1984 United States Senate election in Michigan

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1984 United States Senate election in Michigan
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  1978 November 6, 1984 1990  
  Carl Levin (1).jpg Jack lousma.jpg
Nominee Carl Levin Jack Lousma
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote1,915,8311,745,302
Percentage51.77%47.16%

1984 United States Senate election in Michigan results map by county.svg
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Levin:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Lousma:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Tie:     40–50%     50%

U.S. senator before election

Carl Levin
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Carl Levin
Democratic

The 1984 United States Senate election in Michigan was held on November 6, 1984. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Carl Levin won re-election to a second term, defeating Republican candidate and former astronaut Jack Lousma. Coinciding with Republican Ronald Reagan's landslide in Michigan and the rest of the country, this was the only Senate election of Levin's career in which his percentage of the vote and margin of victory decreased from the previous one.

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General election

Candidates

Results

General election results [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Carl Levin (incumbent) 1,915,831 51.77%
Republican Jack Lousma 1,745,30247.16%
Tisch CitizensArthur Richard Tisch22,8820.62%
Libertarian Lynn Johnston7,7860.21%
Socialist Helen Meyers2,6860.07%
Workers World William Roundtree2,2790.06%
Independent Max Dean2,1350.06%
Communist Samuel L. Webb 1,1960.03%
Workers League Fred Mazelis8180.02%
Total votes3,700,915 100.00%
Democratic hold

See also

References

  1. Parker, Randy; Reporting for Duty (April 9, 2005). "Our Campaigns: MI U.S. Senate". Our Campaigns.