2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan

The 2006 congressional elections in Michigan was held on November 4, 2006 to determine who would represent the state of Michigan in the United States House of Representatives. Michigan had fifteen seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census. Representatives are elected for two-year terms. All fifteen incumbents ran for re-election, and all of them got re-elected except Joe Schwarz, who lost his primary.

2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan

November 4, 2006
All 15 Michigan seats to the United States House of Representatives
Party Republican Democratic Last election 9 6 Seats won 9 6 Seat change Popular vote 1,624,865 1,923,485 Percentage 44.56% 52.75% Swing 4.85% 4.33%

Overview

United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, 2006[1]
Party		Votes	Percentage	Seats Before	Seats After	+/–
	Democratic	1,923,485	52.75%	6	6	-
	Republican	1,624,865	44.56%	9	9	-
	Libertarian	45,435	1.25%	0	0	-
	Green	25,047	0.69%	0	0	-
	U.S. Taxpayers	23,102	0.63%	0	0	-
	Independent	4,492	0.12%	0	0	-
Total		3,646,426	100.00%	15	15	—

Match-up summary

District	Incumbent	2006 Result	Democratic	Republican	Libertarian	Green	Constitution	Other
1	Bart Stupak	Re-elected	Bart Stupak	Don Hooper	Ken Proctor	David Newland	Josh Warren
2	Pete Hoekstra	Re-elected	Kimon Kotos	Pete Hoekstra	Steven Van Til		Ronald Graeser
3	Vern Ehlers	Re-elected	James Rinck	Vern Ehlers	Jeff Steinport	Roger Gurk
4	David Lee Camp	Re-elected	Mike Huckleberry	David Lee Camp	Allitta Hren		John Emerick
5	Dale Kildee	Re-elected	Dale Kildee	Eric Klammer	Steve Samoranski	Ken Mathenia
6	Fred Upton	Re-elected	Kim Clark	Fred Upton	Ken Howe
7	Joe Schwarz	Lost primary	Sharon Renier	Tim Walberg	Robert Hutchinson		David Horn
8	Mike Rogers	Re-elected	Jim Marcinkowski	Mike Rogers	Dick Gach	Aaron Stuttman
9	Joe Knollenberg	Re-elected	Nancy Skinner	Joe Knollenberg	Adam Goodman	Matthew Abel
10	Candice Miller	Re-elected	Robert Denison	Candice Miller	Mark Byrne	Candace Caveny	F Gualdoni
11	Thad McCotter	Re-elected	Tony Trupiano	Thad McCotter	John Tatar		Charles Tackett
12	Sander M. Levin	Re-elected	Sander M. Levin	Randell Shafer	Andy Lecureaux	Art Myatt	Les Townsend	Jerome White (I)
13	Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick	Re-elected unopposed	Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick
14	John Conyers	Re-elected	John Conyers	Chad Miles
15	John Dingell	Re-elected	John Dingell		Greg Stempfle	Aimee Smith	Robert Czak

District 1

Incumbent Democrat Bart Stupak won re-election to an eighth term.

General election results[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bart Stupak (incumbent)	180,448	69
	Republican	Don Hooper	72,753	31
	Constitution	Josh Warren	2,278	1
	Green	David Newland	2,252	1
	Libertarian	Ken Proctor	2,196	1

District 2

Incumbent Republican Pete Hoekstra won re-election to an eighth term.

General election results[3]

	Republican	Pete Hoekstra (incumbent)	182,879	66
	Democratic	Kimon Kotos	86,803	32
	Constitution	Ronald Graeser	2,721	1
	Libertarian	Steven Van Til	2,716	1
Party		Candidate	Votes	%

District 3

Incumbent Republican Vern Ehlers won re-election to an eighth term.

General election results[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Vern Ehlers (incumbent)	171,182	63
	Democratic	James Rinck	93,850	35
	Libertarian	Jeff Steinport	3,702	1
	Green	Roger Gurk	2,593	1

District 4

Incumbent Republican David Lee Camp won re-election to a ninth term.

General election results[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dave Camp (incumbent)	160,767	60
	Democratic	Mike Huckleberry	100,679	38
	Constitution	John Emerick	2,007	1
	Libertarian	Allitta Hrren	1,940	1

District 5

Incumbent Democratic Dale Kildee won re-election to a thirteenth term.

General election results[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dale Kildee (incumbent)	176,144	73
	Republican	Eric Klammer	60,957	25
	Green	Ken Mathenia	2,293	1
	Libertarian	Steve Samoranski	2,259	1

District 6

Incumbent Republican Fred Upton won re-election to an eleventh term.

General election results[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Fred Upton (incumbent)	142,015	61
	Democratic	Kim Clarke	88,976	38
	Libertarian	Ken Howe	3,480	1

District 7

Republican Tim Walberg defeated the incumbent in the primary, and won the general election.

General election results[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tim Walberg	122,640	51
	Democratic	Sharon Renier	112,623	46
	Libertarian	Robert Hutchinson	3,787	2
	Constitution	David Horn	3,664	1

District 8

Incumbent Republican Mike Rogers won re-election to a fourth term.

General election results[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Rogers (incumbent)	156,414	55.2%
	Democratic	Jim Marcinkowski	121,576	42.9%
	Libertarian	Dick Gach	2,756	1.0%
	Green	Aaron Stuttman	2,349	0.8%

District 9

Incumbent Republican Joe Knollenberg won re-election to an eighth term.

General election results[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joe Knollenberg (incumbent)	142,279	52
	Democratic	Nancy Skinner	127,651	46
	Libertarian	Adam Goodman	3,698	1
	Green	Matthew Abel	2,466	1

District 10

Incumbent Republican Candice Miller won re-election to a third term.

General election results[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Candice Miller (incumbent)	178,843	66.2
	Democratic	Robert Denison	84,574	31.2
	Libertarian	Mark Byrne	2,867	1.1
	Green	Candace Caveny	1,895	0.7
	Constitution	F Gualdoni	1,894	0.7

District 11

Incumbent Republican Thad McCotter won re-election to a third term.

General election results[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Thad McCotter (incumbent)	145,292	54
	Democratic	Tony Trupiano	115,106	43
	Libertarian	John Tatar	4,380	2
	Constitution	Charles Tackett	3,552	1

District 12

Incumbent Democrat Sander Levin won re-election to a thirteenth term.

General election results[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sander Levin (incumbent)	168,501	70
	Republican	Randall Shafer	62,688	26
	Libertarian	Andy Lecureaux	3,259	1
	Constitution	Les Townsend	2,076	1
	Independent	Jerome White	1,863	1
	Green	Art Myatt	1,735	1

District 13

Incumbent Democrat Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick won re-election, unopposed, to a sixth term.

District 14

Incumbent Democrat John Conyers won re-election to an X term.

General election results[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Conyers (incumbent)	158,755	85
	Republican	Chad Miles	27,367	15.34

District 15

Incumbent Democrat John Dingell won re-election to a twenty-seventh term.

General election results[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Dingell (incumbent)	179,401	88
	Green	Aimee Smith	9,379	5
	Libertarian	Greg Stempfle	8,367	4
	Constitution	Robert Czak	6,917	3

References

1. Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives
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