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1984 US Senate election in Michigan

Carl Levin (Democrat) beat Jack Lousma (Republican) in Michigan in 1984, 51.8% to 47.2%, a margin of 4.6 points and 170,529 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1978, when Carl Levin also won.

Republicans led in 53 of the 83 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 30. The largest, Wayne, cast 856,600 votes and went to the Democrat by 33.8 points. The closest was Chippewa, where 32 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 1,915,831 51.8%
Jack Lousma Republican 1,745,302 47.2%
All other candidates 39,805 1.1%
Total3,700,938

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Wayne 569,016 66.4% 279,709 32.7% 7,875 856,600 D+33.8
Oakland 214,695 47.8% 229,499 51.1% 4,498 448,692 R+3.3
Macomb 138,400 48.6% 143,099 50.3% 3,258 284,757 R+1.7
Kent 85,056 42.2% 114,764 56.9% 1,911 201,731 R+14.7
Genesee 109,160 59.9% 70,438 38.6% 2,703 182,301 D+21.2
Ingham 60,081 52.4% 53,091 46.3% 1,383 114,555 D+6.1
Washtenaw 64,338 57.1% 47,238 41.9% 1,070 112,646 D+15.2
Saginaw 48,603 54.9% 39,005 44.1% 922 88,530 D+10.8
Kalamazoo 39,080 44.6% 47,772 54.5% 774 87,626 R+9.9
Ottawa 19,466 26.7% 52,899 72.6% 510 72,875 R+45.9
Muskegon 32,402 51.3% 30,106 47.7% 671 63,179 D+3.6
Berrien 23,020 37.0% 37,908 61.0% 1,226 62,154 R+24.0
Jackson 24,365 42.6% 32,170 56.3% 649 57,184 R+13.6
Calhoun 26,887 51.4% 24,864 47.6% 534 52,285 D+3.9
St. Clair 23,511 45.3% 27,832 53.6% 598 51,941 R+8.3
Bay 28,306 59.9% 18,447 39.0% 519 47,272 D+20.9
Monroe 24,241 51.8% 21,656 46.3% 868 46,765 D+5.5
Livingston 15,811 37.9% 25,381 60.9% 501 41,693 R+23.0
Eaton 14,541 39.9% 21,432 58.9% 444 36,417 R+18.9
Midland 14,821 46.0% 17,012 52.8% 411 32,244 R+6.8
Lenawee 13,705 43.1% 17,575 55.3% 499 31,779 R+12.2
Allegan 9,992 32.4% 20,545 66.6% 317 30,854 R+34.2
Shiawassee 13,030 47.3% 14,018 50.9% 516 27,564 R+3.6
Marquette 17,198 62.8% 9,989 36.5% 213 27,400 D+26.3
Lapeer 11,331 41.7% 15,388 56.6% 470 27,189 R+14.9
Grand Traverse 9,592 39.2% 14,646 59.9% 207 24,445 R+20.7
Van Buren 10,022 41.6% 13,814 57.4% 248 24,084 R+15.7
Clinton 9,003 39.2% 13,670 59.6% 273 22,946 R+20.3
St. Joseph 6,920 35.2% 12,524 63.6% 243 19,687 R+28.5
Tuscola 8,337 42.4% 11,115 56.5% 213 19,665 R+14.1
Barry 7,352 38.2% 11,682 60.6% 229 19,263 R+22.5
Ionia 7,449 39.6% 11,156 59.2% 229 18,834 R+19.7
Isabella 8,820 47.9% 9,361 50.8% 230 18,411 R+2.9
Montcalm 6,769 38.4% 10,696 60.6% 177 17,642 R+22.3
Cass 6,869 40.1% 9,988 58.3% 288 17,145 R+18.2
Delta 9,795 61.3% 6,049 37.9% 131 15,975 D+23.4
Sanilac 5,439 34.3% 10,284 64.9% 121 15,844 R+30.6
Hillsdale 5,327 35.1% 9,625 63.5% 208 15,160 R+28.4
Newaygo 5,586 38.5% 8,778 60.5% 154 14,518 R+22.0
Houghton 8,063 56.1% 6,208 43.2% 107 14,378 D+12.9
Branch 5,301 37.0% 8,825 61.6% 197 14,323 R+24.6
Gratiot 5,633 40.6% 8,146 58.7% 101 13,880 R+18.1
Huron 5,406 39.0% 8,321 60.0% 132 13,859 R+21.0
Alpena 6,890 54.0% 5,729 44.9% 142 12,761 D+9.1
Mecosta 5,268 41.4% 7,339 57.6% 132 12,739 R+16.3
Chippewa 6,001 49.7% 5,969 49.5% 99 12,069 D+0.3
Mason 5,039 42.3% 6,675 56.0% 199 11,913 R+13.7
Iosco 5,346 46.6% 6,058 52.8% 63 11,467 R+6.2
Dickinson 6,436 57.1% 4,727 41.9% 117 11,280 D+15.2
Emmet 4,637 42.2% 6,247 56.8% 112 10,996 R+14.6
Clare 5,175 50.2% 5,025 48.8% 101 10,301 D+1.5
Wexford 4,709 45.8% 5,495 53.4% 83 10,287 R+7.6
Menominee 5,117 51.5% 4,667 47.0% 150 9,934 D+4.5
Manistee 4,567 46.2% 5,221 52.8% 100 9,888 R+6.6
Charlevoix 4,107 43.0% 5,311 55.6% 134 9,552 R+12.6
Roscommon 4,572 48.7% 4,713 50.2% 106 9,391 R+1.5
Oceana 3,687 41.6% 5,067 57.2% 103 8,857 R+15.6
Cheboygan 4,309 48.7% 4,452 50.3% 89 8,850 R+1.6
Gladwin 4,522 52.3% 4,033 46.6% 95 8,650 D+5.7
Gogebic 5,933 68.6% 2,662 30.8% 53 8,648 D+37.8
Antrim 3,186 40.2% 4,649 58.7% 90 7,925 R+18.5
Ogemaw 4,238 55.4% 3,353 43.8% 63 7,654 D+11.6
Leelanau 3,058 40.3% 4,465 58.8% 66 7,589 R+18.5
Osceola 2,754 36.3% 4,748 62.6% 86 7,588 R+26.3
Iron 3,992 60.0% 2,629 39.5% 37 6,658 D+20.5
Presque Isle 3,462 52.6% 3,063 46.5% 60 6,585 D+6.1
Otsego 2,785 42.9% 3,638 56.0% 72 6,495 R+13.1
Arenac 3,091 55.0% 2,488 44.2% 44 5,623 D+10.7
Mackinac 2,662 50.3% 2,589 48.9% 43 5,294 D+1.4
Benzie 2,116 40.4% 3,069 58.6% 55 5,240 R+18.2
Missaukee 1,762 34.1% 3,359 64.9% 53 5,174 R+30.9
Kalkaska 2,065 41.3% 2,882 57.7% 50 4,997 R+16.3
Crawford 2,191 44.8% 2,655 54.2% 49 4,895 R+9.5
Alcona 2,232 48.2% 2,358 51.0% 37 4,627 R+2.7
Ontonagon 2,766 60.8% 1,745 38.4% 37 4,548 D+22.4
Montmorency 1,851 45.7% 2,158 53.2% 45 4,054 R+7.6
Alger 2,471 61.7% 1,514 37.8% 22 4,007 D+23.9
Lake 2,209 55.4% 1,711 42.9% 65 3,985 D+12.5
Schoolcraft 2,386 62.6% 1,387 36.4% 40 3,813 D+26.2
Baraga 2,241 61.7% 1,362 37.5% 27 3,630 D+24.2
Oscoda 1,364 43.2% 1,763 55.9% 27 3,154 R+12.7
Luce 1,142 48.6% 1,184 50.4% 23 2,349 R+1.8
Keweenaw 753 63.9% 418 35.5% 8 1,179 D+28.4

Counties as they stood in 1984; 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