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2012 US Senate election in Michigan

Debbie Stabenow (Democrat) beat Pete Hoekstra (Republican) in Michigan in 2012, 58.8% to 38.0%, a margin of 20.8 points and 968,440 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 2006, when Debbie Stabenow also won.

Democrats led in 62 of the 83 counties and Republicans in 21. The largest, Wayne, cast 803,115 votes and went to the Democrat by 54.3 points. The closest was Wexford, where 10 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 2,735,826 58.8%
Pete Hoekstra Republican 1,767,386 38.0%
All other candidates 149,706 3.2%
Total4,652,918

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Wayne 608,169 75.7% 172,365 21.5% 22,581 803,115 D+54.3
Oakland 367,034 57.5% 251,995 39.4% 19,819 638,848 D+18.0
Macomb 236,071 59.8% 146,108 37.0% 12,891 395,070 D+22.8
Kent 135,093 46.6% 145,033 50.1% 9,471 289,597 R+3.4
Genesee 137,711 68.6% 56,502 28.2% 6,469 200,682 D+40.5
Washtenaw 122,094 69.2% 48,514 27.5% 5,955 176,563 D+41.7
Ottawa 43,807 33.4% 83,853 63.9% 3,517 131,177 R+30.5
Ingham 84,547 67.1% 37,503 29.8% 3,983 126,033 D+37.3
Kalamazoo 69,072 57.1% 47,608 39.4% 4,290 120,970 D+17.7
Livingston 41,738 43.3% 51,329 53.2% 3,381 96,448 R+9.9
Saginaw 59,918 62.2% 33,915 35.2% 2,504 96,337 D+27.0
Muskegon 45,417 60.4% 27,253 36.3% 2,477 75,147 D+24.2
St. Clair 41,107 56.5% 29,079 39.9% 2,629 72,815 D+16.5
Berrien 32,855 46.3% 35,610 50.2% 2,510 70,975 R+3.9
Monroe 39,700 56.6% 28,089 40.0% 2,390 70,179 D+16.5
Jackson 35,730 52.4% 30,157 44.2% 2,354 68,241 D+8.2
Calhoun 31,237 54.4% 24,204 42.2% 1,975 57,416 D+12.2
Eaton 30,403 56.3% 21,762 40.3% 1,839 54,004 D+16.0
Bay 31,840 60.6% 18,940 36.1% 1,757 52,537 D+24.6
Allegan 21,842 41.9% 28,350 54.4% 1,913 52,105 R+12.5
Grand Traverse 22,158 46.9% 23,487 49.7% 1,644 47,289 R+2.8
Lenawee 22,803 52.2% 19,081 43.7% 1,770 43,654 D+8.5
Lapeer 22,070 52.0% 18,798 44.3% 1,564 42,432 D+7.7
Midland 19,826 48.1% 20,040 48.6% 1,343 41,209 R+0.5
Clinton 20,286 52.6% 17,272 44.8% 1,036 38,594 D+7.8
Shiawassee 19,103 57.5% 12,796 38.5% 1,296 33,195 D+19.0
Van Buren 17,166 53.1% 14,024 43.4% 1,111 32,301 D+9.7
Marquette 20,280 63.8% 10,511 33.1% 1,001 31,792 D+30.7
Barry 12,614 44.7% 14,581 51.6% 1,044 28,239 R+7.0
Tuscola 13,922 54.4% 10,666 41.6% 1,021 25,609 D+12.7
Ionia 12,365 48.8% 12,006 47.3% 992 25,363 D+1.4
Montcalm 12,836 51.0% 11,391 45.3% 923 25,150 D+5.7
Isabella 14,340 60.6% 8,489 35.9% 843 23,672 D+24.7
St. Joseph 10,767 47.0% 11,311 49.4% 841 22,919 R+2.4
Cass 9,426 43.0% 11,673 53.2% 843 21,942 R+10.2
Newaygo 9,632 45.2% 10,941 51.3% 740 21,313 R+6.1
Hillsdale 8,287 44.1% 9,724 51.8% 762 18,773 R+7.7
Sanilac 9,665 53.2% 7,959 43.8% 556 18,180 D+9.4
Delta 9,875 55.7% 7,333 41.3% 529 17,737 D+14.3
Emmet 8,028 45.8% 8,912 50.9% 584 17,524 R+5.0
Branch 7,775 46.1% 8,470 50.2% 611 16,856 R+4.1
Mecosta 8,469 50.6% 7,670 45.9% 589 16,728 D+4.8
Gratiot 8,978 56.8% 6,341 40.1% 480 15,799 D+16.7
Chippewa 8,581 55.7% 6,231 40.5% 582 15,394 D+15.3
Huron 9,174 60.1% 5,702 37.4% 376 15,252 D+22.8
Houghton 7,750 51.3% 6,815 45.1% 548 15,113 D+6.2
Wexford 7,050 47.9% 7,040 47.8% 627 14,717 D+0.1
Mason 7,356 50.9% 6,689 46.3% 406 14,451 D+4.6
Leelanau 7,089 50.4% 6,609 47.0% 373 14,071 D+3.4
Alpena 7,910 56.9% 5,561 40.0% 434 13,905 D+16.9
Charlevoix 6,591 47.4% 6,830 49.1% 477 13,898 R+1.7
Clare 7,749 58.3% 5,015 37.8% 518 13,282 D+20.6
Iosco 7,566 57.5% 5,120 38.9% 462 13,148 D+18.6
Cheboygan 6,872 52.3% 5,825 44.3% 444 13,141 D+8.0
Antrim 5,785 44.3% 6,834 52.3% 449 13,068 R+8.0
Roscommon 7,357 57.3% 5,071 39.5% 401 12,829 D+17.8
Dickinson 6,180 49.4% 5,928 47.4% 403 12,511 D+2.0
Gladwin 7,046 57.0% 4,909 39.7% 400 12,355 D+17.3
Manistee 6,998 56.8% 4,906 39.9% 406 12,310 D+17.0
Otsego 5,421 46.3% 5,846 50.0% 435 11,702 R+3.6
Oceana 5,469 48.2% 5,520 48.7% 353 11,342 R+0.4
Menominee 5,639 53.9% 4,492 42.9% 335 10,466 D+11.0
Osceola 4,809 47.2% 5,002 49.1% 373 10,184 R+1.9
Ogemaw 5,875 58.0% 3,877 38.3% 383 10,135 D+19.7
Benzie 5,096 52.3% 4,331 44.5% 309 9,736 D+7.9
Kalkaska 3,859 47.2% 3,940 48.2% 371 8,170 R+1.0
Arenac 4,411 57.6% 2,940 38.4% 311 7,662 D+19.2
Gogebic 4,477 60.2% 2,724 36.6% 241 7,442 D+23.6
Presque Isle 3,818 54.5% 2,946 42.0% 242 7,006 D+12.4
Missaukee 2,748 39.6% 3,991 57.5% 205 6,944 R+17.9
Crawford 3,555 53.0% 2,902 43.2% 255 6,712 D+9.7
Alcona 3,047 50.5% 2,812 46.6% 176 6,035 D+3.9
Mackinac 3,174 52.7% 2,696 44.8% 151 6,021 D+7.9
Iron 3,211 54.6% 2,448 41.6% 225 5,884 D+13.0
Lake 2,997 57.4% 2,028 38.8% 198 5,223 D+18.6
Montmorency 2,510 50.3% 2,284 45.7% 200 4,994 D+4.5
Alger 2,575 56.6% 1,809 39.8% 165 4,549 D+16.8
Oscoda 1,938 48.7% 1,848 46.4% 194 3,980 D+2.3
Schoolcraft 2,201 55.8% 1,627 41.2% 117 3,945 D+14.6
Ontonagon 1,956 56.6% 1,399 40.5% 102 3,457 D+16.1
Baraga 1,929 56.3% 1,392 40.6% 108 3,429 D+15.7
Luce 1,307 51.1% 1,174 45.9% 76 2,557 D+5.2
Keweenaw 694 50.7% 628 45.9% 47 1,369 D+4.8

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