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Election 1976 Results

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1976 US Senate election in Michigan

Donald W. Riegle, Jr. (Democrat) beat Marvin L. Esch (Republican) in Michigan in 1976, 52.5% to 46.8%, a margin of 5.6 points and 195,944 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1970, when Philip A. Hart won.

Republicans led in 54 of the 83 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 29. The largest, Wayne, cast 865,403 votes and went to the Democrat by 32.1 points. The closest was Isabella, where 55 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
Donald W. Riegle, Jr. won Democratic 1,831,031 52.5%
Marvin L. Esch Republican 1,635,087 46.8%
All other candidates 24,294 0.7%
Total3,490,412

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Wayne 571,298 66.0% 293,096 33.9% 1,009 865,403 D+32.1
Oakland 189,209 47.2% 209,225 52.2% 2,701 401,135 R+5.0
Macomb 136,888 55.5% 107,827 43.7% 1,769 246,484 D+11.8
Kent 70,578 38.7% 110,584 60.7% 1,049 182,211 R+22.0
Genesee 103,036 62.2% 61,550 37.2% 935 165,521 D+25.1
Ingham 57,954 50.3% 54,826 47.6% 2,519 115,299 D+2.7
Washtenaw 52,165 48.1% 55,179 50.9% 1,090 108,434 R+2.8
Kalamazoo 38,563 46.7% 43,588 52.7% 484 82,635 R+6.1
Saginaw 40,598 49.5% 40,686 49.6% 673 81,957 R+0.1
Ottawa 18,230 28.3% 45,931 71.3% 228 64,389 R+43.0
Berrien 24,497 39.2% 37,653 60.3% 331 62,481 R+21.1
Muskegon 28,957 47.4% 31,915 52.2% 269 61,141 R+4.8
Jackson 26,780 48.0% 28,649 51.3% 407 55,836 R+3.3
Calhoun 27,803 51.3% 26,139 48.3% 219 54,161 D+3.1
St. Clair 24,932 52.0% 22,746 47.4% 300 47,978 D+4.6
Bay 28,653 60.6% 18,485 39.1% 177 47,315 D+21.5
Monroe 21,103 49.2% 21,592 50.4% 166 42,861 R+1.1
Eaton 13,651 41.1% 19,284 58.1% 242 33,177 R+17.0
Lenawee 13,883 43.8% 17,680 55.8% 146 31,709 R+12.0
Livingston 13,355 42.4% 17,948 57.0% 197 31,500 R+14.6
Midland 13,379 45.3% 15,911 53.9% 234 29,524 R+8.6
Allegan 10,357 36.8% 17,691 62.8% 130 28,178 R+26.0
Shiawassee 13,337 50.0% 13,166 49.4% 158 26,661 D+0.6
Marquette 14,770 60.0% 9,702 39.4% 126 24,598 D+20.6
Van Buren 10,527 46.0% 12,261 53.6% 95 22,883 R+7.6
Lapeer 11,371 52.5% 10,117 46.7% 153 21,641 D+5.8
Clinton 8,198 39.9% 12,218 59.5% 130 20,546 R+19.6
Grand Traverse 7,621 37.4% 12,607 61.9% 137 20,365 R+24.5
Tuscola 8,456 44.9% 10,292 54.7% 70 18,818 R+9.8
St. Joseph 7,287 40.4% 10,680 59.2% 62 18,029 R+18.8
Isabella 8,683 49.6% 8,628 49.3% 200 17,511 D+0.3
Ionia 7,466 42.9% 9,858 56.6% 85 17,409 R+13.7
Barry 7,475 43.0% 9,869 56.7% 58 17,402 R+13.8
Cass 7,588 45.6% 8,954 53.8% 107 16,649 R+8.2
Montcalm 7,043 43.0% 9,260 56.6% 59 16,362 R+13.5
Delta 9,732 61.6% 5,951 37.7% 115 15,798 D+23.9
Sanilac 6,053 38.5% 9,634 61.2% 48 15,735 R+22.8
Gratiot 5,845 40.3% 8,575 59.2% 75 14,495 R+18.8
Houghton 7,882 54.4% 6,516 45.0% 82 14,480 D+9.4
Branch 6,565 46.6% 7,458 52.9% 76 14,099 R+6.3
Huron 5,835 41.8% 8,060 57.7% 67 13,962 R+15.9
Hillsdale 5,219 37.7% 8,533 61.7% 89 13,841 R+23.9
Newaygo 5,671 42.1% 7,754 57.6% 47 13,472 R+15.5
Chippewa 5,843 48.2% 6,220 51.3% 55 12,118 R+3.1
Alpena 6,974 57.8% 5,027 41.7% 57 12,058 D+16.1
Mecosta 4,847 41.6% 6,736 57.8% 64 11,647 R+16.2
Mason 5,042 45.0% 6,083 54.3% 75 11,200 R+9.3
Dickinson 6,242 57.3% 4,581 42.0% 74 10,897 D+15.2
Menominee 5,347 53.0% 4,689 46.5% 48 10,084 D+6.5
Iosco 5,126 50.9% 4,919 48.8% 27 10,072 D+2.1
Wexford 4,534 46.6% 5,161 53.0% 37 9,732 R+6.4
Manistee 4,339 45.5% 5,143 54.0% 46 9,528 R+8.4
Gogebic 6,301 66.2% 3,168 33.3% 54 9,523 D+32.9
Emmet 3,865 40.7% 5,563 58.6% 60 9,488 R+17.9
Charlevoix 3,874 44.4% 4,802 55.0% 50 8,726 R+10.6
Clare 4,207 49.0% 4,347 50.6% 30 8,584 R+1.6
Oceana 3,606 43.2% 4,711 56.4% 36 8,353 R+13.2
Cheboygan 3,861 48.1% 4,143 51.6% 26 8,030 R+3.5
Roscommon 3,616 45.4% 4,314 54.2% 28 7,958 R+8.8
Iron 4,344 61.3% 2,712 38.3% 27 7,083 D+23.0
Gladwin 3,736 53.0% 3,289 46.6% 26 7,051 D+6.3
Antrim 2,744 39.2% 4,238 60.5% 26 7,008 R+21.3
Osceola 2,583 37.6% 4,252 62.0% 28 6,863 R+24.3
Leelanau 2,403 36.7% 4,097 62.5% 51 6,551 R+25.9
Ogemaw 3,495 54.5% 2,903 45.2% 18 6,416 D+9.2
Presque Isle 3,423 53.5% 2,954 46.2% 17 6,394 D+7.3
Otsego 2,506 45.9% 2,929 53.6% 26 5,461 R+7.7
Mackinac 2,419 47.2% 2,684 52.4% 23 5,126 R+5.2
Arenac 2,758 53.8% 2,358 46.0% 8 5,124 D+7.8
Ontonagon 3,036 61.6% 1,880 38.1% 13 4,929 D+23.5
Benzie 1,763 37.0% 2,987 62.6% 21 4,771 R+25.7
Missaukee 1,552 35.2% 2,845 64.5% 17 4,414 R+29.3
Alcona 2,000 49.1% 2,058 50.5% 16 4,074 R+1.4
Kalkaska 1,859 46.8% 2,089 52.6% 24 3,972 R+5.8
Crawford 1,717 44.2% 2,153 55.4% 17 3,887 R+11.2
Schoolcraft 2,187 58.6% 1,521 40.8% 22 3,730 D+17.9
Alger 2,363 63.7% 1,334 36.0% 13 3,710 D+27.7
Lake 1,965 55.7% 1,554 44.0% 11 3,530 D+11.6
Baraga 1,895 56.9% 1,408 42.3% 27 3,330 D+14.6
Montmorency 1,407 43.7% 1,796 55.8% 18 3,221 R+12.1
Oscoda 1,069 42.5% 1,442 57.3% 6 2,517 R+14.8
Luce 1,049 45.9% 1,230 53.8% 7 2,286 R+7.9
Keweenaw 641 56.6% 489 43.2% 3 1,133 D+13.4

Counties as they stood in 1976; 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