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Election 1982 Results

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1982 US Senate election in Michigan

Donald W. Riegle, Jr. (Democrat) beat Philip E. Ruppe (Republican) in Michigan in 1982, 57.7% to 40.9%, a margin of 16.9 points and 505,505 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1976, when Donald W. Riegle, Jr. also won.

Democrats led in 50 of the 83 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 33. The largest, Wayne, cast 692,747 votes and went to the Democrat by 44.9 points. The closest was Chippewa, where 51 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 1,728,793 57.7%
Philip E. Ruppe Republican 1,223,288 40.9%
All other candidates 42,253 1.4%
Total2,994,334

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Wayne 497,096 71.8% 186,353 26.9% 9,298 692,747 D+44.9
Oakland 186,637 51.9% 167,300 46.5% 5,668 359,605 D+5.4
Macomb 137,118 60.9% 84,837 37.7% 3,339 225,294 D+23.2
Kent 79,775 49.4% 79,664 49.4% 1,923 161,362 D+0.1
Genesee 94,858 67.2% 43,882 31.1% 2,434 141,174 D+36.1
Ingham 54,498 55.7% 41,088 42.0% 2,173 97,759 D+13.7
Washtenaw 46,300 56.4% 34,244 41.7% 1,487 82,031 D+14.7
Saginaw 45,175 59.8% 29,284 38.8% 1,037 75,496 D+21.0
Kalamazoo 34,128 48.6% 35,138 50.1% 910 70,176 R+1.4
Ottawa 18,810 32.9% 37,968 66.3% 480 57,258 R+33.5
Muskegon 27,628 53.2% 23,729 45.7% 533 51,890 D+7.5
Jackson 25,978 51.9% 23,362 46.7% 668 50,008 D+5.2
Calhoun 27,213 55.9% 20,935 43.0% 506 48,654 D+12.9
Berrien 20,441 45.3% 24,050 53.3% 664 45,155 R+8.0
St. Clair 24,886 56.8% 18,210 41.6% 697 43,793 D+15.2
Bay 26,959 66.9% 12,840 31.8% 522 40,321 D+35.0
Monroe 21,002 60.1% 13,577 38.9% 350 34,929 D+21.3
Livingston 15,544 47.3% 16,864 51.3% 455 32,863 R+4.0
Eaton 15,076 49.2% 15,172 49.5% 392 30,640 R+0.3
Midland 12,921 47.1% 13,961 50.9% 557 27,439 R+3.8
Lenawee 13,458 51.7% 12,328 47.4% 232 26,018 D+4.3
Allegan 10,029 40.2% 14,610 58.5% 335 24,974 R+18.3
Shiawassee 13,825 57.3% 9,936 41.2% 371 24,132 D+16.1
Lapeer 12,360 55.7% 9,370 42.2% 466 22,196 D+13.5
Marquette 12,346 57.7% 8,859 41.4% 204 21,409 D+16.3
Van Buren 9,493 48.6% 9,786 50.1% 255 19,534 R+1.5
Grand Traverse 8,131 41.8% 10,948 56.3% 354 19,433 R+14.5
Clinton 9,215 47.7% 9,845 51.0% 254 19,314 R+3.3
Tuscola 8,904 54.3% 7,304 44.5% 193 16,401 D+9.8
Barry 8,028 49.7% 7,958 49.2% 183 16,169 D+0.4
Ionia 8,016 50.5% 7,587 47.8% 274 15,877 D+2.7
St. Joseph 6,711 44.3% 8,285 54.7% 152 15,148 R+10.4
Montcalm 7,262 51.4% 6,704 47.5% 160 14,126 D+4.0
Isabella 6,977 49.7% 6,769 48.2% 300 14,046 D+1.5
Sanilac 6,311 46.5% 7,100 52.4% 147 13,558 R+5.8
Delta 8,001 60.2% 5,184 39.0% 113 13,298 D+21.2
Cass 6,723 51.9% 6,081 47.0% 146 12,950 D+5.0
Houghton 6,449 52.2% 5,772 46.7% 133 12,354 D+5.5
Hillsdale 5,355 45.4% 6,286 53.2% 164 11,805 R+7.9
Branch 5,475 47.2% 5,969 51.4% 160 11,604 R+4.3
Newaygo 5,442 47.0% 6,008 51.9% 124 11,574 R+4.9
Huron 5,557 48.1% 5,880 50.9% 126 11,563 R+2.8
Alpena 6,688 58.5% 4,590 40.2% 146 11,424 D+18.4
Gratiot 5,713 50.1% 5,572 48.8% 126 11,411 D+1.2
Chippewa 5,185 49.2% 5,236 49.7% 121 10,542 R+0.5
Mecosta 4,743 48.6% 4,902 50.3% 107 9,752 R+1.6
Mason 4,685 48.7% 4,781 49.7% 161 9,627 R+1.0
Dickinson 4,971 51.7% 4,582 47.7% 62 9,615 D+4.0
Iosco 4,972 55.6% 3,889 43.5% 88 8,949 D+12.1
Emmet 3,286 37.4% 5,353 60.9% 146 8,785 R+23.5
Wexford 4,806 55.8% 3,684 42.8% 119 8,609 D+13.0
Manistee 4,572 54.3% 3,767 44.8% 77 8,416 D+9.6
Clare 4,766 57.6% 3,368 40.7% 146 8,280 D+16.9
Menominee 3,884 48.5% 3,972 49.6% 153 8,009 R+1.1
Roscommon 4,440 56.0% 3,414 43.0% 79 7,933 D+12.9
Charlevoix 3,383 42.8% 4,347 55.0% 172 7,902 R+12.2
Cheboygan 3,636 46.5% 4,088 52.3% 98 7,822 R+5.8
Oceana 3,444 47.4% 3,740 51.4% 87 7,271 R+4.1
Gogebic 4,247 59.3% 2,878 40.2% 42 7,167 D+19.1
Gladwin 4,172 61.1% 2,576 37.7% 84 6,832 D+23.4
Osceola 3,158 48.2% 3,322 50.7% 74 6,554 R+2.5
Antrim 2,942 44.9% 3,488 53.2% 122 6,552 R+8.3
Ogemaw 4,106 63.6% 2,293 35.5% 59 6,458 D+28.1
Leelanau 2,497 40.1% 3,605 57.9% 119 6,221 R+17.8
Iron 3,626 58.5% 2,546 41.1% 30 6,202 D+17.4
Presque Isle 2,869 50.2% 2,775 48.6% 66 5,710 D+1.6
Otsego 2,302 42.0% 3,079 56.2% 96 5,477 R+14.2
Arenac 2,996 61.5% 1,830 37.6% 45 4,871 D+23.9
Mackinac 1,929 42.8% 2,521 56.0% 52 4,502 R+13.1
Benzie 2,137 48.5% 2,190 49.7% 76 4,403 R+1.2
Missaukee 1,903 44.4% 2,307 53.8% 77 4,287 R+9.4
Ontonagon 2,314 55.2% 1,854 44.2% 25 4,193 D+11.0
Alcona 2,242 54.5% 1,824 44.4% 46 4,112 D+10.2
Kalkaska 2,011 51.8% 1,791 46.1% 80 3,882 D+5.7
Crawford 1,800 46.9% 1,956 51.0% 83 3,839 R+4.1
Alger 1,987 57.8% 1,418 41.3% 31 3,436 D+16.6
Montmorency 1,728 50.5% 1,665 48.6% 32 3,425 D+1.8
Schoolcraft 1,755 51.3% 1,637 47.9% 26 3,418 D+3.5
Lake 2,024 63.7% 1,114 35.0% 41 3,179 D+28.6
Baraga 1,718 55.7% 1,335 43.2% 34 3,087 D+12.4
Oscoda 1,496 53.6% 1,242 44.5% 52 2,790 D+9.1
Luce 911 41.3% 1,269 57.6% 25 2,205 R+16.2
Keweenaw 638 57.6% 461 41.6% 9 1,108 D+16.0

Counties as they stood in 1982; 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