2014 United States Senate election in Michigan

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2014 United States Senate election in Michigan
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Nominee Gary Peters Terri Lynn Land
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote1,704,9361,290,199
Percentage54.61%41.33%
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Peters:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Land:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Tie:     
U.S. senator before election

Carl Levin
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Gary Peters
Democratic

The 2014 United States Senate election in Michigan was held on November 4, 2014, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Michigan, concurrently with the election of the governor of Michigan, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.

Contents

Incumbent Democratic Senator Carl Levin decided to retire instead of running for re-election to a seventh term. Primary contests took place on August 5, 2014, with U.S. Representative Gary Peters and former Michigan Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land unopposed on the Democratic and Republican primary ballots, respectively. [1] Peters defeated Land in the general election, becoming the only freshman Democratic senator in the 114th Congress. This was the first open seat election in Michigan since 1994 and the first on this seat since 1918.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Failed to qualify

  • Terry Whitney, technology executive [1] [3] [4]

Declined

Endorsements

Gary Peters
Politicians
Newspapers and other media
Organizations

Polling

Hypothetical polling
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Deborah
Dingell		Jennifer
Granholm		Dan
Kildee		Gary
Peters		OtherUndecided— Harper Polling [ permanent dead link ]March 9–10, 2013—±23.29%57.50%6.40%12.81%45%25%—
Mitchell Research March 19 & 21, 2013387±4.98%30%—

Results

Democratic primary results [29]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Gary Peters 504,102 100.00%
Total votes504,102 100.00%

Republican primary

After Terri Lynn Land declared her candidacy in June 2013, Republicans attempted to recruit U.S. Representative Dave Camp and Oakland County District Court Judge Kimberly Small to run instead. [30] Camp, after earlier having said that he was not interested in running, reconsidered it, and Land indicated that she would consider dropping out if Camp decided to run. [31] Republicans were initially reluctant to rally around Land, [32] [33] but after Camp and Small declined to run, other Republicans like U.S. Representative Justin Amash and Holland Mayor Kurt Dykstra also said no, and a late attempt to convince cardiologist Rob Steele to run failed, Land emerged as the de facto nominee. [33]

Candidates

Declared

Withdrew

  • Matthew Wiedenhoeft, businessman and former minor league hockey player and coach (running for the state house) [3] [35]

Declined

Endorsements

Terri Lynn Land
Politicians
Organizations

Polling

Hypothetical polling
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Justin
Amash		Saul
Anuzis		Dave
Camp		Kurt
Dykstra		Roger
Kahn		Terri Lynn
Land		Pete
Lund		Jim
Murray		Mike
Rogers		G. Scott
Romney		Ronna Romney
McDaniel		Kimberly
Small		Rob
Steele		Undecided
Harper Polling March 9–10, 20131,744±2.35%10.57%————8.94%——17.07%25.85%———37.56%
Mitchell Research March 19 & 21, 2013438±4.68%18%————11%——21%—19%——31%
Murray Comm's May 20, 20131,158±4.68%10.28%1.38%—9.93%5.18%28.84%4.66%1.21%35.66%———2.85%—
PPP May 30 – June 2, 2013334±5.4%16%7%21%—1%15%——18%——2%1%20%
Harper Polling September 4, 2013958±3.17%———16%—45%—————2%4%33%
—————50%——————13%37%

Results

Republican primary results [29]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Terri Lynn Land 588,084 100.00%
Total votes588,084 100.00%

Minor parties

Libertarian Party

U.S. Taxpayers Party

Green Party

Independents

Candidates

Declared

  • Jeff Jones, retired financial services industry worker and pastor [68]
  • Paul Marineau, attorney and former mayor pro tem of Douglas [69]

General election

Campaign

Early on, the open seat was considered to be competitive. However, various missteps by the Land campaign [70] as well as Land's reluctance to appear in public after suffering a meltdown in front of the media in May, [71] [72] weighed down the Land campaign, allowing Peters to open up a consistent lead in the polls beginning in September. The Republican establishment effectively gave up on Land's campaign the following month. [73] [74]

Debates

Peters agreed to four debates; Land did not respond to invitations. [75] Negotiations between the Land and Peters campaigns broke down over the format of proposed debates between the two candidates. [76]

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [77] Lean DNovember 3, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball [78] Likely DNovember 3, 2014
Rothenberg Political Report [79] Likely DNovember 3, 2014
Real Clear Politics [80] Likely DNovember 3, 2014

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Gary
Peters (D)		Terri Lynn
Land (R)		OtherUndecided
Harper Polling [ permanent dead link ]March 9–10, 20131,744± 2.35%21%29%—50%
Mitchell Research March 19 & 21, 2013571± 4.1%33%32%—35%
Public Policy Polling May 30 – June 2, 2013697± 3.7%41%36%—23%
Denno Research July 23–24, 2013600± 4%39%39%—22%
Mitchell Research August 26, 20131,881± 2.23%36%39%—25%
EPIC-MRA September 7–10, 2013600± 4%38%37%—25%
MRG/Mitchell Research October 6–10, 2013600± 4%39%40%—21%
Public Policy Polling October 14–15, 2013642± 3.9%43%36%—21%
Inside Michigan Politics October 29, 2013794± 4%43%38%—19%
Denno Research November 12–14, 2013600± 4%37%36%—27%
Public Policy Polling December 5–8, 20131,034± 3%40%42%—18%
Harper Polling January 7–8, 20141,004± 3.09%36%44%—20%
Rasmussen Reports January 14–15, 2014500± 4.5%35%37%8%20%
Harper Polling January 19–20, 2014750± 3.58%37%42%—21%
EPIC-MRA February 5–11, 2014600± 4%38%41%—21%
Clarity Campaigns February 22–23, 2014859± 2.55%46%40%—14%
Denno Research March 9–10, 2014600± 4%40%37%2%22%
Marketing Resource Group March 24–28, 2014600± 4.1%38%40%—22%
Public Policy Polling April 3–6, 2014825± 3.4%41%36%—23%
Mitchell Research April 9, 20141,460± 2.56%38%44%—18%
Harper Polling April 7–8, 2014538± 4.22%40%43%—18%
Magellan Strategies April 14–15, 2014875± 3.31%46%41%8%5%
Hickman Analytics April 24–30, 2014502± 4.4%42%37%—21%
EPIC-MRA May 17–20, 2014600± 4%44%38%—18%
Glengariff Group May 20–22, 2014600± 4.3%40%35%—25%
Mitchell Research June 6, 2014961± 3.16%45%42%—14%
Magellan Strategies June 5 & 8, 2014753± 3.57%50%41%5%4%
Public Policy Polling June 26–29, 2014578± 4.1%41%36%—24%
NBC News/Marist July 7–10, 2014870± 3.3%43%37%2%19%
Denno Research July 9–11, 2014600± 4%40%37%—23%
EPIC-MRA July 12–15, 2014600± 4%45%36%—19%
Mitchell Research July 7–17, 2014600± 4%43%38%—19%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov July 5–24, 20143,849± 2.8%44%45%1%10%
Benenson Strategy Group July 26–29, 2014900± 3.2%47%42%—11%
Rasmussen Reports July 28–29, 2014750± 4%45%39%6%10%
Marketing Resource Group July 26–30, 2014600± 4%47%40%—13%
Harper Polling August 4–5, 2014549± 4.18%45%44%—11%
Mitchell Research August 5, 2014626± 5%45%44%—11%
Lake Research Partners August 6–11, 2014800± 3.5%42%38%—19%
EPIC-MRA August 22–25, 2014600± 4%45%39%—16%
Mitchell Research August 27, 20141,004± 3.09%46%44%—10%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov August 18 – September 2, 20142,897± 3%42%43%2%13%
Glengariff Group September 3–5, 2014600± 4%47%37%4%13%
Public Policy Polling September 4–7, 2014687± 3.7%43%36%7% [81] 13%
45%40%—15%
Suffolk September 6–10, 2014500± 4.4%46%37%6% [82] 11%
Denno Research September 11–13, 2014600± 4%45%38%—18%
Mitchell Research September 14, 2014829± 3.4%43%41%8% [83] 9%
Magellan Strategies September 14–15, 2014717± 3.66%45%40%5% [84] 5%
Rasmussen Reports September 17–18, 2014750± 4%41%39%5%15%
We Ask America September 18–19, 20141,182± 3%42%39%5% [85] 14%
Public Policy Polling September 18–19, 2014852± 3.4%47%40%—13%
Target Insyght September 22–24, 2014616± 4%48%38%6%7%
EPIC-MRA September 25–29, 2014600± 4%42%33%11%14%
Mitchell Research September 29, 20141,178± 2.86%49%36%5% [85] 9%
Lake Research Partners September 27–30, 2014600± 4%45%36%—18%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov September 20 – October 1, 20142,560± 2%46%41%2%11%
Marketing Resource Group September 30 – October 2, 2014600± 4%47%36%—16%
Public Policy Polling October 2–3, 2014654± 3.8%49%42%—9%
Glengariff Group October 2–4, 2014600± 4%44%35%6%15%
Wenzel Strategies October 6–7, 2014615± 3.93%47%44%—9%
Mitchell Research October 9, 20141,306± 2.71%48%43%4% [86] 6%
Mitchell Research October 12, 20141,340± 2.68%50%39%4% [87] 8%
Lake Research Partners October 11–13, 2014 ?± ?49%37%—14%
Clarity Campaign Labs October 12–14, 2014967± 3.16%49%36%—18%
EPIC-MRA October 17–19, 2014600± 4%45%34%4%16%
Mitchell Research October 19, 2014919± 3.23%51%38%4% [87] 7%
Clarity Campaign Labs October 19–20, 20141,032± ?48%33%—19%
Public Policy Polling October 20–21, 2014723± ?53%39%—8%
Rasmussen Reports October 20–22, 20141,000± 3%51%42%3%4%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov October 16–23, 20142,394± 3%49%41%1%10%
Glengariff Group October 22–24, 2014600± 4%48%33%6%14%
Mitchell Research October 27, 20141,159± 2.88%52%38%5% [88] 5%
EPIC-MRA October 26–28, 2014600± 4%50%35%5%10%
Public Policy Polling November 1–2, 2014914± 3.2%51%38%4% [87] 6%
54%41%—5%
Mitchell Research November 2, 20141,224± 2.8%52%40%4% [87] 4%
Hypothetical polling
With Dingell
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Deborah
Dingell (D)		Justin
Amash (R)		OtherUndecided
Mitchell Research March 19 & 21, 20131,744± 2.35%38%28%—34%
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Deborah
Dingell (D)		Terri Lynn
Land (R)		OtherUndecided
Mitchell Research March 19 & 21, 20131,744± 2.35%31%35%—34%
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Deborah
Dingell (D)		Mike
Rogers (R)		OtherUndecided
Mitchell Research March 19 & 21, 20131,744± 2.35%34%29%—37%
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Deborah
Dingell (D)		Ronna Romney
McDaniel (R)		OtherUndecided
Mitchell Research March 19 & 21, 20131,744± 2.35%36%29%—35%
With Granholm
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Jennifer
Granholm (D)		Justin
Amash (R)		OtherUndecided
Harper Polling [ permanent dead link ]March 9–10, 20131,744± 2.35%42%34%—23%
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Jennifer
Granholm (D)		Terri Lynn
Land (R)		OtherUndecided
Harper Polling [ permanent dead link ]March 9–10, 20131,744± 2.35%43%40%—17%
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Jennifer
Granholm (D)		Mike
Rogers (R)		OtherUndecided
Harper Polling [ permanent dead link ]March 9–10, 20131,744± 2.35%42%40%—18%
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Jennifer
Granholm (D)		G. Scott
Romney (R)		OtherUndecided
Harper Polling [ permanent dead link ]March 9–10, 20131,744± 2.35%43%40%—17%
With Levin
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Carl
Levin (D)		Justin
Amash (R)		OtherUndecided
Public Policy Polling December 13–16, 2012650± 3.8%53%32%—15%
Public Policy Polling March 2–4, 2013702± 3.7%49%34%—18%
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Carl
Levin (D)		Roger
Kahn (R)		OtherUndecided
Public Policy Polling December 13–16, 2012650± 3.8%53%31%—17%
Public Policy Polling March 2–4, 2013702± 3.7%50%30%—20%
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Carl
Levin (D)		Candice
Miller (R)		OtherUndecided
Public Policy Polling December 13–16, 2012650± 3.8%52%34%—14%
Public Policy Polling March 2–4, 2013702± 3.7%46%35%—19%
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Carl
Levin (D)		Mike
Rogers (R)		OtherUndecided
Public Policy Polling December 13–16, 2012650± 3.8%55%31%—14%
Public Policy Polling March 2–4, 2013702± 3.7%49%33%—18%
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Carl
Levin (D)		Bill
Schuette (R)		OtherUndecided
Public Policy Polling December 13–16, 2012650± 3.8%54%32%—15%
Public Policy Polling March 2–4, 2013702± 3.7%51%32%—17%
With LOLGOP
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		 LOLGOP (D)Justin
Amash (R)		OtherUndecided
Public Policy Polling May 30 – June 2, 2013697± 3.7%23%22%—55%
With Peters
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Gary
Peters (D)		Justin
Amash (R)		OtherUndecided
Harper Polling [ permanent dead link ]March 9–10, 20131,744± 2.35%23%19%—57%
Mitchell Research March 19 & 21, 20131,744± 2.35%39%29%—32%
Public Policy Polling May 30 – June 2, 2013697± 3.7%42%30%—29%
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Gary
Peters (D)		Saul
Anuzis (R)		OtherUndecided
Public Policy Polling May 30 – June 2, 2013697± 3.7%44%24%—32%
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Gary
Peters (D)		Dave
Camp (R)		OtherUndecided
Public Policy Polling May 30 – June 2, 2013697± 3.7%43%31%—26%
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Gary
Peters (D)		Kurt
Dykstra (R)		OtherUndecided
Mitchell Research August 26, 20131,881± 2.23%38%37%—25%
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Gary
Peters (D)		Roger
Kahn (R)		OtherUndecided
Public Policy Polling May 30 – June 2, 2013697± 3.7%44%26%—30%
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Gary
Peters (D)		Mike
Rogers (R)		OtherUndecided
Harper Polling [ permanent dead link ]March 9–10, 20131,744± 2.35%20%23%—57%
Mitchell Research March 19 & 21, 20131,744± 2.35%36%31%—33%
EPIC-MRA May 11–15, 2013600± 4%37%30%—33%
Public Policy Polling May 30 – June 2, 2013697± 3.7%42%32%—25%
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Gary
Peters (D)		G. Scott
Romney (R)		OtherUndecided
Harper Polling [ permanent dead link ]March 9–10, 20131,744± 2.35%26%29%—45%
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Gary
Peters (D)		Ronna Romney
McDaniel (R)		OtherUndecided
Mitchell Research March 19 & 21, 20131,744± 2.35%36%29%—35%
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Gary
Peters (D)		Kimberly
Small (R)		OtherUndecided
Public Policy Polling May 30 – June 2, 2013697± 3.7%42%26%—32%
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Gary
Peters (D)		Rob
Steele (R)		OtherUndecided
Public Policy Polling May 30 – June 2, 2013697± 3.7%44%26%—29%

Results

Peters was declared the winner right when the polls closed in Michigan.

2014 United States Senate election in Michigan [89]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Gary Peters 1,704,936 54.61% -8.05%
Republican Terri Lynn Land 1,290,19941.33%+7.48%
Libertarian Jim Fulner62,8972.01%+0.44%
Constitution Richard Matkin37,5291.20%+0.56%
Green Chris Wahmhoff26,1370.84%-0.06%
Write-in 770.00%N/A
Total votes3,121,775 100.00% N/A
Democratic hold

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

By congressional district

Peters won 9 of 14 congressional districts, including four that elected Republicans. [90]

DistrictPetersLandRepresentative
1st 46.8%49.6% Dan Benishek
2nd 41.4%54.2%
Bill Huizenga
3rd 45.1%50.4% Justin Amash
4th 48.1%47.2% Dave Camp (113th Congress)
John Moolenaar (114th Congress)
5th 63.7%32.5% Dan Kildee
6th 45.9%49.4% Fred Upton
7th 48.6%47.1% Tim Walberg
8th 49.6%46.3% Mike Rogers (113th Congress)
Mike Bishop (114th Congress)
9th 59.3%36.2% Sander Levin
10th 46.6%48.5% Candice Miller
11th 49.1%47.0% Kerry Bentivolio (113th Congress)
Dave Trott (114th Congress)
12th 66.3%29.5% John Dingell (113th Congress)
Debbie Dingell (114th Congress)
13th 83.5%13.6% John Conyers
14th 80.3%17.8% Gary Peters (113th Congress)
Brenda Lawrence (114th Congress)

Post-election

Land ended up paying a fee of $66,000 to the Federal Election Commission for a violation of the Federal Election Campaign Act related to the 2014 campaign. [91] [92]

Peters would run again in 2020 to retain the Senate seat he won, [93] while Land would go on to win a seat on the Board of Governors for Wayne State University in the same year. [94]

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The Michigan Secretary of State election of 2018 took place on November 6, 2018, alongside Michigan's governor, Class I United States Senator, Attorney General, as well elections for Michigan's 14 seats in the United States House of Representatives, all 38 seats in the Michigan Senate and all 110 seats in the Michigan House of Representatives; to elect the Secretary of State of Michigan. Incumbent Republican Secretary of State Ruth Johnson could not seek a third term due to term limits. The Michigan Republican Party was looking to win its 7th straight Secretary of State election. Along with the offices of Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General, the nominees for Secretary of State were chosen by party delegates at their respective party conventions.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">John James (Michigan politician)</span> American politician and businessman (born 1981)

John Edward James is an American businessman and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Michigan's 10th congressional district since 2023. A member of the Republican Party, he was its nominee for U.S. Senate in 2018 and 2020.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2024 United States Senate election in Michigan</span>

The 2024 United States Senate election in Michigan will be held on November 5, 2024, to elect a Class I member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Michigan. It will be held concurrently with the 2024 United States presidential election, other elections to the United States Senate, other elections to the United States House of Representatives, and various state and local elections. Primary elections will take place on August 6, 2024.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan</span>

The 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan were held on November 8, 2022, to elect representatives for the thirteen seats in Michigan. The deadline for candidates to file for the August 2 primary was April 19. The congressional makeup prior to the election was seven Democrats and seven Republicans. However, after the 2020 census, Michigan lost one congressional seat. Democrats won a majority of seats in the state for the first time since 2008. This can be partly attributed to the decrease in the number of districts, which resulted in two Republican incumbents – Bill Huizenga and Fred Upton – in the new 4th district. Redistricting also played a part in shifting partisan lean of the districts which favored the Democrats overall, including in the 3rd district, which Democrats were able to flip with a margin of victory of 13 points. That was made possible by a non-partisan citizens' commission drawing the new political boundaries instead of the Michigan legislature after a 2018 ballot proposal was approved.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2014 Michigan elections</span> 2014 elections in Michigan, USA

A general election was held in the U.S. state of Michigan on November 4, 2014. Primary elections were held on August 5, 2014.

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