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Election 1978 Results

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1978 US Senate election in Michigan

Carl Levin (Democrat) beat Robert P. Griffin (Republican) in Michigan in 1978, 52.1% to 47.9%, a margin of 4.3 points and 122,028 votes.

Michigan changed party: in 1972 it went Republican, for Robert P. Griffin.

Republicans led in 46 of the 83 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 37. The largest, Wayne, cast 667,337 votes and went to the Democrat by 28.6 points. The closest was Emmet, where 9 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
Carl Levin won Democratic 1,484,193 52.1%
Robert P. Griffin Republican 1,362,165 47.9%
All other candidates 272 0.0%
Total2,846,630

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Wayne 429,190 64.3% 238,091 35.7% 56 667,337 D+28.6
Oakland 162,812 48.6% 172,156 51.4% 28 334,996 R+2.8
Macomb 113,908 53.7% 98,258 46.3% 12 212,178 D+7.4
Kent 66,180 45.0% 80,788 55.0% 29 146,997 R+9.9
Genesee 74,458 57.2% 55,792 42.8% 3 130,253 D+14.3
Ingham 46,659 47.4% 51,734 52.6% 19 98,412 R+5.2
Washtenaw 42,109 51.3% 40,004 48.7% 82,113 D+2.6
Kalamazoo 30,704 45.0% 37,546 55.0% 5 68,255 R+10.0
Saginaw 33,339 49.6% 33,905 50.4% 3 67,247 R+0.8
Muskegon 25,749 48.2% 27,638 51.8% 2 53,389 R+3.5
Ottawa 17,661 33.2% 35,594 66.8% 2 53,257 R+33.7
Jackson 21,814 46.0% 25,557 53.9% 9 47,380 R+7.9
Berrien 15,859 35.1% 29,297 64.9% 4 45,160 R+29.8
Calhoun 20,815 48.2% 22,321 51.7% 10 43,146 R+3.5
St. Clair 20,661 50.5% 20,227 49.5% 40,888 D+1.1
Bay 24,424 60.0% 16,267 40.0% 40,691 D+20.0
Monroe 17,086 53.0% 15,150 47.0% 5 32,241 D+6.0
Eaton 11,888 40.7% 17,349 59.3% 29,237 R+18.7
Livingston 11,910 42.2% 16,307 57.8% 3 28,220 R+15.6
Midland 11,386 43.4% 14,832 56.6% 4 26,222 R+13.1
Lenawee 11,399 45.1% 13,886 54.9% 3 25,288 R+9.8
Allegan 9,172 39.8% 13,857 60.2% 1 23,030 R+20.3
Shiawassee 11,470 50.3% 11,344 49.7% 2 22,816 D+0.6
Marquette 12,467 60.1% 8,290 39.9% 20,757 D+20.1
Lapeer 9,120 47.9% 9,921 52.1% 19,041 R+4.2
Clinton 7,302 40.0% 10,943 60.0% 2 18,247 R+20.0
Van Buren 8,212 45.5% 9,817 54.5% 18,029 R+8.9
Grand Traverse 6,670 37.2% 11,262 62.8% 5 17,937 R+25.6
Tuscola 7,398 45.0% 9,057 55.0% 16,455 R+10.1
Ionia 7,116 46.1% 8,327 53.9% 1 15,444 R+7.8
Barry 6,761 44.8% 8,320 55.1% 6 15,087 R+10.3
Isabella 6,873 45.6% 8,209 54.4% 15,082 R+8.9
Sanilac 5,129 36.9% 8,753 63.0% 2 13,884 R+26.1
St. Joseph 4,772 35.1% 8,825 64.9% 9 13,606 R+29.8
Montcalm 6,424 47.4% 7,117 52.6% 13,541 R+5.1
Delta 7,685 60.4% 5,045 39.6% 1 12,731 D+20.7
Huron 5,046 40.4% 7,435 59.6% 12,481 R+19.1
Cass 4,873 40.1% 7,273 59.9% 12,146 R+19.8
Houghton 6,780 56.2% 5,288 43.8% 12,068 D+12.4
Hillsdale 4,449 37.7% 7,356 62.3% 11,805 R+24.6
Gratiot 5,046 43.0% 6,686 57.0% 11,732 R+14.0
Branch 4,250 36.9% 7,256 63.1% 1 11,507 R+26.1
Newaygo 5,162 45.8% 6,104 54.2% 1 11,267 R+8.4
Alpena 6,155 57.1% 4,615 42.9% 10,770 D+14.3
Mecosta 5,070 47.3% 5,652 52.7% 10,722 R+5.4
Chippewa 5,066 50.8% 4,897 49.2% 9,963 D+1.7
Mason 4,232 44.2% 5,345 55.8% 9,577 R+11.6
Dickinson 4,878 52.6% 4,397 47.4% 9,275 D+5.2
Emmet 4,165 49.9% 4,174 50.0% 1 8,340 R+0.1
Iosco 4,137 50.7% 4,015 49.3% 8,152 D+1.5
Wexford 4,026 49.8% 4,051 50.1% 2 8,079 R+0.3
Gogebic 4,935 61.4% 3,108 38.6% 8,043 D+22.7
Menominee 4,127 51.9% 3,819 48.1% 1 7,947 D+3.9
Manistee 3,859 48.9% 4,027 51.1% 7,886 R+2.1
Clare 4,054 53.3% 3,556 46.7% 7,610 D+6.5
Charlevoix 3,877 52.8% 3,471 47.2% 7,348 D+5.5
Oceana 3,386 46.9% 3,831 53.1% 7,217 R+6.2
Roscommon 3,709 52.3% 3,387 47.7% 7,096 D+4.5
Cheboygan 3,780 53.6% 3,270 46.4% 7,050 D+7.2
Antrim 2,855 45.5% 3,416 54.5% 6,271 R+8.9
Gladwin 3,441 56.1% 2,696 43.9% 6,137 D+12.1
Leelanau 2,379 39.0% 3,728 61.0% 6,107 R+22.1
Ogemaw 3,414 56.8% 2,593 43.2% 2 6,009 D+13.7
Osceola 2,745 46.3% 3,155 53.2% 26 5,926 R+6.9
Iron 3,642 63.0% 2,139 37.0% 5,781 D+26.0
Presque Isle 3,298 57.1% 2,474 42.8% 2 5,774 D+14.3
Otsego 2,629 49.4% 2,694 50.6% 5,323 R+1.2
Arenac 2,474 54.9% 2,035 45.1% 4,509 D+9.7
Benzie 1,792 41.6% 2,516 58.4% 1 4,309 R+16.8
Mackinac 2,071 48.6% 2,190 51.4% 4,261 R+2.8
Ontonagon 2,435 58.0% 1,758 41.9% 2 4,195 D+16.1
Missaukee 1,808 45.5% 2,167 54.5% 2 3,977 R+9.0
Alcona 1,946 53.4% 1,697 46.6% 1 3,644 D+6.8
Kalkaska 1,770 50.6% 1,726 49.3% 2 3,498 D+1.3
Alger 2,110 61.3% 1,334 38.7% 3,444 D+22.5
Crawford 1,740 51.3% 1,651 48.7% 3,391 D+2.6
Schoolcraft 1,927 58.4% 1,370 41.5% 1 3,298 D+16.9
Montmorency 1,580 52.9% 1,405 47.1% 2,985 D+5.9
Lake 1,716 60.0% 1,145 40.0% 1 2,862 D+20.0
Baraga 1,640 58.2% 1,176 41.8% 2,816 D+16.5
Oscoda 1,665 64.6% 913 35.4% 2,578 D+29.2
Luce 814 45.4% 978 54.6% 1,792 R+9.2
Keweenaw 658 61.6% 410 38.4% 1,068 D+23.2

Counties as they stood in 1978; 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