Hoekstra 38% 1,767,386
Libertarian Scotty Boman 1.8% 84,480
Green Harley Mikkelson 0.6% 27,890
UST Richard Matkin 0.6% 26,038
NLP John Litle 0.2% 11,229
Total Votes 4,652,849
Source: Michigan Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"

Demographics

Demographic data for Michigan

MichiganU.S.
Total population:9,917,715316,515,021
Land area (sq mi):56,5393,531,905
Gender
Female:50.9%50.8%
Race and ethnicity**
White:79%73.6%
Black/African American:14%12.6%
Asian:2.7%5.1%
Native American:0.5%0.8%
Pacific Islander:0%0.2%
Two or more:2.6%3%
Hispanic/Latino:4.7%17.1%
Education
High school graduation rate:89.6%86.7%
College graduation rate:26.9%29.8%
Income
Median household income:$49,576$53,889
Persons below poverty level:20%11.3%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015)
for more information on the 2020 census and here for more on its impact on the redistricting process in Michigan.

As of July 2016, Michigan's three largest cities were Detroit (pop. est. 673,000), Grand Rapids (pop. est. 199,000), and Warren (pop. est. 135,000).