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2006 US Senate election in Michigan

Debbie Stabenow (Democrat) beat Michael Bouchard (Republican) in Michigan in 2006, 56.9% to 41.3%, a margin of 15.7 points and 591,681 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 2000, when Debbie Stabenow also won.

Democrats led in 65 of the 83 counties and Republicans in 18. The largest, Wayne, cast 638,034 votes and went to the Democrat by 45.8 points. The closest was Otsego, where 38 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
Debbie Stabenow won Democratic 2,151,278 56.9%
Michael Bouchard Republican 1,559,597 41.3%
All other candidates 69,267 1.8%
Total3,780,142

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Wayne 459,843 72.1% 167,500 26.3% 10,691 638,034 D+45.8
Oakland 270,623 53.3% 228,358 45.0% 8,930 507,911 D+8.3
Macomb 171,971 54.8% 135,676 43.2% 6,083 313,730 D+11.6
Kent 108,089 45.2% 127,313 53.2% 3,851 239,253 R+8.0
Genesee 109,424 66.9% 51,612 31.6% 2,457 163,493 D+35.4
Washtenaw 89,788 67.2% 40,919 30.6% 2,814 133,521 D+36.6
Ottawa 35,511 32.6% 71,706 65.9% 1,628 108,845 R+33.3
Ingham 67,756 64.8% 34,811 33.3% 2,005 104,572 D+31.5
Kalamazoo 52,189 55.8% 39,516 42.2% 1,843 93,548 D+13.5
Saginaw 49,232 61.0% 30,520 37.8% 994 80,746 D+23.2
Livingston 34,026 43.8% 42,292 54.5% 1,332 77,650 R+10.6
Muskegon 39,060 62.3% 22,670 36.2% 963 62,693 D+26.1
St. Clair 33,791 54.2% 27,262 43.8% 1,246 62,299 D+10.5
Jackson 29,507 52.3% 25,559 45.3% 1,366 56,432 D+7.0
Monroe 31,431 57.3% 22,347 40.8% 1,051 54,829 D+16.6
Berrien 24,351 46.7% 26,719 51.2% 1,126 52,196 R+4.5
Calhoun 26,306 56.4% 19,238 41.2% 1,123 46,667 D+15.1
Bay 28,992 62.7% 16,540 35.7% 741 46,273 D+26.9
Eaton 25,227 55.0% 19,762 43.1% 885 45,874 D+11.9
Allegan 18,854 42.4% 24,675 55.5% 927 44,456 R+13.1
Grand Traverse 16,989 46.7% 18,655 51.2% 771 36,415 R+4.6
Lapeer 17,810 49.5% 17,297 48.1% 858 35,965 D+1.4
Midland 17,366 50.1% 16,757 48.4% 518 34,641 D+1.8
Lenawee 17,100 50.0% 16,317 47.7% 789 34,206 D+2.3
Clinton 16,345 50.9% 15,267 47.5% 517 32,129 D+3.4
Shiawassee 16,358 55.7% 12,486 42.5% 537 29,381 D+13.2
Van Buren 14,201 54.2% 11,479 43.8% 527 26,207 D+10.4
Barry 11,626 46.2% 12,949 51.4% 611 25,186 R+5.3
Marquette 15,970 65.6% 7,971 32.7% 413 24,354 D+32.8
Tuscola 12,100 53.8% 9,959 44.3% 437 22,496 D+9.5
Montcalm 11,784 52.7% 10,080 45.1% 478 22,342 D+7.6
Ionia 11,259 50.5% 10,562 47.4% 483 22,304 D+3.1
Newaygo 8,879 46.9% 9,647 51.0% 400 18,926 R+4.1
St. Joseph 8,855 46.9% 9,604 50.9% 426 18,885 R+4.0
Isabella 11,035 58.7% 7,364 39.2% 393 18,792 D+19.5
Sanilac 7,918 48.4% 8,132 49.7% 302 16,352 R+1.3
Cass 8,147 49.9% 7,765 47.6% 412 16,324 D+2.3
Hillsdale 6,746 43.5% 8,310 53.6% 440 15,496 R+10.1
Delta 8,916 59.9% 5,784 38.9% 183 14,883 D+21.0
Mecosta 7,550 51.3% 6,915 46.9% 266 14,731 D+4.3
Branch 7,014 49.1% 6,872 48.1% 399 14,285 D+1.0
Huron 7,785 55.1% 6,155 43.6% 190 14,130 D+11.5
Emmet 6,691 47.7% 7,037 50.2% 297 14,025 R+2.5
Gratiot 7,405 53.7% 6,159 44.6% 234 13,798 D+9.0
Chippewa 7,740 58.6% 5,247 39.8% 212 13,199 D+18.9
Wexford 5,877 48.3% 6,032 49.6% 259 12,168 R+1.3
Mason 6,376 52.4% 5,562 45.7% 223 12,161 D+6.7
Leelanau 5,984 49.5% 5,818 48.2% 279 12,081 D+1.4
Alpena 7,832 65.4% 3,971 33.2% 175 11,978 D+32.2
Houghton 6,398 53.5% 5,286 44.2% 267 11,951 D+9.3
Clare 6,883 58.7% 4,595 39.2% 241 11,719 D+19.5
Roscommon 6,723 57.7% 4,692 40.3% 235 11,650 D+17.4
Cheboygan 6,051 52.6% 5,216 45.3% 246 11,513 D+7.3
Antrim 5,224 46.0% 5,884 51.8% 245 11,353 R+5.8
Charlevoix 5,577 49.3% 5,427 48.0% 299 11,303 D+1.3
Iosco 6,405 57.4% 4,523 40.6% 223 11,151 D+16.9
Gladwin 6,288 57.6% 4,433 40.6% 197 10,918 D+17.0
Manistee 6,036 57.1% 4,335 41.0% 205 10,576 D+16.1
Oceana 5,250 51.0% 4,837 47.0% 205 10,292 D+4.0
Otsego 4,989 48.8% 5,027 49.2% 202 10,218 R+0.4
Dickinson 5,484 55.8% 4,177 42.5% 167 9,828 D+13.3
Osceola 4,390 47.3% 4,692 50.6% 196 9,278 R+3.3
Ogemaw 5,063 57.8% 3,524 40.3% 166 8,753 D+17.6
Benzie 4,323 52.6% 3,715 45.2% 179 8,217 D+7.4
Menominee 4,306 57.2% 3,050 40.5% 175 7,531 D+16.7
Arenac 3,913 58.9% 2,588 39.0% 141 6,642 D+19.9
Kalkaska 3,180 47.9% 3,283 49.5% 171 6,634 R+1.6
Presque Isle 3,737 58.6% 2,532 39.7% 109 6,378 D+18.9
Missaukee 2,504 40.5% 3,564 57.6% 117 6,185 R+17.1
Gogebic 3,952 64.5% 2,054 33.5% 120 6,126 D+31.0
Crawford 3,113 54.0% 2,507 43.5% 148 5,768 D+10.5
Mackinac 3,031 55.4% 2,367 43.2% 75 5,473 D+12.1
Alcona 3,158 58.0% 2,196 40.4% 88 5,442 D+17.7
Iron 2,941 61.0% 1,790 37.1% 93 4,824 D+23.9
Montmorency 2,361 51.6% 2,105 46.0% 112 4,578 D+5.6
Lake 2,509 55.8% 1,885 41.9% 106 4,500 D+13.9
Alger 2,257 60.3% 1,407 37.6% 78 3,742 D+22.7
Oscoda 1,777 50.2% 1,691 47.8% 69 3,537 D+2.4
Schoolcraft 2,042 59.8% 1,309 38.3% 64 3,415 D+21.5
Baraga 1,928 60.1% 1,211 37.8% 68 3,207 D+22.4
Ontonagon 1,876 59.7% 1,175 37.4% 89 3,140 D+22.3
Luce 1,349 59.0% 885 38.7% 53 2,287 D+20.3
Keweenaw 631 54.8% 487 42.3% 33 1,151 D+12.5

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