2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan

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2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan
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All 14 Michigan seats to the United States House of Representatives
 Majority partyMinority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Last election96
Seats won95
Seat changeSteady2.svgDecrease2.svg 1
Popular vote2,086,8042,327,985
Percentage45.62%50.89%
SwingDecrease2.svg 6.70%Increase2.svg 6.59%
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The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan was held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012, to elect the 14 U.S. representatives from the state of Michigan, a decrease of one following the 2010 United States census. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices, including a quadrennial presidential election and an election to the U.S. Senate. Primary elections were held on August 7, 2012. The filing deadline for candidates to file to run in the primary was May 15. [1] [2] Except for two seats, all the incumbents sought re-election. The open seats were the 5th and 11th congressional districts. Due to the loss of one seat from the 2010 census, two congressmen ran against each other.

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Despite Democrats winning more than 240,000 more votes for U.S. House districts statewide, Republicans won nine of 14 seats and Michiganders tied a state record by electing the lowest rate (35 percent) of U.S. Representatives by a major party whilst simultaneously casting its electoral votes for that party's presidential nominee. [3] This made Michigan one of five states in which the party that won the state's popular vote did not win a majority of seats in 2012, the other states being Arizona, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.

Overview

United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, 2012 [4]
PartyVotesPercentageSeats BeforeSeats After+/–
Democratic 2,327,98550.89%65-1
Republican 2,086,80445.62%99-
Libertarian 102,1412.23%00-
Green 25,3790.55%00-
U.S. Taxpayers 16,2640.36%00-
Independents 16,0590.35%00-
Total4,574,632100.00%1514-1
Popular vote
Democratic
 
50.89%
Republican
 
 45.62%
Libertarian Party
 
2.23%
Other
 
1.26%
House seats
Republican
 
64.28%
Democratic
 
35.71%

Redistricting

The Michigan Legislature, which is controlled by the Republican Party, began the redistricting process on April 11, 2011. [5] A plan released by the Republican Party in June 2011, which would place the homes of Democrats Gary Peters and Sander Levin into the same district, [6] was passed by the Michigan House of Representatives [7] and Senate [8] later that month. The plan was signed into law by Governor Rick Snyder on August 9. [9] The two incumbents forced to face each other were Gary Peters and Hansen Clarke.

District 1

In redistricting, the 1st district was made slightly more favorable to Republicans: Republican nominee John McCain received less than one percentage point more of the vote in the 2008 presidential election in the newly drawn district compared to the former district. [6] Roll Call had rated the race as "Leans Republican," [10] but changed the rating first to "Tossup" [11] and then "Leans Democratic." [12] Republican Dan Benishek, who was first elected to represent the 1st district in 2010, ran for re-election. [13]

The third-party candidates were Emily Salvette as the Libertarian Party nominee and Ellis Boal as the Green Party nominee. [14]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Dan Benishek, incumbent U.S. Representative

Primary results

Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Dan Benishek (incumbent) 64,411 100.0
Total votes64,411 100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
Withdrawn

Primary results

Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Gary McDowell 36,339 100.0
Total votes36,339 100.0

General election

Endorsements

Debate

2012 Michigan's 1st congressional district debate
No.DateHostModeratorLink Republican Democratic
Key:
 P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited  W  Withdrawn
Dan Benishek Gary McDowell
1Oct. 16, 2012 League of Women Voters
of the Grand Traverse Area		Jennifer Berry C-SPAN [30] PP

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Dan
Benishek (R)		Gary
McDowell (D)		Undecided
Benenson Strategy Group [31] September 29 – October 1, 2012400± 4.9%40%43%17%
Garin-Hart-Yang [32] September 18–20, 2012402± 4.9%40%49%11%
Public Policy Polling [33] September 18–19, 2012866± 3.3%42%44%14%
Garin-Hart-Yang [34] June 19–20, 2012402± 4.9%40%38%22%
Public Policy Polling [35] January 18–23, 2012867± 3.3%41%46%13%

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [36] TossupNovember 5, 2012
Rothenberg [37] TossupNovember 2, 2012
Roll Call [38] TossupNovember 4, 2012
Sabato's Crystal Ball [39] Lean D (flip)November 5, 2012
NY Times [40] TossupNovember 4, 2012
RCP [41] TossupNovember 4, 2012
The Hill [42] TossupNovember 4, 2012

Results

County Results Benishek: 40-50% 50-60% McDowell: 40-50% 50-60% 2012 MI-01 Election by County.svg
County Results Benishek:      40-50%     50-60%McDowell:      40-50%     50–60%
Michigan's 1st congressional district, 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Dan Benishek (incumbent) 167,060 48.1
Democratic Gary McDowell 165,17947.6
Libertarian Emily Salvette10,6303.1
Green Ellis Boal4,1681.2
Total votes347,037 100.0
Republican hold

District 2

Republican Bill Huizenga, who was first elected to represent the 2nd district in 2010, sought re-election. [13] He was unopposed for the Republican primary. Other third-party candidates on the ballot were Mary Buzuma for the Libertarian Party, Ronald Graeser for the U.S. Taxpayers Party and William Opalicky for the Green Party. Roll Call rates the race as "Safe Republican", [43] and Huizenga easily won re-election with 61.2% of the vote. [44]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
Declined

Primary results

Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Bill Huizenga (incumbent) 58,170 100.0
Total votes58,170 100.0

Democratic primary

Muskegon city commissioner Willie German, Jr. ran in the August primary as a write-in candidate [46] after David Takitaki, a political science professor at Adrian College and Muskegon Community College, was seeking the Democratic nomination to challenge Huizenga, but withdrew from the race for health reasons. [47] Commissioner German was therefore on the ballot on the Democratic side. [14]

Candidates

Nominee
  • Willie German Jr, Muskegon city commissioner
Withdrawn

Primary results

Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Willie German Jr. (write-in) 1,813 100.0
Total votes1,813 100.0

General election

Endorsements

Results

County Results Huizenga: 40-50% 60-70% 70-80% German: 40-50% 2012 MI-02 Election by County.svg
County Results
Huizenga:      40-50%     60-70%     70-80%
German:      40-50%
Michigan's 2nd congressional district, 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Bill Huizenga (incumbent) 194,653 61.2
Democratic Willie German, Jr.108,97334.2
Libertarian Mary Buzuma8,7502.6
Constitution Ronald Graeser3,1761.1
Green William Opalicky2,7150.9
Total votes318,267 100.0
Republican hold

District 3

Republican Justin Amash, who was first elected to represent the 3rd district in 2010, is seeking re-election and ran unopposed in the Republican primary. [13] Libertarian Party candidate Bill Gelineau is also on the ballot. [14]

In redistricting, the 3rd district was made more favorable to Democrats. [6] Roll Call rate the race as "Likely Republican." [11]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
Declined

Primary results

Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Justin Amash (incumbent) 51,113 100.0
Republican Steven Lee Butler (write-in)160.0
Total votes51,129 100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
Declined

Endorsements

Steve Pestka

U.S. Senators

State legislators

Labor unions

Local officials

Individuals

Primary results

Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Steve Pestka 13,414 59.0
Democratic Trevor Thomas9,32141.0
Total votes22,735 100.0

General election

Endorsements

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Justin
Amash (R)		Steve
Pestka (D)		Undecided
Glengariff Group [71] October 17–18, 2012400± 4.9%34%35%29%
Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research [72] October 8–9, 2012400± 4.9%48%44%8%
Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research [73] August 18–21, 2012501± 4.4%50%42%8%

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [36] Likely RNovember 5, 2012
Rothenberg [37] Safe RNovember 2, 2012
Roll Call [38] Likely RNovember 4, 2012
Sabato's Crystal Ball [39] Lean RNovember 5, 2012
NY Times [40] Lean RNovember 4, 2012
RCP [41] Likely RNovember 4, 2012
The Hill [42] Safe RNovember 4, 2012

Results

County Results Amash: 50-60% Pestka: 50-60% 2012 MI-03 Election by County.svg
County Results
Amash:      50-60%
Pestka:      50-60%
Michigan's 3rd congressional district, 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Justin Amash (incumbent) 171,675 52.6
Democratic Steve Pestka 144,10844.2
Libertarian Bill Gelineau10,4983.2
Independent Steven Butler (write-in)20.0
Total votes326,283 100.0
Republican hold

District 4

Republican David Lee Camp, who has represented the 4th district since 1993 and previously represented the 10th district from 1991 until 1993, will seek re-election. [13] Roll Call rates the race as "Likely Republican". [43]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Primary results

Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Dave Camp (incumbent) 67,028 100.0
Total votes67,028 100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Debra Friedell Wirth, attorney [74]

Primary results

Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Debra Friedell Wirth 20,519 100.0
Total votes20,519 100.0

General election

Endorsements

Debra Freidell Wirth (D)

Labor unions

Organizations

Results

County Results Camp: 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 2016 MI-04 Election by County.svg
County Results
Camp:      50-60%     60-70%     70-80%
Michigan's 4th congressional district, 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Dave Camp (incumbent) 197,386 63.1
Democratic Debra Freidell Wirth104,99633.6
Libertarian John Gelineau4,2851.4
Constitution George Zimmer3,5061.1
Green Pat Timmons2,7760.9
Total votes312,949 100.0
Republican hold

District 5

Democrat Dale Kildee, who has represented the 5th district since 2003 and previously represented the 9th district from 1993 until 2003 and the 7th district from 1977 until 1993, chose to retire rather than run for re-election in 2012. [77]

Flint school board member David Davenport ran as an independent. [78] Also running was Gregory Creswell of the Libertarian Party. [14]

Roll Call rated the race as "Safe Democratic". [43]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
Declined

Primary results

Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Dan Kildee 51,840 100.0
Total votes51,840 100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary

Primary results

Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jim Slezak 16,951 63.9
Republican Tom Wassa9,58336.1
Total votes26,534 100.0

General election

Endorsements

Results

County Results Kildee: 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 2012 MI-05 Election by County.svg
County Results
Kildee:      40-50%     50-60%     60-70%     70-80%
Michigan's 5th congressional district, 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Dan Kildee 214,531 65.0
Republican Jim Slezak 103,93131.5
Independent David Davenport6,6942.0
Libertarian Gregory Creswell 4,9901.5
Total votes330,146 100.0
Democratic hold

District 6

Republican Fred Upton, who has represented the 6th district since 1993 and previously represented the 4th district from 1987 until 1993, will seek re-election. [13]

Jason Gatties, a business manager and security consultant from St. Joseph, received the US Taxpayers Party of Michigan's nomination at their state convention on June 16, 2012. Christie Gelineau received the Libertarian Party's nomination at their state Saturday June 2, 2012. Roll Call rates the race as "Likely Republican". [43]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Jack
Hoogendyk		Fred
Upton		Undecided
EPIC-MRA [91] July 28–29, 2012800± 3.5%31%61%8%

Primary results

Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Fred Upton (incumbent) 34,581 66.3
Republican Jack Hoogendyk17,56133.7
Total votes52,142 100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
Withdrawn

Primary results

Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Mike O'Brien 14,224 100.0
Total votes14,224 100.0

General election

Endorsements

Mike O'Brien (D)

Labor unions

Organizations

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [36] Safe RNovember 5, 2012
Rothenberg [37] Safe RNovember 2, 2012
Roll Call [38] Safe RNovember 4, 2012
Sabato's Crystal Ball [39] Safe RNovember 5, 2012
NY Times [40] Safe RNovember 4, 2012
RCP [41] Safe RNovember 4, 2012
The Hill [42] Likely RNovember 4, 2012

Results

County Results Upton: 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% 2014 MI-06 Election by County.svg
County Results
Upton:      40-50%     50-60%     60-70%
Michigan's 6th congressional district, 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Fred Upton (incumbent) 174,955 54.6
Democratic Mike O'Brien136,56342.6
Libertarian Christie Gelineau6,3662.1
Independent Jason Gatties2,5910.7
Total votes320,475 100.0
Republican hold

District 7

In redistricting, the 7th district was made slightly more favorable to Republicans: McCain received less than one percentage point more of the vote in the 2008 presidential election in the newly drawn district compared to the former district. [6]

Republican Tim Walberg, who has represented the 7th district since January 2011 and previously served from 2007 until 2009, is running for re-election. [13] Roll Call rates the race as "Likely Republican". [43]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Dan Davis, businessman and former police officer [96]
  • Mike Stahly, former member of Potterville City Council and candidate for this seat in 2010

Primary results

Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Tim Walberg (incumbent) 45,592 76.0
Republican Dan Davis14,38624.0
Total votes59,978 100.0

Democratic primary

Joe Schwarz, who represented the 7th district from 2005 to 2007 as a Republican and was defeated by Walberg in the Republican primary in 2006, had been recruited by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. [97]

Candidates

Nominee
  • Kurt Haskell, attorney [98]
Eliminated in primary
Declined

Endorsements

Ruben Marquez

Labor unions

Primary results

Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Kurt Richard Haskell 18,812 66.7
Democratic Ruben Marquez9,37133.3
Total votes28,183 100.0

General election

Endorsements

Mike O'Brien (D)

Labor unions

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [36] Safe RNovember 5, 2012
Rothenberg [37] Safe RNovember 2, 2012
Roll Call [38] Safe RNovember 4, 2012
Sabato's Crystal Ball [39] Safe RNovember 5, 2012
NY Times [40] Lean RNovember 4, 2012
RCP [41] Safe RNovember 4, 2012
The Hill [42] Safe RNovember 4, 2012

Results

County Results Walberg: 50-60% 60-70% Haskell: 40-50% 2012 MI-07 Election by County.svg
County Results
Walberg:      50-60%     60-70%
Haskell:      40-50%
Michigan's 7th congressional district, 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Tim Walberg (incumbent) 169,668 53.3
Democratic Kurt R. Haskell136,84943.0
Libertarian Ken Proctor8,0882.6
Green Richard Wunsch3,4641.1
Total votes318,069 100.0
Republican hold

District 8

Republican Mike Rogers, who has represented the 8th district since 2001, sought re-election. [13]

Other candidates were Daniel Goebel of the Libertarian Party and independent candidate Preston Brooks. [14] Roll Call rated the race as "Likely Republican". [43]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Brian Hetrick, mechanical engineer [2] [52]
  • Vernon Molnar

Primary results

Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mike Rogers (incumbent) 56,208 85.7
Republican Brian Hetrick6,0989.3
Republican Vernon Molnar3,2575.0
Total votes65,563 100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Lance Enderle, former teacher and nominee for this seat in 2010 [105]

Primary results

Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Lance Enderle 29,322 100.0
Total votes29,322 100.0

General election

Endorsements

Results

County Results Rogers: 60-70% Enderle: 50-60% 2016 MI-08 Election by County.svg
County Results
Rogers:      60-70%
Enderle:      50-60%
Michigan's 8th congressional district, 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mike Rogers (incumbent) 202,217 58.6
Democratic Lance Enderle128,65737.3
Libertarian Daniel Goebel8,0832.3
Independent Preston Brooks6,0971.8
Total votes345,054 100.0
Republican hold

District 9

In redistricting, the homes of Democratic Representatives Sander Levin and Gary Peters were drawn into the 9th district, [6] which comprises mostly Macomb County but also includes a part of Oakland County. [108] Levin, who has represented the 12th district since 1993 and previously represented the 17th district from 1983 until 1993, will seek re-election here. [43] Peters, who has represented the 9th district since 2009, will seek re-election in the redrawn 14th district. [109]

Jim Fulner, an engineer from Berkley, earned the Libertarian Party nomination at their state convention June 2, 2012, in Livonia. [110] Julia Williams, the 2010 Green Party Candidate for the same seat, was nominated again at the 2012 Michigan Green Party convention, Saturday June 9, 2012, in Mount Pleasant. [111] Lester Townsend received the US Taxpayers Party of Michigan's nomination at their state convention Saturday June 16, 2012. This marks the fourth election cycle in a row Townsend has challenged Levin for his seat. Roll Call rates the race as "Likely Democratic". [43]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Sander Levin, incumbent U.S. Representative for the 12th district
Withdrawn
  • Allen James O'Neil, businessman [112]

Primary results

Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Sander Levin (incumbent) 55,198 100.0
Total votes55,198 100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Don Volaric, businessman and nominee for the 12th district in 2010 [113]
Eliminated in primary
  • Gregory Dildilian, woodworker

Primary results

Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Don Volaric 24,521 61.6
Republican Gregory C. Dildilian15,28338.4
Total votes39,804 100.0

General election

Endorsements

Results

County Results Levin: 50-60% 60-70% 2014 MI-09 Election by County.svg
County Results
Levin:      50-60%     60-70%
Michigan's 9th congressional district, 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Sander Levin (incumbent) 208,846 61.8
Republican Don Volaric114,76034.0
Libertarian Jim Fulner6,1001.8
Green Julia Williams4,7081.4
Constitution Les Townsend2,9020.9
Total votes337,316 100.0
Democratic hold

District 10

Republican Candice Miller, who has represented the 10th district since 2003, will seek re-election. [13] Roll Call rates the race as "Likely Republican".

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Primary results

Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Candice S. Miller (incumbent) 68,063 100.0
Total votes68,063 100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Chuck Stadler, practical nurse and accountant [52]
Eliminated in primary
  • Jerome Quinn, attorney

Primary results

Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Chuck Stadler 13,480 58.1
Democratic Jerome George Quinn9,70541.9
Total votes23,185 100.0

General election

Endorsements

Results

County Results Miller: 60-70% 70-80% 2014 MI-10 Election by County.svg
County Results
Miller:      60-70%     70-80%
Michigan's 10th congressional district, 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Candice Miller (incumbent) 226,075 68.8
Democratic Chuck Stadler97,73429.7
Libertarian Bhagwan Dashairya4,8031.5
Total votes328,612 100.0
Republican hold

District 11

Thad McCotter had represented the old 11th district since 2003 and sought the Republican presidential nomination. After poor polling results, McCotter ended his presidential campaign and announced plans to run again for his seat in Congress. On May 26, 2012, the Michigan Secretary of State announced McCotter had fallen well short of the required 1,000 petition signatures required for him to qualify for the primary ballot. [114] [115] In what state officials described as a level of fraud unprecedented in Michigan political history, subsequent reviews of McCotter's petitions revealed that over 85 percent of the signatures were invalid. Most of them were either duplicates or signatures that appeared to have been pasted from past years' petitions. [116] [117] Conceding that the signatures were indeed invalid, McCotter announced he would mount a write-in bid for his seat; [118] however, he decided not to continue with his write-in bid on June 2 and announced his intention to retire after completing his term. [119] McCotter suddenly resigned from his seat on July 6, leaving the 11th District unrepresented. [120]

Secretary of State Ruth Johnson found the apparent fraud egregious enough to turn the evidence over to the Michigan Attorney General's office to determine if laws were broken regarding the invalid signatures. [121] The Michigan Attorney General's office charged four McCotter aides with forgery, although McCotter was not charged with any wrongdoing. [122] [123]

McCotter's resignation resulted in a special election, which was expected to cost taxpayers $650,000. [124] [125]

As a result of Republican-leaning areas of the old 9th district being drawn into the new 11th, [6] the 11th district was made more favorable to Republicans. McCain received four percentage points more of the vote in the 2008 presidential election in the newly drawn district compared to the current district. While Roll Call rated this race as "Likely Republican" before the primary, [126] they changed the rating to "Leans Republican". [127] It has since changed back to "Likely Republican."

Republican primary

For the regular primary held August 7, 2012, for the upcoming two-year term in Congress, Kerry Bentivolio, a veteran and former teacher who had already planned to challenge McCotter, was left the only candidate on the Republican primary ballot. [128] The Troy Republican Club, U.S. House Member Justin Amash, Tea Party groups and Ron Paul's PAC all endorsed Bentivolio. [129] Other Republicans, including Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson, refused to endorse Bentivolio and instead endorsed former state senator Nancy Cassis as a write-in candidate. [130] Bentivolio defeated Cassis in the August 7 primary, and was the only Republican candidate on the ballot in areas covered by the new 11th. Cassis and Drexel Morton also wrote as write-in candidates. [131]

Bentivolio was endorsed by Gov. Rick Snyder, Lt. Gov. Brian Calley, Senator Rand Paul, and Congress members Candice Miller, Justin Amash, Dan Banishek and Ron Paul, and former officeholders Rick Santorum and Peter Hoekstra. [132]

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
Declined
  • Mike Kowall, state senator [133]
  • Rocky Raczkowski, former state representative, nominee for U.S. Senate in 2002 and nominee for 9th district in 2010
  • David Trott, attorney
  • Paul Welday, former Oakland County Republican Party Chair
Disqualified

Primary results

Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Kerry Bentivolio 42,470 66.3
Republican Nancy Cassis (write-in)21,43633.4
Republican Drexel Morton (write-in)1610.3
Republican Loren Bennett (write-in)140.0
Total votes64,081 100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Bill Roberts, follower of Lyndon LaRouche.
Declined

Primary results

Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Syed Taj 21,953 58.9
Democratic William F. Roberts15,33841.1
Total votes37,291 100.0

General election

Endorsements

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Kerry
Bentivolio (R)		Syed
Taj (D)		OthersUndecided
FMWB (D) [137] October 22–23, 2012392± 5.0%47%39%5%9%

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [36] Lean RNovember 5, 2012
Rothenberg [37] Lean RNovember 2, 2012
Roll Call [38] Likely RNovember 4, 2012
Sabato's Crystal Ball [39] Lean RNovember 5, 2012
NY Times [40] Lean RNovember 4, 2012
RCP [41] TossupNovember 4, 2012
The Hill [42] Likely RNovember 4, 2012

Results

County Results Bentivolio: 40-50% 50-60% 2012 MI-11 Election by County.svg
County Results
Bentivolio:      40-50%     50-60%
Michigan's 11th congressional district, 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Kerry Bentivolio 181,788 50.8
Democratic Syed Taj158,87944.4
Libertarian John Tatar9,6372.7
Green Steven Paul Duke4,5691.3
Natural Law Daniel Johnson3,2510.9
n/a Write-ins150.0
Total votes358,139 100.0
Republican gain from Democratic

Democratic candidate David Curson defeated Kerry Bentivolio in the special general election, conducted in the 2012-configured 11th district only, and coinciding with the regular general election on November 6. [138] [139]

District 12

Democrat John Dingell, who has represented the district since 2003 and previously from 1955 until 1965, and previously represented the 16th district from 1965 until 2003, will seek re-election here. Roll Call rates the race as "Safe Democratic". [43]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • John Dingell, incumbent U.S. Representative for the 15th district
Eliminated in primary
Declined
  • Sander Levin, incumbent U.S. Representative (running in the 9th district) [43]

Primary results

Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic John Dingell (incumbent) 41,116 78.5
Democratic Daniel Marcin11,22621.5
Total votes52,342 100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Cynthia Kallgren, former candidate for State Representative
Eliminated in primary
  • Karen Jacobsen, businesswoman [140]

Primary results

Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Cynthia Kallgren 12,028 50.7
Republican Karen E. Jacobsen11,67049.2
Republican Timothy Kachinski (write-in)100.1
Total votes23,708 100.0

General election

Endorsements

Results

County Results Dingell: 60-70% 70-80% 2012 MI-12 Election by County.svg
County Results
Dingell:      60-70%     70-80%
Michigan's 12th congressional district, 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic John D. Dingell (incumbent) 216,884 67.9
Republican Cynthia Kallgren92,47229.0
Libertarian Richard Secula9,8673.1
Total votes319,223 100.0
Democratic hold

District 13

Democrat John Conyers, who has represented the 14th district since 1993 and previously represented the 1st district from 1965 until 1993, sought re-election in the new 13th district.

The Libertarian Party of Michigan has nominated Chris Sharer of Westland as their candidate. [141] and Martin Gray is the U.S. Taxpayers Party candidate. [14]

Roll Call rates the race as "Safe Democratic". [43]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
Disqualified
  • Godfrey Dillard, attorney [147]
Declined

Endorsements

John Conyers

Labor unions

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Glenn
Anderson		John
Conyers		John
Goci		Shanelle
Jackson		Bert
Johnson		Undecided
EPIC-MRA [149] July 28–29, 2012800± 3.5%17%57%4%7%5%10%

Primary results

Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic John Conyers, Jr. (incumbent) 38,371 55.4
Democratic Glenn Anderson12,58618.2
Democratic Bert Johnson6,92810.0
Democratic Shanelle Jackson8,70812.6
Democratic John Goci2,6643.8
Total votes69,257 100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Primary results

Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Harry Sawicki 8,462 100.0
Total votes8,462 100.0

General election

Endorsements

Results

Michigan's 13th congressional district, 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic John Conyers, Jr. (incumbent) 235,336 82.8
Republican Harry T. Sawicki38,76913.6
Libertarian Chris Sharer6,0762.1
Constitution Martin Gray4,0891.5
Total votes284,270 100.0
Democratic hold

District 14

The new 14th district crosses the traditional boundary of the 8 Mile Road (separating Detroit from Oakland County) in order to continue to have a majority of minority voters. A large part of the district is now outside of Detroit (it comprises approximately 40 percent Detroit, 40 percent Oakland County, and 20 percent out lying Wayne County). [108]

Leonard Schwartz, Lawyer and Perennial candidate from Oak Park, who most recently challenged Sandy Levin for US House District 12 in 2010, is the Libertarian Nominee. [150] Douglas Campbell, an engineer from Ferndale, is the Green Party Candidate. Roll Call rates the race as "Safe Democratic". [43]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Gary Peters, incumbent U.S. Representative for the 9th district
Eliminated in primary
Declined

Endorsements

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Hansen
Clarke		Bob
Costello		Brenda
Lawrence		Gary
Peters		Mary
Waters		Undecided
EPIC-MRA [149] July 28–29, 2012800± 3.5%33%1%7%52%2%5%

Primary results

Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Gary Peters (incumbent) 41,230 47.0
Democratic Hansen Clarke (incumbent)30,84735.2
Democratic Brenda Lawrence6,92813.3
Democratic Mary Waters2,9193.3
Democratic Bob Costello1,0271.2
Total votes87,667 100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • John Hauler, government contractor for ACE electronics

Primary results

Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John Hauler 17,691 100.0
Total votes17,691 100.0

General election

Endorsements

Results

County Results Peters: 70-80% 80-90% 2016 MI-14 Election by County.svg
County Results
Peters:      70-80%     80-90%
Michigan's 14th congressional district, 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Gary Peters (incumbent) 270,450 82.3
Republican John Hauler51,39515.6
Libertarian Leonard Schwartz3,9681.2
Green Douglas Campbell2,9790.9
Total votes328,792 100.0
Democratic hold

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