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2020 US Senate election in Michigan

Gary Peters (Democrat) beat John James (Republican) in Michigan in 2020, 49.9% to 48.2%, a margin of 1.7 points and 90,429 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 2014, when Gary C. Peters also won.

Republicans led in 75 of the 83 counties and Democrats in 8. The largest, Wayne, cast 862,819 votes and went to the Democrat by 37.3 points. The closest was Leelanau, where 103 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
Gary Peters won Democratic 2,732,041 49.9%
John James Republican 2,641,612 48.2%
All other candidates 102,843 1.9%
Total5,476,496

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Wayne 582,367 67.5% 260,146 30.2% 20,306 862,819 D+37.3
Oakland 418,312 54.8% 334,629 43.8% 10,653 763,594 D+11.0
Macomb 224,448 46.1% 252,052 51.8% 9,982 486,482 R+5.7
Kent 175,256 48.9% 176,795 49.3% 6,626 358,677 R+0.4
Genesee 120,380 54.9% 94,505 43.1% 4,225 219,110 D+11.8
Washtenaw 150,529 70.1% 60,745 28.3% 3,515 214,789 D+41.8
Ottawa 59,187 35.3% 106,108 63.3% 2,406 167,701 R+28.0
Ingham 92,378 64.3% 48,378 33.7% 2,801 143,557 D+30.6
Kalamazoo 78,842 55.4% 60,227 42.3% 3,145 142,214 D+13.1
Livingston 46,118 36.7% 77,802 61.9% 1,797 125,717 R+25.2
Saginaw 51,520 50.3% 49,209 48.1% 1,595 102,324 D+2.3
Muskegon 44,192 48.5% 44,637 49.0% 2,224 91,053 R+0.5
St. Clair 31,846 35.2% 56,476 62.4% 2,212 90,534 R+27.2
Monroe 32,721 38.4% 50,580 59.3% 1,931 85,232 R+21.0
Berrien 34,777 42.9% 44,801 55.2% 1,541 81,119 R+12.4
Jackson 32,649 41.0% 45,054 56.5% 1,978 79,681 R+15.6
Allegan 22,945 34.5% 42,364 63.8% 1,144 66,453 R+29.2
Calhoun 28,145 42.9% 35,786 54.6% 1,625 65,556 R+11.7
Eaton 29,824 48.4% 30,604 49.7% 1,187 61,615 R+1.3
Grand Traverse 27,291 45.6% 31,792 53.1% 757 59,840 R+7.5
Bay 27,072 45.5% 31,314 52.7% 1,086 59,472 R+7.1
Lenawee 19,767 37.6% 31,659 60.3% 1,091 52,517 R+22.6
Lapeer 16,590 31.9% 34,344 66.1% 1,007 51,941 R+34.2
Midland 19,927 41.0% 28,057 57.7% 665 48,649 R+16.7
Clinton 20,598 44.6% 24,921 54.0% 647 46,166 R+9.4
Shiawassee 15,830 40.9% 22,110 57.1% 785 38,725 R+16.2
Van Buren 15,938 41.2% 21,814 56.4% 939 38,691 R+15.2
Marquette 20,408 54.9% 16,247 43.7% 523 37,178 D+11.2
Barry 11,369 32.0% 23,499 66.1% 702 35,570 R+34.1
Ionia 10,639 33.5% 20,361 64.1% 762 31,762 R+30.6
Montcalm 9,714 30.7% 21,146 66.9% 768 31,628 R+36.1
Isabella 13,865 47.6% 14,711 50.5% 565 29,141 R+2.9
Tuscola 9,422 32.3% 19,174 65.8% 541 29,137 R+33.5
St. Joseph 8,824 32.0% 18,018 65.3% 739 27,581 R+33.3
Newaygo 7,696 28.6% 18,593 69.1% 607 26,896 R+40.5
Cass 8,565 33.1% 16,814 65.0% 472 25,851 R+31.9
Hillsdale 6,237 27.2% 16,227 70.7% 478 22,942 R+43.5
Sanilac 6,244 28.1% 15,540 70.0% 425 22,209 R+41.9
Emmet 9,216 41.8% 12,506 56.8% 300 22,022 R+14.9
Delta 7,827 37.4% 12,828 61.3% 262 20,917 R+23.9
Mecosta 7,228 34.7% 13,275 63.7% 353 20,856 R+29.0
Branch 6,119 30.2% 13,682 67.5% 479 20,280 R+37.3
Gratiot 6,856 36.2% 11,746 62.0% 346 18,948 R+25.8
Houghton 7,941 43.3% 10,151 55.3% 258 18,350 R+12.0
Wexford 5,684 31.4% 12,122 66.9% 306 18,112 R+35.5
Huron 6,021 33.5% 11,730 65.3% 225 17,976 R+31.8
Chippewa 6,729 38.5% 10,497 60.0% 263 17,489 R+21.5
Mason 6,660 38.8% 10,238 59.7% 260 17,158 R+20.9
Charlevoix 6,664 39.5% 10,030 59.4% 194 16,888 R+19.9
Leelanau 8,277 49.2% 8,380 49.8% 178 16,835 R+0.6
Alpena 6,273 37.4% 10,257 61.2% 241 16,771 R+23.8
Clare 5,357 33.4% 10,429 65.0% 265 16,051 R+31.6
Antrim 5,758 36.3% 9,924 62.5% 195 15,877 R+26.2
Cheboygan 5,475 34.8% 10,026 63.7% 233 15,734 R+28.9
Iosco 5,804 38.3% 9,040 59.7% 291 15,135 R+21.4
Roscommon 5,309 35.7% 9,385 63.0% 195 14,889 R+27.4
Otsego 4,703 32.1% 9,727 66.5% 200 14,630 R+34.3
Manistee 5,995 41.2% 8,356 57.4% 212 14,563 R+16.2
Dickinson 4,881 33.7% 9,431 65.1% 174 14,486 R+31.4
Gladwin 4,905 34.1% 9,245 64.4% 214 14,364 R+30.2
Oceana 4,796 34.5% 8,808 63.3% 316 13,920 R+28.8
Menominee 4,230 34.5% 7,795 63.6% 239 12,264 R+29.1
Osceola 3,226 26.4% 8,808 72.1% 189 12,223 R+45.7
Benzie 5,328 43.8% 6,692 55.0% 149 12,169 R+11.2
Ogemaw 3,788 32.2% 7,758 66.0% 202 11,748 R+33.8
Kalkaska 3,013 28.7% 7,328 69.7% 172 10,513 R+41.0
Arenac 3,085 35.4% 5,443 62.5% 184 8,712 R+27.1
Missaukee 1,999 23.0% 6,598 75.8% 110 8,707 R+52.8
Presque Isle 3,056 36.8% 5,167 62.3% 71 8,294 R+25.5
Gogebic 3,556 43.7% 4,436 54.5% 140 8,132 R+10.8
Crawford 2,653 34.1% 5,021 64.5% 106 7,780 R+30.4
Alcona 2,284 32.6% 4,614 65.9% 99 6,997 R+33.3
Mackinac 2,638 37.8% 4,263 61.0% 84 6,985 R+23.3
Iron 2,554 38.0% 4,063 60.5% 102 6,719 R+22.5
Lake 2,286 36.7% 3,804 61.1% 134 6,224 R+24.4
Montmorency 1,717 29.6% 4,029 69.4% 59 5,805 R+39.8
Alger 2,089 41.1% 2,919 57.4% 74 5,082 R+16.3
Oscoda 1,384 28.6% 3,376 69.9% 72 4,832 R+41.2
Schoolcraft 1,712 36.6% 2,905 62.2% 55 4,672 R+25.5
Baraga 1,528 38.2% 2,409 60.2% 63 4,000 R+22.0
Ontonagon 1,464 39.0% 2,225 59.3% 65 3,754 R+20.3
Luce 855 28.7% 2,070 69.6% 50 2,975 R+40.8
Keweenaw 686 44.7% 837 54.5% 12 1,535 R+9.8

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