Michigan Secretary of State election, 2006

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Michigan Secretary of State election, 2006
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  2002 November 7, 2006 2010  

  MI Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land.JPG
Nominee Terri Lynn Land Carmella Sabaugh
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote2,089,864 1,561,828
Percentage56.15% 41.96%

Secretary of State before election

Terri Lynn Land
Republican

Elected Secretary of State

Terri Lynn Land
Republican

The 2006 Michigan Secretary of State election was held on Tuesday, November 7, 2006 to elect the Michigan Secretary of State for a four-year term. Incumbent Republican Terri Lynn Land ran for re-election to a second term.

Michigan Secretary of State

The Michigan Department of State is administered by the Secretary of State, who is elected on a partisan ballot for a term of four years in gubernatorial elections.

Republican Party (United States) Major political party in the United States

The Republican Party, also referred to as the GOP, is one of the two major political parties in the United States; the other is its historic rival, the Democratic Party.

Terri Lynn Land American politician

Terri Lynn Land is an American politician who served as Michigan's 41st Secretary of State. In 2012, Land was elected to the Republican National Committee. She was the Republican nominee for the 2014 United States Senate race in Michigan, losing in the general election to Democrat Gary Peters, a U.S. Representative.

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Candidates

Republican Party

Incumbent Terri Lynn Land won the party's nomination during the state convention. [1]

Democratic Party

Macomb County Clerk Carmella Sabaugh won the party's nomination during the state convention. [1]

Carmella Sabaugh is an American politician. She served as County Clerk/Register of Deeds for Macomb County, Michigan from 1993 to 2017. Sarbaugh was the 2006 Democratic candidate for Michigan Secretary of State.

Results

Michigan Secretary of State election, 2006 [2]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentage
Republican Terri Lynn Land 2,089,86456.15%
Democratic Carmella Sabaugh 1,561,828 41.96%
Green Lynn Meadows 70,218 1.89%
Totals3,721,910100.0%

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References

  1. 1 2 "Michigan Secretary of State".
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-01-29. Retrieved 2014-08-15.