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Election 1972 Results

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1972 US Senate election in Michigan

Robert P. Griffin (Republican) beat Frank J. Kelley (Democrat) in Michigan in 1972, 52.3% to 46.3%, a margin of 6.0 points and 203,887 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1966, when Robert P. Griffin also won.

Republicans led in 74 of the 83 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 9. The largest, Wayne, cast 943,008 votes and went to the Democrat by 15.9 points. The closest was Lake, where 30 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
Robert P. Griffin won Republican 1,781,065 52.3%
Frank J. Kelley Democratic 1,577,178 46.3%
All other candidates 48,663 1.4%
Total3,406,906

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Wayne 540,700 57.3% 390,331 41.4% 11,977 943,008 D+15.9
Oakland 146,957 39.3% 222,404 59.4% 4,859 374,220 R+20.2
Macomb 99,648 43.3% 127,898 55.6% 2,590 230,136 R+12.3
Kent 72,113 41.8% 98,179 57.0% 2,097 172,389 R+15.1
Genesee 83,198 51.9% 75,219 47.0% 1,775 160,192 D+5.0
Ingham 55,520 47.4% 58,293 49.8% 3,307 117,120 R+2.4
Washtenaw 50,388 47.8% 48,347 45.8% 6,785 105,520 D+1.9
Kalamazoo 34,176 41.2% 47,215 56.9% 1,550 82,941 R+15.7
Saginaw 34,487 44.3% 42,601 54.8% 706 77,794 R+10.4
Berrien 19,253 31.9% 40,177 66.6% 892 60,322 R+34.7
Muskegon 25,838 43.1% 33,047 55.2% 995 59,880 R+12.0
Ottawa 17,044 29.7% 39,589 69.0% 711 57,344 R+39.3
Calhoun 24,109 44.5% 29,529 54.5% 536 54,174 R+10.0
Jackson 22,339 41.9% 30,381 56.9% 635 53,355 R+15.1
Bay 23,689 53.2% 20,294 45.6% 548 44,531 D+7.6
St. Clair 18,280 41.8% 25,036 57.2% 445 43,761 R+15.4
Monroe 20,802 50.9% 19,555 47.8% 518 40,875 D+3.1
Lenawee 11,853 40.2% 17,342 58.8% 316 29,511 R+18.6
Eaton 10,576 36.5% 18,156 62.6% 277 29,009 R+26.1
Midland 10,291 38.6% 15,987 60.0% 368 26,646 R+21.4
Allegan 8,924 34.3% 16,812 64.7% 268 26,004 R+30.3
Livingston 9,285 37.5% 15,067 60.9% 402 24,754 R+23.4
Shiawassee 10,573 42.8% 13,820 55.9% 314 24,707 R+13.1
Marquette 11,741 48.3% 12,376 50.9% 200 24,317 R+2.6
Van Buren 7,648 37.0% 12,786 61.8% 259 20,693 R+24.8
Clinton 7,051 36.7% 11,967 62.2% 218 19,236 R+25.6
Lapeer 6,801 39.1% 10,392 59.7% 207 17,400 R+20.6
Grand Traverse 5,857 33.8% 11,292 65.1% 203 17,352 R+31.3
St. Joseph 5,672 32.8% 11,397 65.8% 240 17,309 R+33.1
Tuscola 6,030 35.1% 11,028 64.2% 123 17,181 R+29.1
Isabella 7,392 43.2% 9,372 54.8% 338 17,102 R+11.6
Ionia 6,812 40.7% 9,777 58.4% 146 16,735 R+17.7
Barry 6,208 39.4% 9,358 59.4% 182 15,748 R+20.0
Cass 5,413 35.8% 9,527 63.1% 163 15,103 R+27.2
Houghton 6,420 42.8% 8,486 56.6% 83 14,989 R+13.8
Delta 7,671 51.4% 7,112 47.6% 143 14,926 D+3.7
Sanilac 4,243 28.6% 10,445 70.3% 164 14,852 R+41.8
Montcalm 5,813 39.3% 8,840 59.7% 151 14,804 R+20.4
Gratiot 4,829 34.0% 9,263 65.2% 112 14,204 R+31.2
Huron 4,492 32.6% 9,134 66.3% 142 13,768 R+33.7
Branch 5,274 40.1% 7,771 59.0% 117 13,162 R+19.0
Hillsdale 4,245 32.9% 8,520 66.1% 125 12,890 R+33.2
Newaygo 4,491 37.0% 7,512 61.8% 147 12,150 R+24.9
Alpena 6,559 55.8% 5,097 43.4% 95 11,751 D+12.4
Chippewa 4,728 41.6% 6,546 57.5% 104 11,378 R+16.0
Dickinson 5,196 48.2% 5,463 50.7% 123 10,782 R+2.5
Mecosta 4,185 38.8% 6,460 59.9% 135 10,780 R+21.1
Mason 4,465 41.6% 6,207 57.9% 51 10,723 R+16.2
Menominee 4,494 43.9% 5,638 55.1% 104 10,236 R+11.2
Gogebic 4,925 48.1% 5,234 51.2% 71 10,230 R+3.0
Iosco 3,367 38.6% 5,288 60.7% 61 8,716 R+22.0
Manistee 3,740 43.1% 4,873 56.2% 59 8,672 R+13.1
Wexford 3,307 39.4% 4,984 59.4% 101 8,392 R+20.0
Emmet 3,115 38.4% 4,908 60.6% 80 8,103 R+22.1
Oceana 2,832 37.2% 4,669 61.3% 114 7,615 R+24.1
Charlevoix 3,047 41.2% 4,185 56.6% 166 7,398 R+15.4
Cheboygan 3,443 46.8% 3,863 52.5% 58 7,364 R+5.7
Iron 3,393 48.7% 3,517 50.5% 56 6,966 R+1.8
Clare 2,624 38.8% 4,062 60.1% 73 6,759 R+21.3
Roscommon 2,387 38.3% 3,804 61.0% 43 6,234 R+22.7
Osceola 1,940 31.7% 4,071 66.6% 105 6,116 R+34.8
Antrim 2,152 35.2% 3,861 63.2% 95 6,108 R+28.0
Presque Isle 2,812 47.9% 3,011 51.3% 45 5,868 R+3.4
Leelanau 1,930 34.3% 3,644 64.7% 59 5,633 R+30.4
Gladwin 2,226 41.1% 3,150 58.2% 38 5,414 R+17.1
Ogemaw 2,168 40.8% 3,114 58.6% 29 5,311 R+17.8
Ontonagon 2,261 45.3% 2,700 54.1% 33 4,994 R+8.8
Mackinac 2,023 41.3% 2,840 58.0% 35 4,898 R+16.7
Otsego 2,108 45.1% 2,531 54.2% 35 4,674 R+9.1
Arenac 1,957 45.4% 2,321 53.9% 32 4,310 R+8.4
Benzie 1,364 34.2% 2,607 65.4% 18 3,989 R+31.2
Schoolcraft 1,805 45.8% 2,112 53.6% 20 3,937 R+7.8
Alger 1,877 50.4% 1,830 49.1% 18 3,725 D+1.3
Missaukee 1,006 27.8% 2,560 70.8% 50 3,616 R+43.0
Alcona 1,274 35.5% 2,290 63.8% 24 3,588 R+28.3
Baraga 1,507 45.4% 1,793 54.0% 23 3,323 R+8.6
Crawford 1,157 38.6% 1,826 60.8% 18 3,001 R+22.3
Lake 1,500 50.1% 1,470 49.1% 22 2,992 D+1.0
Kalkaska 1,068 38.1% 1,687 60.1% 51 2,806 R+22.1
Montmorency 1,059 39.3% 1,600 59.4% 33 2,692 R+20.1
Luce 830 34.7% 1,549 64.8% 10 2,389 R+30.1
Oscoda 764 34.3% 1,423 63.9% 39 2,226 R+29.6
Keweenaw 437 40.4% 643 59.4% 3 1,083 R+19.0

Counties as they stood in 1972; 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