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Election 1940 Results

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1940 US Senate election in Michigan

Arthur Vandenberg (Republican) beat Frank Fitzgerald (Democrat) in Michigan in 1940, 52.6% to 47.0%, a margin of 5.7 points and 113,364 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1934, when Arthur Vandenberg also won.

Republicans led in 74 of the 83 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 9. The largest, Wayne, cast 693,351 votes and went to the Democrat by 17.8 points. The closest was Ontonagon, where 72 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Senate

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Arthur Vandenberg won Republican 1,053,104 52.6%
Frank Fitzgerald Democratic 939,740 47.0%
All other candidates 7,499 0.4%
Total2,000,343

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Wayne 406,620 58.6% 283,213 40.8% 3,518 693,351 D+17.8
Kent 45,671 45.8% 53,640 53.8% 431 99,742 R+8.0
Oakland 43,269 46.1% 50,209 53.5% 315 93,793 R+7.4
Genesee 46,338 53.9% 39,325 45.8% 273 85,936 D+8.2
Ingham 22,736 40.3% 33,395 59.2% 251 56,382 R+18.9
Saginaw 21,534 43.7% 27,577 56.0% 134 49,245 R+12.3
Kalamazoo 16,102 38.2% 25,894 61.4% 174 42,170 R+23.2
Calhoun 17,533 44.1% 22,036 55.4% 205 39,774 R+11.3
Jackson 14,446 37.9% 23,525 61.8% 106 38,077 R+23.8
Berrien 15,224 40.3% 22,459 59.5% 88 37,771 R+19.2
Macomb 18,695 50.4% 18,307 49.3% 112 37,114 D+1.0
Muskegon 17,791 52.7% 15,848 46.9% 126 33,765 D+5.8
Washtenaw 10,753 32.5% 22,208 67.2% 93 33,054 R+34.7
St. Clair 10,417 34.4% 19,797 65.4% 46 30,260 R+31.0
Bay 13,128 46.7% 14,958 53.2% 32 28,118 R+6.5
Ottawa 8,148 34.3% 15,544 65.4% 73 23,765 R+31.1
Lenawee 6,815 29.1% 16,543 70.7% 35 23,393 R+41.6
Monroe 9,683 42.6% 13,021 57.3% 20 22,724 R+14.7
Houghton 10,360 48.8% 10,807 50.9% 60 21,227 R+2.1
Marquette 11,054 53.0% 9,751 46.8% 51 20,856 D+6.2
Allegan 5,010 29.2% 12,122 70.7% 23 17,155 R+41.5
Van Buren 5,061 30.7% 11,390 69.0% 50 16,501 R+38.4
Eaton 5,121 33.4% 10,139 66.2% 50 15,310 R+32.8
Gogebic 8,159 53.6% 6,941 45.6% 136 15,236 D+8.0
Shiawassee 5,066 33.4% 10,049 66.3% 31 15,146 R+32.9
Delta 8,068 55.4% 6,441 44.2% 65 14,574 D+11.2
St. Joseph 4,679 32.2% 9,836 67.7% 21 14,536 R+35.5
Ionia 5,020 35.0% 9,281 64.7% 35 14,336 R+29.7
Dickinson 6,718 51.6% 6,250 48.0% 42 13,010 D+3.6
Tuscola 2,927 22.5% 10,032 77.3% 26 12,985 R+54.7
Huron 2,448 19.2% 10,266 80.7% 9 12,723 R+61.4
Hillsdale 3,217 25.7% 9,277 74.1% 27 12,521 R+48.4
Gratiot 3,583 29.5% 8,557 70.4% 22 12,162 R+40.9
Sanilac 1,889 15.7% 10,135 84.1% 24 12,048 R+68.4
Montcalm 3,879 34.0% 7,489 65.6% 43 11,411 R+31.6
Branch 3,885 34.4% 7,396 65.4% 21 11,302 R+31.1
Cass 4,064 37.4% 6,789 62.5% 17 10,870 R+25.1
Clinton 2,533 23.5% 8,227 76.4% 8 10,768 R+52.9
Menominee 5,183 48.2% 5,535 51.5% 37 10,755 R+3.3
Chippewa 4,705 43.8% 6,016 56.0% 22 10,743 R+12.2
Lapeer 2,994 28.0% 7,696 71.9% 12 10,702 R+43.9
Livingston 3,104 30.5% 7,056 69.4% 11 10,171 R+38.9
Midland 3,235 33.1% 6,523 66.7% 26 9,784 R+33.6
Barry 2,934 30.1% 6,785 69.6% 25 9,744 R+39.5
Isabella 2,572 27.1% 6,899 72.6% 28 9,499 R+45.6
Iron 4,304 46.8% 4,843 52.7% 48 9,195 R+5.9
Manistee 3,803 43.9% 4,846 55.9% 14 8,663 R+12.0
Grand Traverse 2,717 32.5% 5,638 67.4% 8 8,363 R+34.9
Mason 3,395 41.0% 4,850 58.6% 32 8,277 R+17.6
Alpena 3,339 41.0% 4,803 58.9% 8 8,150 R+18.0
Newaygo 2,409 30.6% 5,444 69.1% 22 7,875 R+38.5
Wexford 2,690 38.0% 4,364 61.7% 21 7,075 R+23.7
Emmet 2,513 36.8% 4,313 63.1% 10 6,836 R+26.3
Mecosta 1,892 28.5% 4,726 71.3% 9 6,627 R+42.8
Cheboygan 2,756 43.1% 3,625 56.7% 15 6,396 R+13.6
Oceana 2,078 35.4% 3,772 64.3% 19 5,869 R+28.9
Ontonagon 2,830 48.7% 2,902 49.9% 83 5,815 R+1.2
Osceola 1,444 25.5% 4,203 74.3% 9 5,656 R+48.8
Charlevoix 1,967 35.8% 3,499 63.7% 28 5,494 R+27.9
Presque Isle 2,365 47.8% 2,578 52.1% 6 4,949 R+4.3
Baraga 2,010 44.3% 2,497 55.0% 31 4,538 R+10.7
Alger 2,805 62.5% 1,652 36.8% 32 4,489 D+25.7
Mackinac 1,925 43.8% 2,460 56.0% 7 4,392 R+12.2
Antrim 1,341 30.8% 2,994 68.8% 15 4,350 R+38.0
Clare 1,092 26.4% 3,024 73.2% 13 4,129 R+46.8
Schoolcraft 1,966 48.2% 2,110 51.8% 1 4,077 R+3.5
Gladwin 1,150 29.9% 2,685 69.9% 7 3,842 R+40.0
Arenac 1,330 36.4% 2,315 63.4% 8 3,653 R+27.0
Iosco 1,137 31.3% 2,486 68.4% 9 3,632 R+37.1
Ogemaw 1,200 33.5% 2,379 66.4% 6 3,585 R+32.9
Benzie 1,286 36.3% 2,249 63.4% 10 3,545 R+27.2
Leelanau 1,054 30.5% 2,400 69.4% 2 3,456 R+38.9
Missaukee 950 30.3% 2,173 69.3% 13 3,136 R+39.0
Luce 958 38.3% 1,539 61.5% 7 2,504 R+23.2
Alcona 736 31.0% 1,635 68.9% 3 2,374 R+37.9
Lake 939 39.8% 1,416 60.0% 4 2,359 R+20.2
Otsego 993 42.3% 1,351 57.5% 5 2,349 R+15.2
Keweenaw 900 46.1% 1,047 53.6% 7 1,954 R+7.5
Roscommon 612 31.3% 1,330 68.1% 12 1,954 R+36.7
Montmorency 696 38.1% 1,123 61.5% 6 1,825 R+23.4
Kalkaska 689 37.8% 1,126 61.8% 6 1,821 R+24.0
Crawford 735 45.9% 860 53.6% 8 1,603 R+7.8
Oscoda 363 35.3% 663 64.6% 1 1,027 R+29.2

Counties as they stood in 1940; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Michigan Senate elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Elissa Slotkin (D) D+0.3
2020 Gary Peters (D) D+1.7
2018 Debbie Stabenow (D) D+6.5
2014 Gary C. Peters (D) D+13.3
2012 Debbie Stabenow (D) D+20.8
2008 Carl Levin (D) D+28.8
2006 Debbie Stabenow (D) D+15.7
2002 Carl Levin (D) D+22.7
2000 Debbie Stabenow (D) D+1.6
1996 Carl Levin (D) D+18.5
1994 Spencer Abraham (R) R+9.1
1990 Carl Levin (D) D+16.2
1988 Donald W. Riegle, Jr. (D) D+21.9
1984 Carl Levin (D) D+4.6
1982 Donald W. Riegle, Jr. (D) D+16.9
1978 Carl Levin (D) D+4.3
1976 Donald W. Riegle, Jr. (D) D+5.6
1972 Robert P. Griffin (R) R+6.0
1970 Philip A. Hart (D) D+33.9
1966 Robert P. Griffin (R) R+12.1
1964 Philip A. Hart (D) D+29.0
1960 Patrick McNamara (D) D+3.7
1958 Philip A. Hart (D) D+7.5
1954 Patrick McNamara (D) D+1.8
1952 Charles Potter (R) R+1.6
1948 Homer Ferguson (R) R+2.2
1946 Arthur Vandenberg (R) R+35.1
1942 Homer Ferguson (R) R+2.4
1940 Arthur Vandenberg (R) R+5.7
1936 Prentiss Brown (D) D+11.5
1934 Arthur Vandenberg (R) R+4.3
1930 James Couzens (R) R+57.2
1928 Arthur Vandenberg (R) R+44.1
1924 James Couzens (R) R+49.7
1922 Woodbridge Ferris (D) D+2.2
1918 Truman H. Newberry (R) R+1.7
1916 Charles E. Townsend (R) R+16.5