(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . 2018 United States Senate election in Michigan [1] [] Date: 2023-01 The 2018 United States Senate election in Michigan took place on November 6, 2018, in order to elect the Class 1 U.S. Senator from the State of Michigan, concurrently with a gubernatorial election, as well as other elections to the U.S. House of Representatives. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow won reelection to a fourth term. On August 7, 2018, John James won the Republican nomination, defeating businessman Sandy Pensler.[1] On May 5, 2018, Marcia Squier received the endorsement and nomination of the Green Party of Michigan at the state convention in Flint.[2] Stabenow was re-elected by a 6.5% margin and a difference of 275,660 votes,[3] making this the second-closest U.S. Senate election in Michigan since Stabenow was first elected in 2000.[4] Democratic primary [ edit ] Nominee [ edit ] Declined [ edit ] Mike Duggan, Mayor of Detroit Withdrew [ edit ] Craig Allen Smith Endorsements [ edit ] Results [ edit ] Democratic primary results[14] Party Candidate Votes % Total votes 1,045,450 100.00% Republican primary [ edit ] Nominee [ edit ] Defeated in primary [ edit ] Sandy Pensler, businessman and candidate for MI-08 in 1992[17][16] Failed to qualify [ edit ] Bob Carr, historic preservationist, businessman and nominee for MI-01 in 1996[18][16] Declined [ edit ] Withdrew [ edit ] Endorsements [ edit ] Debates [ edit ] A debate was held between John James and Sandy Pensler on July 6 and televised by WKAR-TV. It was the only televised debate scheduled between the two candidates.[69] Polling [ edit ] Hypothetical polling Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size Margin of error John James Sandy Pensler Fred Upton Robert Young Undecided Strategic National (R) December 16–17, 2017 600 ± 4.0% 9% 5% – 11% 75% Target-Insyght November 1–6, 2017 1,000 – 24% – 19% 7% – Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size Margin of error Lena Epstein Bob Young John James Robert Ritchie Undecided Zogby Analytics September, 2017 –[a] – 7% 3% 5% 29% 56% Trafalgar Group (R) July 25–27, 2017 1,078 ± 3.1% 9% 6% 7% 50% 28% Target-Insyght July 25–27, 2017 344 ± 5.35 8% 14% 16% 33% 29% Results [ edit ] James 50–60% 60–70% Pensler 50–60% 60–70% Results by county: Republican primary results[14] Party Candidate Votes % Total votes 948,506 100.00% Green Party Convention [ edit ] The Green Party of Michigan picked their candidates at a state convention on May 5, 2018. Declared [ edit ] Marcia Squier, Green nominee for MI-14 in 2016[70] Withdrew [ edit ] General election [ edit ] Debates [ edit ] Complete video of debate, October 14, 2018 Fundraising [ edit ] Campaign finance reports as of October 17, 2018 Candidate (party) Total receipts Total disbursements Cash on hand Debbie Stabenow (D) $17,449,325.17 $15,720,981.25 $2,842,613.58 John James (R) $9,838,137.84 $7,953,403.16 $1,884,735.02 Source: Federal Election Commission[73] Predictions [ edit ] Notes ^ Not yet released, but is Republican primary subsample of full 800 voter sample in Michigan ^ The Fox News Midterm Power Rankings uniquely does not contain a category for Safe/Solid races Endorsements [ edit ] Polling [ edit ] Results [ edit ] Although Stabenow ended up winning the election by 6.5 percent, the margin was smaller than expected, considering the polling and past results of Senate elections in Michigan.[4] Part of the relative closeness of the race has been attributed to the Stabenow campaign having run no negative ads against James during the election.[100] Although James won most of Michigan's smaller counties, Stabenow won large margins in urban areas and modest margins in suburban areas. Stabenow trounced James in Wayne County, home of Detroit, and also performed well in Detroit's suburbs. She also easily won in Washtenaw County, home of Ann Arbor and Ingham County, home of Lansing. Kent County, home of Grand Rapids, also narrowly flipped to Stabenow, making this the first Senate election of her career in which she carried the county, and also the only county to flip her direction in 2018, and only the second time (after Carl Levin in 2008) a Democrat had carried the county since Donald Riegle in 1982. In addition to Stabenow's win, Democrats won the previously Republican-held offices of Governor, Secretary of State, and Attorney General, ensuring that as of January 1, 2019, all elected statewide officials would be Democrats. James once again ran unsuccessfully for the other Senate seat in 2020, as he was defeated by incumbent Gary Peters. United States Senate election in Michigan, 2018 [101] Party Candidate Votes % Total votes 4,237,271 100.00% N/A Democratic hold Notes [ edit ] Partisan clients a b Poll conducted for James' campaign. References [ edit ] [END] --- [1] Url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_United_States_Senate_election_in_Michigan#Polling_2 Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/